2023-2027/160
No. 44
On the morning of Tuesday, November 12, your National Executive Board issued a 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post for both the Rural Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) and Urban Operations bargaining units.
The National Executive Board has decided that a nationwide strike of both bargaining units will begin on Friday, November 15 as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time.
Unresolved Issues
Common
- Wage increases in line with inflation
- COLA payments to be rolled into the basic wage rate
- Increase STDP payments from 70% to 80% of our wages and increase Injury on Duty payments to 88%
- Add 10 paid medical days to our 7 paid personal days, and allow medical days to be banked
- Significant improvements to our group benefits plans, including increased coverage for health specialists, fertility treatment, gender-affirming care, vision care, and more
- Precautionary cessation of work for pregnant and breastfeeding employees
- Improved protections against technological change
- Improved protections against harassment
- No contracting out
RSMC
- Job security rights in line with the Urban agreement
- Hourly rate system with appropriate time values, Union involvement, and safeguards against CPC’s unilateral change
- A validation process to ensure time values are accurate
- Maximizing and maintaining 8-hour routes
- Corporate vehicle for all RSMCs
- Improved rights for On Call Relief Employees (OCREs)
- Coverage of all absences
- Paid meal and rest period rights in line with Group 2
- RSMC involvement in service expansion projects
Urban Operations
- The full elimination of Separate Sort from Delivery (SSD)
- Time to prepare and deliver Neighbourhood Mail and changes to Article 50 and Appendices “V-1” and “D” to address route length and overburdening
- Improved staffing provisions, including forcing CPC to fill vacancies monthly, the deletion of Clause 39.04, improvements to Clause 39.05, creation of Group 1 relief positions, and changes to Appendix “P” to address local staffing issues
- Improved rights for Temporary employees, including access to group benefits plans when working continuous assignments of 6 months or more
- Rotations of duties for Groups 3 and 4
- Paid meal and rest periods for workers working 5 hours or more
- Contract in cleaning, highway services, Combined Urban Services, and other work CUPW members can perform
- Service expansion projects, including postal banking, senior and other check ins, and an e-commerce platform
Communications
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We are 55,000 strong, and together, we are unstoppable.
In Solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President