CUPW has received Arbitrator Elizabeth MacPherson’s decision regarding the collective agreements for our two bargaining units at Canada Post: Urban Operations and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers. Continue reading
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Canada Post tells customers to expect parcel delays ‘for the foreseeable future’
OTTAWA – Canadians should anticipate parcel delays for the foreseeable future, even as Canada Post delivers at record levels. Continue reading
Canada Post newest stamp honours the Vancouver Asahi
BURNABY, B.C. – Canada Post today released a stamp that honours an amateur Japanese-Canadian baseball team that helped remove racial barriers through sport.
The Vancouver Asahi story is well-known in baseball circles, but the stamp honouring the team is about more than baseball. It also tells a uniquely Canadian story about a dark time in our country’s history – a time of overt racism and fear. Continue reading
Canada Post segment posts $270 million loss for 2018
OTTAWA – Canada Post is reporting a loss before tax of $270 million for 2018. Three main non-recurring items factor into the result: the $280 million cost of resolving pay equity and the estimated $135 million net impact of the labour disruption in the fall, partially offset by a $48 million gain after an actuarial update to workers compensation liabilities. Had it not been for these non-recurring factors, Canada Post would have recorded a profit in 2018. The segment’s $270 million loss is a decline of $346 million compared to 2017. Continue reading
Canada Post union threatening members if they accept overtime during strikes
Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers could be kicked out of the union if they go against CUPW’s pressure tactic of refusing overtime during the rotating strikes. Continue reading
Canadians doing holiday shopping in U.S. amid postal service strike
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A rotating strike by postal workers in Canada could deter people there from doing their holiday shopping online. That could drive more Canadians to cross the border and shop in American stores. Continue reading
CUPW: New Canada Post RSMC proposal
Wednesday November 14 2018
2015-2019/452
No 58
Your negotiating committee has now had an opportunity to review and analyze the new RSMC global offer that we received from Canada Post on November 14, 2018 in the afternoon. Canada Post says this latest offer will expire at 11:59 pm on Saturday, November 17, 2018. Continue reading
CUPW: New Canada Post Urban Proposal
Wednesday November 14 2018
2015-2019/451
No 57
Your negotiating committee has now had an opportunity to review and analyze the latest global offer that we received from Canada Post on November 14, 2018 in the afternoon. Canada Post says this latest offer will expire at 11:59 pm on Saturday, November 17, 2018. Continue reading
Canada Post tables contract offer to “resolve negotiations and clear backlogs with holiday rush coming”
OTTAWA – Canada Post has tabled a significant offer with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) to bring resolution to negotiations as union strikes have created an urgent situation that could significantly impact Canadians and the Canadian retail economy this holiday season. Continue reading
Canada Post union says workers will refuse all overtime starting tonight at midnight
Ottawa – Effective November 1st at 12:01 am, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is calling a national overtime ban for both of its major bargaining units at Canada Post. Postal workers, no matter what their job at Canada Post, will not work more than an eight-hour day and not more than a 40-hour week. Continue reading
