| Canada Post extremely disappointed with CUPW’s response to its offers Dear Canada Post customer, I am writing to update you on our negotiations and advise you that there can be no legal work disruption before the expiry of a 72-hour notice, and one has yet to be filed. On Saturday, June 25, 2016, we tabled offers in our separate negotiations with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW-Urban and CUPW-RSMC), which represent our delivery agents and plant employees. Our offers were designed to help bring a quick resolution to the negotiations and end the uncertainty that is negatively impacting our customers and our employees. Our offers included modest and manageable wage increases for all employees and no changes to the pension for all employees in the plan. As you can read in our public statement, we are extremely disappointed with the response from CUPW. Late Friday evening, CUPW tabled offers that would add at least $1 billion in new costs over the term of a new collective agreement while rejecting the Corporation’s approach to address the long-term issues with the employee pension plan. Rather than saddle customers with more than $1 billion in new costs, Canada Post continues to remain at the table to negotiate an agreement that is reasonable and affordable. In the event of a full disruption, Canada Post will not operate, deliver or accept new items. We will keep you updated on our progress. Thank you for your business and your continued patience. Sincerely,  Serge PitreVice-president, Sales Canada Post Corporation |
Will This Be The Week?
Monday July 18 2016
No 47
2015-2019/147
The parties have been making some progress at the bargaining table, but we still have many key issues that need to be addressed. Will this be the week we start to see movement on the major demands that we still need to achieve? Only time will tell.
Over the weekend, the bulletins provided you with updates on some of the priority issues that must be resolved. This week, we must push hard on Canada Post to get these union priorities settled. The agenda must be focused on our demands and the improvements that all of us deserve. The Negotiating Committee will be meeting with Canada Post and the mediators on a regular basis as we try to move these negotiations forward at a faster pace. These are complex issues and our Negotiating Committee will remain focussed and determined so that we achieve the collective agreements that we deserve.
Today we met with CPC and continued to work on finalizing the issues that we are close on. We continued to review and correct the language in the various proposals.
This has been a long process but the end could be in sight. We have shown Canada Post that our solidarity is strong, that we are united and determined to support our demands. We will continue with the same messages, the same work floor activities and the same solidarity and strength that brought us to this point in the process. We are ready for fair collective agreements that have been freely-negotiated, contain no rollbacks and provide all postal workers with the wages, working conditions, health and safety protections and equality we deserve.
Will Fight for What is Right! – Good Collective Agreements for All of Us
Sylvain Lapointe
Chief Negotiator, Urban Unit
George Floresco
Chief Negotiator, RSMC Unit
| Postal service continues while talks are underway Dear Canada Post customer, Discussions between the company and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) continue with the objective of reaching negotiated settlements. The postal system is open for business while negotiations continue. Mail and parcels are being processed and delivered across the country as normal. With respect to negotiations, both parties remain at the table. While discussions are underway, we will not be discussing specific issues at the table unless there are significant developments. However, we will continue to keep you updated on a regular basis as we have been throughout this process. Information related to negotiations can also be found at canadapost.ca/update, where you can sign up for email updates. Thank you for your business and your patience. Sincerely,
Serge Pitre Vice-president, Sales Canada Post Corporation |
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Slow and Steady Progress
Tuesday July 19 2016
2015-2019/148
No 48
The parties are making progress on some issues. We are continuing to meet with Canada Post and remain determined to achieve our goal of negotiated collective agreements.
Today, we were finally able to agree on a process that will allow RSMC route holders and permanent relief employees to utilize their seniority to apply for any vacant route or permanent relief position in the country. RSMCs can now benefit from their dedicated service and transfer to a new location without a 75 km restriction. This is an important step for all RSMCs. We continue to make progress on our seniority demand and will try to finalize the discussions by the end of the week.
We met with CPC today and continue to work on a solution to resolve the many problems with Group 1 (internal workers) staffing. We will push hard until we agree on a process to improve Group 1 staffing and to protect regular jobs. Talks continue on important health and safety issues, including unwanted overtime for Group 2 and the Short-Term Disability Plan (STDP). Discussions also took place on access to information for letter carrier routes.
As we go about our daily routine, it is easy to forget about how important this round of negotiations is for all postal workers. We have a lot to protect and a lot to gain. This round is about each and every postal worker and we must always remember that. We need to continue to remind our supervisors or local postal officials on a daily basis, that we deserve good collective agreements and that we will all benefit from improved working conditions, wages and benefits.
We Are in This Struggle to the End! Solidarity!
Sylvain Lapointe
Chief Negotiator, Urban Unit
George Floresco
Chief Negotiator, RSMC Unit
