The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) once again calls for an open discussion about the financial future of the postal service. The Canada Post Group of Companies has posted a loss before tax of $104 million for the second quarter of 2013, including a loss of $72 million from postal operations. The report forecasts … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) welcomes the International Labour Organization (ILO) decision finding that the back-to-work legislation imposed on Canadian postal workers in June 2011 was unjustified as postal services do not constitute essential services. The ILO is the United Nations agency responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards. CUPW national … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is welcoming the decision of a Federal Court justice to remove the second arbitrator appointed by Labour Minister Lisa Raitt (Halton, ON) to oversee the imposition of back-to-work legislation and a final offer selection. Union national president Denis Lemelin said the decision shows that the union has been right … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said it has gained another win in its battle against the government's back-to-work legislation introduced in the of summer 2011. A federal court in Montreal has overturned Labour Minister Lisa Raitt's (Halton, ON) appointment of retired judge Coulter Osbourne to arbitrate the labour dispute and ordered Raitt to appoint … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers welcomes the resignation of Judge Coulter Osborne as final offer selection arbitrator. Judge Osborne was appointed by Labour Minister Lisa Raitt (Halton, ON) to arbitrate the contract between CUPW and Canada Post Corporation following the back-to-work legislation which ended the postal lock-out in June 2011. CUPW president and chief … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post are going back to the bargaining table. The CUPW gave notice to Canada Post to commence bargaining for its 7000-member Rural and Suburban Mail Carrier unit. Rural postal worker deliver mail to rural routes and many suburban areas. The union said that while rural postal worker … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said the Harper government has sent a message to all workers with its unjust and punitive bill legislating postal workers back to work. CUPW National President Denis Lemelin said the government is clearly willing to side with employers to grind down wages and working conditions. Lemelin said the government's … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said the federal government's back-to-work bill penalizes postal workers and rewards Canada Post for locking out employees and stopping mail delivery nationwide. The bill legislates wage increases that fall significantly below Canada Post's last offer. Canada Post's last offer was 1.9% in 2011, 2012 and 2013, and 2.0 % … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said postal workers are delivering pension and social assistance cheques in spite of being locked-out by Canada Post and legislated back-to-work by the government. Canadian Union of Postal Workers President Denis Lemelin said the union's dispute is with Canada Post and the government, not with pensioners and people on … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said that the bill that might force workers back to their jobs is unnecessary, unjust and counterproductive. In response to the proposed legislation, CUPW National President Denis Lemelin said that if this bill is passed, the union will have an outcome that nobody wants. The full release is available … Read more
