Foodora couriers and drivers in Toronto and Mississauga voted in favour of unionization with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, becoming the first app-based workforce in Canada to do so. While Foodora announced in April the shutdown of its Canadian operations, leaving thousands of gig workers without employment during a global pandemic, the results of this … Read more
On May 11, Foodora Couriers will work their last day as the company will officially exit the Canadian market. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is fighting to ensure Foodora takes responsibility for its workers and demands that the Canadian federal government immediately intervene to protect vulnerable gig-workers, ensure couriers, including undocumented workers, are … Read more
CUPW and the Foodsters are shocked to hear about Foodora’s decision to leave the Canadian market. The two-weeks’ notice that has been provided is grossly unfair and unreasonable. We call on Foodora and the federal government to ensure that workers and food couriers be protected. “We are currently reviewing our legal options. At this time, however, we … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is concerned that a new distribution deal may be rewarding Amazon Canada for creating stressful, precarious jobs; ignoring workers’ demands for health and safety; and interfering with their right to unionize. “We have urgent questions and serious concerns about the deal,” said Jan Simpson, CUPW National President. “Amazon is notorious … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is closely monitoring the measures that are being implemented in Canada Post facilities to minimize the risk, albeit low, of COVID-19 spreading via the postal system. Our members can rest assured that our priority is their health and safety. “People are relying on the postal system to keep … Read more
The arbitration process imposed by the Trudeau government’s back to work legislation for postal workers begins today with negotiators from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post meeting with arbitrator Elizabeth MacPherson. “We will not stop fighting until we have solved our health and safety crisis, maximized full‐time secure employment opportunities in the … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers filed a constitutional challenge with the Ontario Superior Court after being legislated back to work by the Liberal government two weeks ago. “You cannot legislate labour peace,” says Mike Palecek, CUPW National President. “This law violates our right to free collective bargaining under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.” … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is exploring all options to fight the back-to-work legislation passed in the Senate this evening, which will send our members back to the same old unresolved problems in the workplace at the busiest time of the year. “Postal workers are rightly dismayed and outraged,” says Mike Palecek, CUPW National President. … Read more
“Our public post office distributes government cheques that are a fundamental part of the social safety net,” says Mike Palecek, CUPW National President. “We do not want the most vulnerable to suffer because of our dispute with Canada Post, which is why we signed an agreement in the first place. If people are not receiving … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the Canadian Labour Congress condemn the Trudeau government’s back-to-work legislation. Once again, CUPW and the CLC call for free and fair negotiations between CUPW and Canada Post for its two biggest bargaining units. “Canada Post seems to have convinced Trudeau that Christmas wouldn’t come without back-to-work legislation,” said CUPW National President Mike Palecek. “Negotiations … Read more
