Postal workers are proposing a 30-day cooling off period to Canada Post management to address concerns about “uncertainty” in the mail system and give negotiations a chance to succeed. “Our members, their families and all Canadians do not deserve to have this threat of a lockout ‘looming’ over our heads from a profitable public service,” … Read more
Postal workers have politely declined a suggestion from Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk (Kildonan-St. Paul, Man.) to bring negotiations with Canada Post management to binding arbitration, saying it’s a matter of principle. “We appreciate the offer to help, but paying women equally for work of equal value is the law of the … Read more
Canada Post has just served notice on fifty thousand Canadian workers that it plans to drive them out onto the streets without pay in an effort to impose steep concessions on them. “We knew this was their game all along. They are sabotaging the public review of the post office. They refused to negotiate fairly … Read more
Postal workers are asking Canada Post management for a two-week extension on the cooling-off period that would otherwise entail a termination of their contract on July 2nd. At that point, the union said Canada Post might either lock its workers out or try to force a walkout through punitive changes to their working conditions. “We … Read more
Urban and rural postal workers have signed memoranda of agreement with Canada Post that they will continue to deliver pension and social assistance cheques, and have further committed to ensuring no live animals get caught in the mail if there is a shutdown due to a labour dispute. “We don’t want the most vulnerable people … Read more
Postal workers welcomed the return of proactive pay equity legislation recommended by the Special Committee on Pay Equity report It’s Time to Act. However, they say Canada Post should be acting right now at the bargaining table to address the glaring discrepancy between its urban and rural mail carriers. “We are currently struggling to negotiate … Read more
Postal workers are organizing at the Liberal Convention in Winnipeg this week, hoping to persuade delegates that new services at Canada Post should be high up on the Liberal policy agenda. “We’re here to talk about some good ideas we’ve developed for better services like postal banking, check-ins for seniors and persons with disabilities, more … Read more
Canada Post has been a money-maker for most of the past two decades and continues its winning streak, netting almost 100 million (99 million) in 2015. “Thanks to record parcel volumes and the hard work of postal workers across the country, Canada Post has once again reported healthy profits. We can now take a real … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now are taking to the streets in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver to call for postal banking as an alternative to predatory payday lenders. “People need an alternative to payday lenders, somewhere they can go and not be gouged,” said … Read more
The filing of a human rights complaint against the tabloid paper Your Ward News is encouraging to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. “Postal Workers don’t pick and choose which materials to carry. If Canada Post accepts it, we deliver,” explains Mike Palecek, national president. “But many of us are fed up with being part of the … Read more
