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NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE ** Pension Plan Offer…….
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Canada Post Global Offers
Friday September 27 2024 2023-2027/136 No. 29 - REVISED On September 25, the Negotiators met...
CUPW Commits to Delivering Pension and Social Assistance Cheques, and Safeguarding Live Animals in Case of a Lockout or Strike
Thursday September 26 2024 2023-2027/135 The public post office distributes government cheques...
Canada Post Presents Global Offer
Canada Post Presents Global Offers Wednesday September 25 2024 2023-2027/134 No. 28 Today,...
RSMC Bargaining Update: Hourly Rate System
RSMC Bargaining Update: Hourly Rate System Wednesday September 11 2024 2023-2027/127 No....
Labour College Applications…..
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*Amended * Pension Whiz Educational Via Zoom available to all members !
Please Note : This is Available for all members of Kitchener Local 560 ! Please scan the code at...
** Amended** General Membership Meeting for September 2024
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Standing Up Against Misleading Claims….
Standing Up Against Misleading Claims 2023-2027/123 No. 23 We felt it necessary to respond to Mr....
** Conciliators Appointed**
Conciliators Appointed.... Wednesday August 14 2024 2023-2027/121 No. 22 On Tuesday August 13, the...
Fall 3 Day Educational
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CUPW FILES NOTICE OF DISPUTE **
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*****CUPW Files Notice of Dispute*****
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** Bargaining Update** No Roll Backs !! No Concessions !!
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Hands off Our Pension CPC !!!!!
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URGENT ACTION REQUIRED: Solidarity with LCBO workers !!!!!
To All Members of CUPW Kitchener Local 560., Nearly 9,000 LCBO workers could be on strike on...
Update: Process for Claiming Vitamins for Children on the Special Needs Project
Tuesday June 18 2024 2023-2027/112 We have been communicating with the officer on the Canada Post...
Two-Tier Pensions: Just Say No! They Will Not Divide Us !
No 14 Canada Post has presented two more major rollbacks at the bargaining table that would widen...
June 27th 2024 A Day of Action
Save the date: June 27, 2024, will be our next day of action. We will be showing our...
Women’s Strike Day- Kitchener June 24 2024
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Working in Heat- Health and Safety
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Womens Strike March Monday June 24th 2024 Kitchener
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Standardized Approach for Retirements and Resignations
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Budget Committee Kitchener Local 560
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Labour Day Picnic
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Women’s Strike Day Monday June 24 2024
If Any Sister's would like to order T-Shirts for the Women's Strike (with print displayed...
Celebrating the WOLF on National Indigenous Peoples Day!
Tuesday May 28 2024 2023-2027/102 On National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, we celebrate...
CANADA POST SPEAKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF ITS MOUTH
June 3, 2024 Bulletin #19 CANADA POST SPEAKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF ITS MOUTH Canada Post...
Support Your Negotiations Committee!
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Motion to Change Article 13.1 of Local 560 Bylaws first reading Saturday May 4 2024
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CUPW to Canada Post: Negotiations Belong at the Table
Bulletin #17   May 10, 2024       CUPW to Canada...
Canada Post and Financial Self-sufficiency
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The Megan Whitfield Bursary (2024)
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CUPW In Court Again Defending Bargaining Rights
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FEDERAL BUDGET 2024
The Federal Government released its 2024 budget. Budget announcements are an important part of the...
BWP Workfloor Captains
CUPW is only as strong as our workfloors are organized, unified around a...
NEGOTATIONS: UPDATE
Bulletin #16   April 25, 2024     It has now been just over six...
National Day of Mourning – April 28, 2024
Thursday April 18 2024 2023-2027/089 The National Day of Mourning,...
TWO-TIER PENSIONS: JUST SAY NO!
Bulletin #15   April 12, 2024     TWO-TIER PENSIONS: JUST SAY...
Earth Day: Postal Workers Have a Plan to Green the Post Office
Thursday April 4 2024 2023-2027/087 Canada saw the full might of Mother...
Negotiation Update March 28 2024
March 28, 2024   Bulletin #14   COST OF LIVING CRISIS   Over the...
RSMC Annual Payment for Daily Vehicle Inspections
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Traditional Benefits vs Flex Benefits
Friday March 22 2024 2023-2027/083 No 13 At the bargaining...
RSMC COLA on the way
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Urban COLA Payments on the way
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Bargaining Update
Wednesday February 28 2024 2023-2027/076 No. 12 February has been...
Negotiation Update: Group 2 Staffing and Work Patterns.
GROUP 2 STAFFING AND WORK PATTERNS: WHAT DOES THE EMPLOYER WANT?     In their...
Arbitration: Commercial Pick Ups.
Arbitration: Commercial Pickups A lengthy dispute As part of the postal transformation, in order to...
President’s Message February 2024
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Spring 2024 3 day Education Seminars
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E Digest link for the most up to date information on Contract Negotiations
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Executive at Large Election
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Bargaining Update
Thursday January 25 2024 2023-2027/068 No. 10 During the week of...
Woman’s Day Lunch
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Woman’s Committee
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Psychosocial Hazards
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Working in Cold Weather
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Black History Month 2024: Celebrating Black Canadian Hockey Players
Thursday January 11 2024 2023-2027/063 Black History Month is a time to...
Bargaining Update: Surveillance and Monitoring
Thursday December 21 2023 2023-2027/061 No 8 At the bargaining...
General Membership Meeting
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Motion at First reading to amend Article 6 of Local bylaws at General Membership Meeting January 6 2024
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Motion at first reading General membership meeting January 6 2024
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2024 Spring WSIB I & II Educational
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More RSMC COLA on the Way for Third Quarter of 2023 !!!
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Urban COLA Payment on the way for third quarter of 2023 !!
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Negotiations : Bargaining Update
https://www.cupw.ca/en/negotiations-bargaining-update Thursday December 14...
ELECTION NOTICE !!!
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It’s Official: Bargaining Begins !!
Friday November 24 2023 2023-2027/051 No. 6 On Wednesday...
CUPW Kitchener Local 560 General Membership Meeting
WHEN: January 6 , 2024 AT 10:30AM - Shop Stewards meeting 10:00 AM WHERE: VIA ZOOM NOTES: If you...
The Struggle for Freedom from Violence Against Women Continues
Friday November 17 2023 2023-2027/049 December 6th is the National Day of...
Union Serves Notice To Bargain !!!
Bulletin #5 November 9, 2023   Today, CUPW officially served notice to bargain to the...
Votes on Demands and Referendum
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Management performing Bargaining Unit work
In the past few weeks there have been quite a few instances where Management has been seen picking...
CUPW Kitchener Local 560 General Membership Meeting
WHEN: November 4, 2023 AT 10:00AM WHERE: VIA ZOOM NOTES: If you have previously registered for...
Flyer Overburdening in Kitchener Local 560
Brother's and Sister's., The local is aware of the high volume and overburdening of the recent...
Urban Cola Payment on the way !
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Metroland Flyers
To all Group 2 letter Carrier members., The local is aware and have communicated with Management...
Your New Local Executive
Meet your new local executive. Updates to contact information coming soon Local...
Messing with your Long Weekend AGAIN!!!
Dear Members, We consulted on the STAT (statutory holiday) that fall on the Monday for July on...
Elections and General Membership Meeting September 9th, 2023
LOCAL 560 ELECTION FOR ALL POSITIONS IN THE LOCAL EXECUTIVE AND TRUSTEES WHEN: SEPTEBMER 9TH, 2023...
NOMINEES
Please note the following members have been nominated for CUPW Local 560 Elections for September...
Can they do anything they want?
Dear Members, It has been reported that a CPC Driver Safety and Compliance Officer is conducting...
Messing with your Long Weekend
Dear Members, We consulted on the STAT (statutory holiday) that fall on the Monday for July. We...
‘Frequently Injured Workers Program’
Interviews for injuries on duty. The company may attempt to sidestep LJHSC by talking to you about...
2023 Fall 5 Day Educational–Sun, Oct 22 to Fri Oct 27. — Unionism on Turtle Island
The Regional Educational department is pleased to offer the above noted course at the Ontario...
Fall 2023- 3 Day Educational–Sept 22 to Sept 25, 2023.
The Ontario Region Office is offering the following courses at the 3 Day Educational Seminar being...
AIR QUALITY
Attention Members, I would advise that you read the Article from National as seen below. You have...
ADMAIL COMPRESSION
Attention members. Regarding compressed admail. The collective agreement states the...
Enough is Enough Campaign
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has launched a campaign called "Enough is Enough," which...
Union Member Discounts
Please note : Registration to a third-party website would be...
Supervisor Issues?
If you feel that a supervisor, superintendent or even a manager (for simplicity, we’ll call them...
International Women’s Day 2023
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RSMC Special Meeting for Contract Demands and Resolutions
Please register for the Special Meeting for RSMCs to review and vote on contract demands. The...
Contract Demands and Resolutions
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International Women’s Day March 4th
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Classification and Wages for 2023
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2023 SPRING 2-Day Educational-THUR MARCH 9 TO FRI MARCH 10 SHOP STEWARD COURSE
C.U.P.W. LOCAL 560  Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge-Elmira C.U.P.W. LOCAL...