November 15, 2024
Postal Workers Under Attack:
CPC Imposes New Terms and Conditions of Employment on Both Units
Today, November 15, Canada Post informed the Union that as of 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, the collective agreements for both the Urban Operations and Rural Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) bargaining units no longer apply. Today is the day you find out what Canada Post would do if there was no Union or collective agreement to protect you.
The Employer’s attack includes:
• Cancelling coverage of short-term disability and all health benefits for you and your family. This will hurt our vulnerable members the most. Remember this when the Employer calls you “colleague” or “teammate.”
• Threatening to “lay off” some “permanent” employees and ending all assignments of temporary employees and cutting the hours of part-timers.
• Cancelling allowances. CPC has not listed which allowances they will pay. Allowances might include shift differential, among others. They’re also cutting the double-time overtime rate completely.
• Cancelling earned and agreed to Vacation Leave. CPC has tried this in the past and has been told by an arbitrator this is a violation of the Canada Labour Code.
While CPC will not honour Vacation under the Code, the Employer says it will abide by the minimum allowable for other leaves. If CPC does not honour all leaves under the Canada Labour Code, please contact your Local.
The Union could not leave our members exposed to these conditions.
Canada Post has shown its true stripes. The boss is not your friend.
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In Solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President