CUPW Receives Global Offers
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Today, May 21, our negotiation committees received global offers from Canada Post for both the Urban Postal Operation (UPO) and the Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMCs) bargaining units.
The Negotiators are currently reviewing and analyzing the offers’ contents. We will provide a more in-depth analysis shortly, but here are some of the main elements of the offers below:
How These Offers Fall Short
Canada Post is seeking to change some hard-fought collective agreement rights and methods.
- Wages: A wage increase of 13% over 4 years This is short of our last demand for a 19% increase to members’ base wages to keep pace with the rising costs of living.
- Cost Of Living Allowance: The 13.59% trigger threshold is far too high and means it will likely never be paid out. The offered 6% wage increase should be seen as back pay to make up for the high inflation from the previous periods because the COLA payments in 2022-2023 were not sufficient and are not part of the base salary.
- Part-Time Parcel Delivery: For Urban members, instead of using regular full-time workers and existing collective agreement provisions for seven-day delivery, they want to introduce approximately 20% more part-time positions than the 10% that exists today. Some “flex” part time would be forced to stay up to 30 hours per week.
- Dynamic Routing: They also want to introduce dynamic routing in a limited number of locations without proper agreement on the rules governing such a system. Although CPC is stating that the routes will be route measurement system compliant, they are unable to demonstrate this to the Union and admit they do not have the software to do this or the technical ability to enact this process.
- Load Levelling: For both RSMC and Urban members, Canada Post wants to introduce load levelling – all routes are designed with a sophisticated process that utilizes agreed upon time values and restructure processes- instead of fixing the issues with the current system, Canada Post wants to transfer volumes of mail and points of calls to other workers during scheduled hours with no additional compensation. This is to be done on an ad hoc basis each morning by supervisors who may have limited knowledge of the route measurement systems.
- Two-tier benefits qualification: Canada Post also wants to create a second class of benefits qualification requirements for new hires by delaying health and pension benefits until six months of consecutive regular employment.
- Personal Days that Already Exist under the Law: The additional six personal days are part of the Canada Labour Code, writing them into the collective agreements is helpful, but is window dressing.
- They’re taking away the 5-minute wash-up time.
Canada Post Says No to Two-Week Truce
Canada Post has refused our request for a two-week truce so that we can have time to review these offers in detail and continue negotiations without a labour disruption.
Remember: Your Union is the most reliable and accurate source of information about Negotiations. Please stay tuned for future updates to keep yourself informed.
Your Negotiators thank all members for their ongoing support!
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In solidarity,
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