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Tuesday December 22 2015

Following the last meeting between the Chief Negotiators of CUPW and Canada Post, management has decided to move forward with the removal of close

Thursday December 17 2015

The Negotiating Committee, representing both the urban and RSMC units, met with Canada Post negotiators on December 4, 8 and 15, 2015.

 

Thursday December 17 2015

On December 1st, 2015, Sister Diane Mitchell and I had the opportunity to attend the launch of the Domestic Vi

Thursday December 10 2015

A CUPW activist who was elected Member of Parliament in the recent federal election recently paid a visit to our National Office.

Thursday December 3 2015

December 6th is commemorated each year as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada.

Friday November 20 2015

Today, CUPW officially served notice to bargain to the Canada Post Corporation for both the urban operations unit and the RSMC unit.

 

Friday November 6 2015

You had your say on the Program of Demands.

Thursday October 29 2015

Sisters and Brothers, we must thank our activists and our allies for their incredible work.

Wednesday October 21 2015

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Tuesday October 20 2015

Canada Post has decided unilaterally to proceed with the reduction of wages of approximately 1,000 Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers.

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Sunday October 28 2018
Over 1,500 Postal Workers Set to Picket Tonight - For Immediate Release - Ottawa – Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) from the Winnipeg local in Manitoba, will walk off the job at 10 pm CT on Sunday, October 28. Postal workers from the Iles-de-la-Madeleine (Québec) and Niagara Falls (Ontario) locals remain on the picket lines.
Sunday October 28 2018
Your negotiating committee worked long hours all weekend with the assistance of Mediator Morton Mitchnick, in an attempt to unblock what seemed to be an impasse. We met with both the mediator and Canada Post numerous times over the weekend and we will continue to meet with the objective to achieve negotiated settlements. Your negotiators are determined to get the agreements that you deserve.
Sunday October 28 2018
800 More Postal Workers Join Picket Lines Early Monday Morning - For Immediate Release - Ottawa – Members of the Canadian union of Postal Workers (CUPW) from the Brandon local in Manitoba, the Thunder Bay, Pickering, Oshawa and Peterborough locals in Ontario, and those from the Lloydminster local in Saskatchewan, joined the postal strike early this morning. Members working out of the Canada Post depot in Pickering, which is part of the Scarborough local, also joined the picket lines.
Friday October 26 2018
At midnight, the five RSMCs who make up the local, will strike - For Immediate Release - Ottawa – Members of one of the smallest Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) locals, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, (Quebec) will join their sisters and brothers from the Sudbury and Niagara Falls locals in Ontario, and the Vancouver (British Columbia) local on the picket lines at 12:01 am ET on Saturday, October 27. Workers from the Fundy (New Brunswick) local are back at work after 24-hour strike action.
Friday October 26 2018
About 3,400 Workers Join Picket Lines in British Columbia - For Immediate Release - Ottawa – Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) from the Vancouver local in British Columbia, walked off the job at 9 am PT on Friday, October 26th, joining the Niagara Falls (Ontario), Fundy (New Brunswick) and Sudbury (Ontario) locals on the picket lines on the fifth day of rotating postal strikes.
Friday October 26 2018
About 100 Workers Join Job Action - For Immediate Release - Ottawa – Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) from the Niagara Falls local in Ontario, walked off the job at 10 am ET on Friday, October 26th, joining the Fundy local (New Brunswick) and the Sudbury local (Ontario) on the picket lines. Workers in Sherbrooke and Red Deer returned to work at 4 am ET and 6 am MT, respectively.
Thursday October 25 2018
500 Workers in New Brunswick and Ontario Set To Strike - For Immediate Release - Ottawa – Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) from the Fundy local in New Brunswick and the Sudbury local in Ontario, will walk off the job at 12:01 am (local times) on Friday, October 26th.
Thursday October 25 2018

Just about 260 workers walk off the job in Red Deer 

For Immediate Release

Thursday October 25 2018

Just over 300 workers in Sherbrooke join picket lines 

For Immediate Release

Wednesday October 24 2018

The mediator appointed by the Government to assist the parties, Mr. Morton Mitchnick has now arrived in Ottawa.

CUPW launched its postal banking campaign with a giant inflatable piggy bank in downtown Ottawa.

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