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Ottawa, Ontario  K2P 1Y3
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    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 October 29 2015

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

    Thursday October 8 2015

    We have received this message from Brother Jean-Claude Parrot, legendary leader of CUPW.  Brother Parrot makes it clear that this election is one o

    Thursday October 1 2015

    Too many postal workers, their families, and friends are being forced into a robotic existence of overwork, competition, anxiety and fear.

    Monday September 28 2015

    The National Executive Board is asking you to vote for Brother Angelo Colacci to be the representative to the Canada Post Pension Advisory Council

    Thursday September 17 2015

    This election, we can do something to save our jobs, protect our service to communities and resist postal privatization and deregulation.

    Tuesday August 25 2015

    The National Executive Board has approved the appointment of 12 Campaign Coordinators to assist locals in strategic campaign planning and implement

    Friday June 19 2015

    The pre-negotiations regional conferences are underway across the country and discussions are moving along.

    Thursday June 18 2015

    Some of our brothers and sisters in the processing plants in Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto have been terminated arbitrarily.

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    Wednesday December 15 2021
    The CUPW National Constitution sets the basic dues rate for Urban Operations workers at 300% of the maximum hourly rate for the lowest classification within the bargaining unit. RSMC dues have been set at 1.71% of the wage portion received by each member, to a maximum equal to the dues for Urban Operation members.
    Monday December 13 2021
    Members across the country have British Columbia residents in their thoughts after weeks of record rainfall, flooding and landslides, which created perhaps the country’s most expensive natural disaster ever seen. Emergency response efforts are just shifting into recovery mode.
    Thursday December 9 2021
    For Immediate Release - OTTAWA - The Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee today released its anticipated report on the future of work, and as expected, its recommendations call for the creation of a third category of worker that will not have full employee rights and will not be able to legally unionize.
    Wednesday December 8 2021
    All members actively at work were required to attest to vaccination status by November 26 or be placed on leave without pay. This is an update for those who did attest. Canada Post Corporation has established a national safety audit and compliance team to perform random spot-checks. You may be contacted and asked for proof of the status you attested to.
    Wednesday December 8 2021
    In our last bulletin published on October 8, 2021, we informed you of the deadlines by which Canada Post was to send information to the various workers’ compensation boards in the provinces where CUPW members are awaiting a pay adjustment related to a work injury that occurred after January 1, 2016.
    Monday December 6 2021
    It’s been 32 years since 14 young women were murdered at Montreal’s École Polytechnique in an act of violence that shook the country to its core. December 6 now marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women. On this day, we honour and remember Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
    Friday December 3 2021
    This is a follow-up from our bulletin dated November 25 announcing that our Cease and Desist application against Canada Post’s mandatory vaccination practice was denied. As per the jurisprudence, in order for a Cease and Desist to be granted, the Union must meet all of the five (5) criteria specified in clause 9.93 of the Urban collective agreement.
    Tuesday November 30 2021
    Every December, activists around the world observe several international days for human rights, welfare, and dignity. All of the following days resonate more strongly in the pandemic, for different reasons. As we strive through the pandemic to stay united and strong, please take time to consider and act on the following specific causes...
    Thursday November 25 2021
    Arbitrator Burkett did not grant the cease and desist order against Canada Post’s vaccination practice. Due to the short timeline in the implementation of the practice, the arbitrator advised the parties of his decision, and will send his reasoning and the full decision at a later date.
    Thursday November 25 2021
    OTTAWA - The Canadian union of postal workers (CUPW) and the Warehouse Worker Centre (WWC) join Progressive International in a global movement with worker, tech, and climate justice organizations and advocacy groups collaborating across borders to #makeamazonpay on November 26th Prime Day.

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

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