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CUPW National Office

377 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario  K2P 1Y3
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Wednesday November 9 2016

With so much going on this year in bargaining, you may have heard less about CUPW’s other ongoing work.

Thursday November 3 2016

From October 24 to 28, 2016, 18 sisters and brothers from across the country met in Ottawa to lay the foundation of our national network of social

Thursday October 27 2016

November 2nd, 2016 is the Canadian Federation of Students’ National Day of Action.

Thursday October 27 2016

Direct action by land defenders in Labrador has made a breakthrough in mitigating the harm done by Muskrat Falls dam in Labrador.

Thursday October 27 2016

At the recent Young Workers Summit organized by the Canadian Labour Congress, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answered questions from young trade uni

Friday October 21 2016
Changes to the admail sizes and payments will not be effective until January 15, 2018. It is important to clearly understand why we negotiated changes to Admail and what these changes mean. The purpose of this bulletin is not to provide technical information, but to simply explain the reasons and what this represents for letter carriers.
Thursday October 20 2016
When Canada Post first presented its proposals to us in January, there was nothing but rollback after rollback and attacks on our pension plan. In the 8 months that followed, we pushed back hard and said that we would not accept rollbacks. We pushed for Canada Post to negotiate based on our demands. In the end, we have two tentative collective agreements without rollbacks and we protected our defined benefit pension plan for all current and future members of the plan.
Monday October 17 2016

Following the appointment of the special mediator by the government, CUPW and CPC agreed to a Pay Equity Review Process to deal with the significan

Tuesday October 4 2016

The federal government is conducting a review of Canada Post. It says everything but postal privatization is on the table.  

Thursday September 29 2016

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Monday November 12 2018

After many attempts to resolve the many outstanding issues that were necessary to achieve negotiated collective agreements, the parties remain far

Saturday November 10 2018

The parties are continuing to work with Mediator, Mr. Morton Mitchnick.

Saturday November 10 2018

Courage, focus and patience! We are up against big forces and an “operations” culture that has used us. It is not easy and we need each other.

Friday November 9 2018
The Union continues to work hard, with the assistance of Mediator, Mr. Morton Mitchnick, to move our negotiations forward. Your negotiating committee has presented all of our key issues to Mr. Mitchnick and we have given him the full background of why these issues must be addressed.
Friday November 9 2018
Parties Continue to Work with Mediator - For Immediate Release - Ottawa – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) rotating strike made its way north today, as members from the Whitehorse local in the Yukon and the Labrador City and Goose Bay locals in Labrador, enjoyed their first taste of strike action. They were joined by postal workers from British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, who also walked off the job yesterday evening and this morning.
Thursday November 8 2018
Some are asking how the overtime ban applies during the upcoming long weekend. Eight hours is eight hours - The overtime ban applies to ALL work performed at a premium rate (Remembrance Day is therefore part of the OT ban.) The overtime ban DOES NOT prevent part-time extensions and work for temporary workers up to a maximum of eight hours per day, forty hours per week.
Thursday November 8 2018
Montreal - November 29 & 30 And December 1st, 2018 - This conference is organized by the Centre international de solidarité ouvrière (CISO) (International Centre for Worker Solidarity), a vital forum where Quebec unions come together to focus on issues of international solidarity, particularly with a view to sharing resources and exchanging alternative information. Members interested in applying to attend this conference must do so by November 20, 2018.
Thursday November 8 2018
Ottawa – More members of Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), just over 2,300 in total, in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and British Columbia, walked off the job this morning as part of the third week of rotating strikes.
Wednesday November 7 2018
Today, Minister of Labour Ms Patty Hajdu extended the appointment of Mr. Morton Mitchnick as a mediator, for a period of 4 days, to assist the parties in reaching negotiated collective agreements. Your negotiating committee will work with Mr. Mitchnick to achieve the improvements that we need in our collective agreements.
Wednesday November 7 2018
1,300 postal workers join picket lines - For Immediate Release - Ottawa – Members of Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) from the Belleville, Cornwall, Kingston, Brockville and Lindsay locals in Ontario walked off the job this morning at 8 am (ET). They joined members from the Haut-du-Lac local in Quebec, whose strike action began at 6 am (ET), and members from the Acadie-Bathurst, Campbellton, Edmunston, Fredericton, Miramichi, St. Stephen and Woodstock locals in New Brunswick, who walked off at 6 am (AT).

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

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