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377 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario  K2P 1Y3
Canada

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    Tuesday July 5 2016
    OTTAWA – Canada Post has just served notice on fifty thousand Canadian workers that it plans to drive them out onto the streets without pay in an effort to impose steep concessions on them.
    Monday July 4 2016
    OTTAWA - Postal workers remain committed to seeking the best possible public postal service for Canadians and Canadian businesses. We want an agreement that allows us to innovate in order to adapt to the changing communication needs of Canadian businesses and the public, and we want to continue providing accessible postal services that can be counted on to deliver everywhere in Canada.
    Wednesday June 29 2016
    For Immediate Release - OTTAWA - Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra has officially rejected a letter from postal workers asking him to extend the July 2 deadline for a lockout by a period of two weeks, which could mean that the profitable company is indeed preparing to lock out its workforce in the middle of a public postal review, spoiling the process.
    Tuesday June 28 2016
    OTTAWA - Postal workers are asking Canada Post management for a two-week extension on the cooling-off period that would otherwise entail a termination of their contract on July 2nd. At that point, the union says Canada Post might either lock its workers out or try to force a walkout through punitive changes to their working conditions.
    Tuesday June 14 2016
    For Immediate Release - OTTAWA - Urban and rural postal workers have signed memoranda of agreement with Canada Post that they will continue to deliver pension and social assistance cheques, and have further committed to ensuring no live animals get caught in the mail if there is a shutdown due to a labour dispute.
    Friday June 10 2016
    For Immediate Release - Postal workers are welcoming the return of proactive pay equity legislation recommended by the Special Committee on Pay Equity report It’s Time to Act. However, they say Canada Post should be acting right now at the bargaining table to address the glaring discrepancy between its urban and rural mail carriers.
    Wednesday June 1 2016
    OTTAWA- For several months now, postal workers have been sounding the alarm about slippery gravel scattered by a Canada Post contractor around Orleans mailboxes and they’re not getting any answers, either from Canada Post or from Labour Canada.
    Thursday May 26 2016
    WINNIPEG - Postal workers are organizing at the Liberal Convention in Winnipeg this week, hoping to persuade delegates that new services at Canada Post should be high up on the Liberal policy agenda.
    Friday May 6 2016
    OTTAWA - Postes Canada a versé énormément d’argent au Trésor public au cours des vingt dernières années, et elle poursuit sur sa lancée, déclarant un bénéfice net de près de 100 millions $ (99 millions $) pour l’année 2015.
    Thursday May 5 2016
    OTTAWA – The federal government’s long-awaited announcement of a review of Canada Post is welcome news for Canada’s postal workers, who are looking forward to the public having a say in what tomorrow’s post office can do for the country.

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    Thursday April 18 2024
    The National Day of Mourning, observed annually in Canada on April 28, pays tribute to those who have lost their lives, been injured, become ill or suffered tragedy at work. It’s a day to remember those who have suffered because of their work. It’s also a day to renew our collective commitment to improving workplace health and safety, and to preventing further injuries, illnesses, and deaths. This year’s theme is “Safe Work Now!”
    Thursday April 18 2024
    Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Miller, CUPW represents more than 55,000 workers across the country, the majority of which work for Canada Post as letter carriers, rural and suburban mail carriers, postal clerks, mail handlers and despatchers, technicians, mechanics, and electricians. We also represent couriers, delivery drivers, warehouse workers, cleaners, emergency medical dispatchers and other private sector workers.
    Friday April 12 2024
    Canada Post has presented two more major rollbacks at the bargaining table that would widen the gap of newer workers’ second-tier status, the rollbacks apply to both RSMC and Urban Units.
    Thursday April 4 2024
    Canada saw the full might of Mother Nature last year, from floods, to fires, to storms, and thick smoke. It was a year of extremes. Wildfires ripped through communities in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and Nova Scotia. Fires also burned for months in Quebec producing thick, noxious smoke that blanketed most of eastern North America. While the Prairies grappled with drought, Eastern Canada experienced record rainfall and deadly floods. This past winter was the warmest winter ever recorded in Canada by a huge margin.
    Thursday March 28 2024
    Over the past few years, the cost of living has skyrocketed and inflation has hit 40-year highs. The price of our most basic needs – groceries, housing, fuel – have seen the biggest jumps. As workers struggle to live paycheque to paycheque, executives, banks and the rest of the 1% get richer.
    Thursday March 28 2024
    Labour College, the Canadian Labour Congress’ (CLC) flagship trade union leadership development program, is a unique learning opportunity for union leaders and active members to learn new skills and take on the challenges that face the labour movement.
    Tuesday March 26 2024
    Since 2015 RSMCs, PREs and OCREs using a corporate vehicle have been receiving an annual payment to compensate for the time it takes to perform a daily vehicle safety inspection (circle check).
    Friday March 22 2024
    At the bargaining table, Canada Post has proposed major changes to our benefits package. The Corporation wants to convert our traditional group benefits plan into a “flexible benefits plan” with a Heath Spending Account (HSA).
    Tuesday March 19 2024
    The CUPW Child Care Fund is calling on CUPW locals to help spread the word about the new CUPW disability-supports.ca portal. We are asking locals to post the link to the disability portal on their websites.
    Thursday March 14 2024
    Our Cost of Living Allowance will pay out once again, as it has several times during the renewal agreements, to help members deal with inflation. Please note, the information below is subject to change should we win our National Grievance (N00-22-R0005). In dispute is the date of the base month for the calculations of COLA amounts owed. Canada Post Corporation has confirmed that it will pay the COLA payments as below, calculated in accordance with their position on the base month.

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

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