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Friday May 14 2021
Friday March 27 2020
PURPOSE: This document outlines some options for handling heavy or O/S parcels while maintaining the
practices of physical (social) distancing. Different options can be used by different work
centers, depending on mail type, layout of the work center and equipment available.
Friday March 27 2020
PURPOSE: This document outlines the safe practices for working in a loose load work center while maintaining the recommendations of physical (social) distancing.
Friday March 27 2020
PURPOSE: This document outlines the safe procedures during the loose unloading process center while maintaining the recommendations of social distancing and how to identify unstable loads.
Sunday March 22 2020
Effective March 22, most post offices open to the public one hour later than usual, and close one hour earlier. This does not change your work schedule or mail clearance schedules. Canada Post’s message to members about this and other changes effective March 22 is available PDF icon here.
Sunday March 22 2020
Canada Post issued updated instructions to supervisors on Sunday March 22 regarding PDF icon Special Leave for childcare and elder care, updated process for quarantine, and cancelling vacation. You can seek more information from your supervisor, and here is the employee letter that was to be distributed to you on March 22.
Tuesday March 17 2020
On March 18, Canada Post Corporation issued some new directives on social distancing in and around the workplace – for PDF icon retail, for PDF icon plants, and for PDF icon delivery. Also, they are directing workers who have returned to Canada from any international destination since March 14 not to report to work and to self-quarantine for 14 days.
Tuesday March 17 2020
On March 18, Canada Post Corporation issued some new directives on social distancing in and around the workplace – for PDF icon retail, for PDF icon plants, and for PDF icon delivery. Also, they are directing workers who have returned to Canada from any international destination since March 14 not to report to work and to self-quarantine for 14 days.
Tuesday March 17 2020
On March 18, Canada Post Corporation issued some new directives on social distancing in and around the workplace – for PDF icon retail, for PDF icon plants, and for PDF icon delivery. Also, they are directing workers who have returned to Canada from any international destination since March 14 not to report to work and to self-quarantine for 14 days.
Sunday March 15 2020
Canada Post also issued new methods for PDF icon retail counters and for PDF icon delivery of Personal Contact Items. The policy should be available in your workplace. If your supervisor or co-workers can’t answer all your questions, please go to your steward or local health and safety representative for more information.
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Friday May 23 2025
Today, May 23, is the first day of a nationwide overtime ban. As of 12:01 a.m. today, members were called on to refuse to work more than eight hours a day and more than 40 hours a week. This is a legal strike action and all CUPW members must follow this direction.
Thursday May 22 2025
The National Executive Board has called for a nationwide overtime ban effective May 23 at 12:00 am local time. That means members are being called on to refuse to work any more than eight hours in a day and refuse to work more than forty hours in a week.
Wednesday May 21 2025
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...
Wednesday May 21 2025
After walking away from the table for the third time, Canada Post will finally table their global offers today. Our negotiating committee is currently on the way to receive the proposals.
Wednesday May 21 2025
This year, CUPW is proud to celebrate the Pride season under the theme "Workers United Against Hate" proposed by the Canadian Labour Congress. As we face a shocking rise in anti-LGBTQ hate in Canada and around the world, this theme is more important than ever.
Tuesday May 20 2025
On Monday, May 19, CUPW issued a 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post. This action was not taken lightly, but it was done for several reasons.
The collective agreements for the Urban Postal Operations and the Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers bargaining units, which were extended by the Government in December 2024, are set to expire Friday, May 23 at midnight.
Friday May 16 2025
Commissioner Kaplan’s report of the Industrial Inquiry Commission skews heavily in favour of Canada Post’s positions and recommendations. We fundamentally disagree with the bulk of its recommendations and challenge some of the information on which it was based. We have also objected to the entire process, but we felt that we had to participate in order to give voice to postal workers. The report also outlines three possible steps forward after May 22. It is important to note that this is not a done deal. It is up to Minister Patty Hajdu to decide what to do with the report – if anything at all.
Friday May 16 2025
May 18 is Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day. Every year, on this day, we remember the Tamil people who have died since 1948 because of the genocide committed against the Tamil people by the Sri Lankan state, including the massacre in Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka, in May 2009.
Thursday May 15 2025
We received Commissioner Kaplan’s lengthy report today on bargaining between CUPW and Canada Post. It comes out of the Industrial Inquiry Commission convened by the former Minister of Labour, Steven MacKinnon, under section 108 of the Canada Labour Code.
Wednesday May 14 2025
Canada Post put out a message today to all CUPW members in the Urban Postal Operations and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers units about benefits coverage and working conditions upon the expiry of the collective agreements on May 22.
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