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Thursday February 11 2016

Hon. Catherine McKenna
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
107 Catherine Street (Main Office)
Ottawa, ON  K2P 0P4

Wednesday January 27 2016
Dear Minister Foote: I am writing to inquire about the status of the Canadian Postal Service Charter. It appears that the Charter has been archived on the government’s website. As you know, the Canadian Postal Service Charter spells out Canada Post’s universal service obligation, which includes five day a week delivery and a moratorium on post office closures in rural and small towns.
Monday December 21 2015

Jody Wilson-Raybould
Minister of Justice
1245 West Broadway
Suite 104
Vancouver, BC V6H 1G7

Wednesday December 16 2015

The Honorable John McCallum
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
365 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario

Friday December 11 2015
Dear Minister Foote: The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is not at all surprised that Sian Matthews, the current Chair of Canada Post’s Board of Directors, would reject your government’s call for Canada Post President and CEO Deepak Chopra to step aside.
Tuesday December 1 2015

 

Sayyid Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

 

Tuesday November 17 2015

On December 11, 2013, Canada Post announced drastic cutbacks to our public postal service, including plans to end home mail delivery in our country

Monday November 9 2015

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November 9, 2015

Support Postal Banking - Download and Sign the Petition

Canada needs a postal bank. Thousands of rural towns and villages in our country do not have a bank, but many of them have a post office that could provide financial services. As well, nearly two million Canadians desperately need an alternative to payday lenders. A postal bank could be that alternative. Download and sign the petition urging the Government of Canada to instruct Canada Post to add postal banking, with a mandate for financial inclusion.

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Wednesday February 19 2025
OTTAWA - Today, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers will continue to present its case during two days of hearings at the Industrial Inquiry Commission in Ottawa.
Tuesday February 18 2025
On February 19 and 20, the second round of hearings of the Industrial Inquiry Commission will be held in Ottawa. The format for these hearings will be similar to the first. Commissioner Kaplan has asked both CUPW and Canada Post to provide him with written submissions before the hearings begin.
Wednesday February 5 2025
The CUPW Child Care Fund is partnering with the YMCA Ottawa to offer postal workers in the Ottawa area access to day camp programs for summer of 2025!
Thursday January 30 2025
As we observe Black History Month, we take this opportunity to reflect on the invaluable contributions of Black individuals to the labour movement and our society at large. Black history is deeply intertwined with the story of worker solidarity, equity, and justice — values that are important to us as union members.
Tuesday January 28 2025
Today, January 28, CUPW and Canada Post presented their rebuttals to yesterday’s presentations as well as the written submission to the Industrial Inquiry Commission in front of Commissioner William Kaplan.
Tuesday January 28 2025
CUPW is looking for members who are interested in being part of the Regional Internal Organizing Committee During the last convention, the Regional Internal Organizing Committees were formalized as per clause 4.15 of the National Constitution, with a mandate to, among other things, promote the benefits of organizing by developing materials and tools that facilitate work floor mobilization and to identify effective actions in the continued fight for worker rights.
Monday January 27 2025
Today, January 27, CUPW and Canada Post presented their first in person submissions to the Industrial Inquiry Commission in front of Commissioner William Kaplan regarding the questions Minister MacKinnon asked under Section 108 of the Canada Labour Code.

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

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