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Tuesday November 13 2018

Nearly 10,000 Postal Workers on the Picket Lines

For Immediate Release

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.

Thursday October 25 2018

Just about 260 workers walk off the job in Red Deer 

For Immediate Release

Thursday October 25 2018

Just over 300 workers in Sherbrooke join picket lines 

For Immediate Release

Wednesday October 24 2018

The mediator appointed by the Government to assist the parties, Mr. Morton Mitchnick has now arrived in Ottawa.

Thursday September 20 2018

The final arbitration decision was issued by Arbitrator Maureen Flynn today. Here are the results.

Friday August 31 2018

Dear Sister and Brothers,

Friday August 31 2018

Yesterday, August 30, was the final meeting in our attempts to negotiate all the terms for implementing the pay equity settlement that were not set

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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.
Friday January 24 2025
On Monday, January 27, the first hearing of the Industrial Inquiry Commission will be held in Ottawa. This Commission was convened by the Minister of Labour Steven MacKinnon under section 108 of the Canada Labour Code.
Tuesday January 21 2025
On January 20, Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has had his life sentence commuted by outgoing US President Joe Biden. For nearly 50 years, much of it in solitary confinement, Peltier has been imprisoned for murder following a 1975 confrontation between the FBI and American Indian Movement (AIM) at the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota.
Friday January 17 2025
For two days this week, the Negotiating Committees worked to resolve our bargaining dispute with Canada Post and achieve new collective agreements.
Friday January 17 2025
Deadline to apply: March 9, 2025 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. It provides university level courses on issues related to work and the rights of workers in Canada. It gives graduates the necessary tools to be effective leaders in their union, their labour council, and the wider labour movement for the benefit of all workers.
Friday January 17 2025
As you may be aware, on December 13th, 2024, Minister of labour McKinnon ordered under section 107 of the Canada Labour code for the CIRB to determine if the parties were “likely” to achieve a collective agreement by December 31st, 2024. If the CIRB was to answer negatively to the above question, they were to order the Corporation and its employees to resume and continue their operations and duties until May 22nd, 2025.

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

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