National Grievance File

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the Corporation, through the actions of certain representatives and through the issuance of various publications, including but not limited to the October 3, 2003 issue of Internal News and the October/November issue of Performance, is in violation of articles 3, 14, 33, 48, appendix 19 (BB) and other applicable articles and appendices of the collective agreement.

CUPW and the Corporation have an agreement for assessing the workload of letter carriers who do door-to-door delivery to points of call normally serviced by community mail boxes. Under this agreement, the equivalent of three quarters of the street distance must be allocated.

However, the Corporation refuses to comply with this agreement and the new provisions in the LCRMS Manual, and to make the required time assessment adjustments to several letter carrier routes. In so doing, the Corporation is violating the collective agreement, specifically Articles 47 and 50, as well Appendix "V" and Chapter 13 of the LCRMS Manual.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the Corporation is in violation of article 33 and other applicable articles and appendices of the collective agreement between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post Corporation in that it has failed to provide sunglasses to employees working in Group 2 classifications.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the Corporation is in violation of Article 28 and other applicable articles of the Collective Agreement in that it is calculating severance pay entitlements for periods of part-time and temporary service based on scheduled hours.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the employer has violated the provisions of the collective agreement in that it has failed to apply the provisions of clause 30.02 and the letter from Mary Traversy concerning the clarification and exceptions to the drug formulary - article 30.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the Corporation has violated Article 17, Appendix "V" and other articles and appendices of the Collective Agreement in that it has implemented a policy, which provides that the payment identified in Appendix "V-3" will not be paid when an uncovered route is covered pursuant to the provisions of clauses 17.04 and 17.05.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the Corporation has violated Appendices "I" and "T" and other applicable articles and appendices of the collective agreement in that it has contracted out parcel delivery work in the locations of Belleville, Ontario, North Bay, Ontario, Trenton, Ontario and St. Jean, Québec.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the Corporation is in violation of Articles 2, 3, 8, 29 and other applicable articles and appendices of the Collective Agreement in that it has implemented a number of initiatives, for example, the Revenue Protection Project in Winnipeg, the Global Positioning System in Scarborough and changes to the isolated post allowance entitlements in a number of locations, without consulting or negotiating with the Union at the national level.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the employer is in violation of Appendix "FF", articles 8 and 33 and other applicable provisions of the collective agreement in that it is not paying wages or providing other benefits to the members of the Night/Shift Working Committees in Montreal, Quebec City, St. John and Moncton while these members are performing functions and tasks associated with the Working Committees.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the employer has violated Appendix "FF" and other applicable provisions of the Collective Agreement in that it has failed to allow the working committees in Montreal and other locations to develop alternative schedules for the night shift and forward these schedules to the Steering Committee. It has also prevented the Steering Committee from reviewing and testing these proposed schedules. Finally, it has prevented the working committees from performing the activities specified in point 4 of Appendix "FF".

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves on behalf of its members in Ontario that the employer is in violation of clause 30.08 and other applicable portions of the Collective Agreement in that it is failing to apply the provisions of clause 30.08 to the health care premium recently introduced in Ontario.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the employer has violated articles 47, 48, appendix "CC" and other provisions of the Urban Operations Collective Agreement in that it has inserted language into the Letter Carrier Route Measurement System (LCRMS) Manual that is contrary to the provisions of clause 48.04 of the collective agreement.