National Grievance File

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) grieves that the Canada Post Corporation (CPC) has violated Article 12 and other relevant provisions of the collective agreement by creating, in the wicket or counter sections of staff offices grades 9 and up, a total number of part-time positions that exceeds ten per cent (10%) of the number of full-time positions in the wicket or counter sections of staff offices grades 9 and up.

The Union grieves that, even though the employer has signed national agreements regarding the hiring of three hundred (300) employees to relieve route holders on leave, it has yet to make every effort to abide by the collective agreement and related agreements. Canada Post is violating the collective agreement and the relevant agreements.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers finds that the Corporation has failed to abide by Appendix “P” of the collective agreement by not maintaining the ratio of regular full-time employees at 78 %, in violation of paragraph 1 (b) of this Appendix, and by not creating the required number of regular full-time employees, as set out in paragraph 2 (d). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, CUPW further submits that the employer calculated the adjustment rate and the adjustment factor as described in sub-paragraphs 1 a) v) and vi) incorrectly and in a manner inconsistent with past practice and inconsistent with representations made to the Union in past rounds of bargaining when the Appendix P ratio was negotiated and renewed. CUPW maintains that these are deliberate violations of the collective agreement. The Corporation’s actions also violate clauses 39.02, 39.03 and 39.06 of the collective agreement.

On or about February 27, 2008, the Union was informed that the employer is implementing a policy/directive entitled “Managing Medical Certificates” by Manulife Financial. This policy/directive violates the provisions of the collective agreement, more specifically Article 10.

The employer’s Labour Relations branch has issued a policy/directive that violates the collective agreement. In its policy/directive, the employer states that employees who volunteer to work overtime can use their seniority to select a portion of the route prior to those who have been asked to work overtime in accordance with clause 15.14 of the collective agreement.