National Grievance File

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves the Canada Post Corporation's actions with regard to compulsory overtime for Group 2 employees. Contrary to the provisions of clause 15.14 of the collective agreement, the Corporation has not taken any steps to minimize the amount of overtime employees are forced to work. More specifically, but not limited to, the Corporation fails to use temporary workers or other types of employees or people who could volunteer to do the work in lieu of Group 2 employees. In addition to violating clause 15.14, the Corporation's actions, in certain cases, could lead to grave and serious risks to the health and safety of employees who are forced to work overtime for too many hours in a day or week. Moreover, the Corporation's actions deprive temporary employees of hours of work to which they are entitled.

As of December 31, 2009, the Canada Post Corporation (the employer) has decided to stop accepting and/or processing new requests regarding the contractor start date of rural and suburban mail carriers (RSMC) hired as employees on January 1st, 2004 (contract holders, sub-contractors, replacements or helpers) for the purpose of establishing the seniority ranking of RSMCs. The employer is violating the provisions of the collective agreement and the established practice.