National Grievance File

Canada Post has been organizing and holding meetings with some of CUPW’s members, in certain cities throughout the country, without the Union’s participation and consent, to discuss their working conditions.

This is being done in violation of Article 3 and other applicable provisions of the collective agreement and is viewed as attempting to destabilize the union at this critical period just in advance of negotiations.

The Corporation is unilaterally amending the work method by adding a new function for RSMC use to scan the barcode on the Delivery Control Slip (DCS) with no amendment to the monetary or other values that are provided for in the activity component of Appendix “A” of the collective agreement.  In so doing, the Corporation is not recognizing or compensating the new activity component in the Appendix “A”.  The employer is making this change to working conditions in violation of the provisions of the collective agreement.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves the employer’s violation of Article 30, Appendix N and all other applicable articles and appendices of the collective agreement.

The employer’s long term disability management provider, Sun Life, advised the union that, as of September 1, 2015 there would be charges levied against the union and/or its members for “Access to Personal Information Requests.” This constitutes a change of practice that was not implemented uniformly and changes the access and appeal process agreed to by the parties in the collective agreement, which is a violation.

Canada Post advised the Canadian Union of Postal Workers that they were unilaterally cancelling the intake for the 2015 Apprenticeship program under Article 40 and Appendix T. The cancellation occurred very late in the process and with grossly inadequate evidence being provided to CUPW to justify this action and no meaningful consultation occurring to allow the parties to discuss the issue with the goal of preventing the cancellation from occurring.

In doing so Canada Post violated the collective agreement as any decisions to modify or cancel any part of the program need to be by consent and the deadline to cancel the 2015 intake had long passed.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that Canada Post has established a post office consisting of two installations that are greater than 40 km from each other. This is in violation of Article 6, 53 and applicable provisions of the collective agreement and the historic practice of the parties in the application of Article 6.05.