National Grievance File

The Union grieves the employer has failed to provide the Union with proper notice as required under clauses 29.03 and 29.04 of the collective agreement in respect of a technological change entitled “Modern Post”.

Furthermore, the Union grieves the employer has been distributing information regarding its plans in respect of the “Modern Post” directly to bargaining unit members in violations of article 3, 29 and other related provisions of the collective agreement.

Canada Post has violated the collective agreement and the provisions of Part II of the Canada Labour Code by developing and implementing work procedures and standards for letter carriers which jeopardize their health and safety. More specifically, Canada Post improperly requires letter carriers to read and revise mail and to obtain mail from their satchels while walking between points of calls. Canada Post has unilaterally and improperly altered established work procedures and standards and has amended the Letter Carrier Handbook, the CMS and applicable policies in respect of health and safety. In so doing, Canada Post is in violation of the collective agreement including Article 33 and Appendix Vi and Vii and the provisions of Part II of the Canada Labour Code.

The Canada Post Corporation is violating the collective agreement by not modifying the sortation and preparation standards for routes with a high number of points of call.

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 employer violated the provisions of the CUPW-CPC collective agreement, including, but not limited to, Appendix “MM,” when the definition of seniority was amended to add to the seniority already recognized, the length of continuous service within the Post Office Department or the Canada Post Corporation between the first date of hiring to carry out bargaining unit work and the date on which the employee became a regular employee. On or about December 12, 2007, when the new seniority lists were established and posted, CUPW members noticed that the employer had granted periods of seniority that had already been lost to employees who had worked in other bargaining units. This constitutes a serious violation of the collective agreement and is prejudicial to the Union and its members.

The Canada Post Corporation (CPC) has informed the Union that it intends to contract out undeliverable publications mail to Vangent Canada Limited. In so doing, the Canada Post Corporation is violating the provisions of the collective agreement.

CUPW has learned that the Corporation is violating sub-paragraph 7.2 (d) (ii) of Appendix “D” of the collective agreement by refusing to pay 2.3 ¢ for each piece of householder mail on a compressed delivery schedule, and, more specifically, for all householders intended for same-day delivery.

On June 3, 2008, the Union received a letter dated May 30, 2008 in which the employer informed the Union of its intent to introduce unilaterally an “Employee Referral Program.” This program consists in paying $500.00 to any employee who refers someone for a position in the RSMC bargaining unit. The employer is violating the provisions of the collective agreement.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the Corporation is in violation of Article 35 and other applicable provisions of the Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers Collective Agreement in its determination of the amount to be applied against the financial cap with respect to the pension plan.

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 Canada Post Corporation is contravening the provisions of the collective agreement by charging expenses to the financial cap that are not contemplated by the collective agreement nor agreed to by the union.

The Corporation has improperly initiated a process to assess RMBs. The assessment process has been instituted by Canada Post without agreement and without sufficient meaningful consultation with the Union of the JHSC. On April 19, 2007, the Corporation notified the Union of the creation of a separate organization to complete the assessment of RMBs. The Corporation continues to conduct assessments and investigations of RMBs without the proper involvement of CUPW health and safety representatives as required by Part II of the Canada Labour Code. In so doing, the Corporation is in violation of the collective agreement including Articles 1, 3, 7, 24, 34 and Part II of the Canada Labour Code.