National Grievance File

When changes are made to a route under Articles 11, 12, 13, 34 and other provisions of the collective agreement, the employer is failing to provide the Transition Committee with all relevant information, in violation of the collective agreement imposed by interest arbitrator B. Keller.

The CUPW grieves that Canada Post is violating Articles 47, the Letter Carrier Route Measurement System (LCRMS) Manual, Appendix V, Appendix CC, and to the extent that it applies, the Mail Services Courier Workload Structuring System (MSCWSS) Manual, as well as all other applicable Articles and Appendices of the Urban Operations Agreement. The Corporation is calculating travel time to, from, within, and between different functions on motorized and other letter carrier routes in a manner that is not correct and not consistent with the Urban Operations Collective agreement and the LCRMS and MSCWSS Manuals. In regard to the MSCWSS Manual, the Corporation has not sought or obtained the Union’s agreement to calculate travel times for letter carrier routes in the manner being done. In addition, by changing the method of calculating transportation time, the Corporation is asserting that timing of travel times is now part of the preparation phase of the restructuring process rather than part of the restructuring phase. The impact is to limit CUPW’s right to employer paid observation of these timing exercises.

The Canada Post Corporation informed the Union of its intention to unilaterally introduce right-hand drive vehicles (RHD) on RSMC routes. The Corporation also informed the Union of its intention to charge to the RSMC financial cap the costs associated with its decision. The employer is changing the working conditions provided under the collective agreement, including, but without restricting the foregoing, in regards to compensation. The employer is thus violating the collective agreement and applicable legislation.

The Canada Post Corporation informed the Union that it intends to provide/create a DRS-RTS centralization located in the Vancouver Mail Processing Plant (VMPP) and reserves the right to exercise its option of expanding to centralize DRS-RTS work in other areas of BC operations. The DRS-RTS Centralization Project 2011 is a technological change within the meaning of Article 29 of the collective agreement. The employer refuses to abide by the provisions of Article 29 and, more specifically, to provide the information that the Union is entitled to receive under clauses 29.03 and 29.04, which triggers the process specified at Article 29, and to recognize the protection under this Article. The employer is violating the provisions of the collective agreement.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that Canada Post is in violation of article 33 and other applicable articles of the collective agreement and the provisions of the Canada Labour Code in that it is refusing to allow Union representation during the completion of the Supervisor's Accident Investigation Report (SAIR) form and the completion of injury-on-duty forms by employees.

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.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers grieves that the Corporation has violated articles 9, 50 and other applicable articles and appendices of the collective agreement in that it has adopted and maintained a policy that has verifications conducted under article 50 carried out over a five (5)-day period.

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.