CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS
Local Executives and shop stewards are the backbone of our Union, and these folks don’t always get the recognition they deserve. Recently, I had the honour of moving motions at the National Executive Board to give life-time memberships to two retired members of the Pacific Region, acknowledging their tireless work on behalf of the CUPW Read more about A Big Thank you![…]
The Arbitrator’s decision contained some improvements to address the issue of overtime on letter carrier routes. She did not accept all of our proposals to allow letter carriers more options to reduce the overtime on their routes. Compulsory Overtime The parties had agreed to suspend clause 15.14 – Compulsory overtime on other routes. The issue Read more about URBAN LETTER CARRIER OVERTIME[…]
In the wake of a number of murders committed by police in the United States and Canada, CUPW joins an ever-important number of voices that are calling to DEFUND THE POLICE. While attention about the senseless police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis featured widely in Canadian media, Black and Indigenous people in Canada were also Read more about Statement on Defunding the Police[…]