In her award, Arbitrator MacPherson rejected the union’s proposal that work on the 6th and 7th day of the week to be paid at double time.
She instead awarded Canada Post’s proposal, a per piece method that will reduce the hours attributed to your route.
When the corporation decides it is necessary to have parcels delivered on the weekend, employees who volunteer to perform the work shall receive:
· Drive time per km – January 1, 2020 – $1.4180*
· Drive time per km – January 1, 2021 – $1.4590*
*Subject to progression level in Appendix A of the collective agreement.
· Parcel Delivery – July 1, 2020 – $2.00 PER PARCEL (not per stop)
· Vehicle Expense – CRA rate as described in clause 33.01(b), will be applied when you provide a personal vehicle to perform the work.
The Arbitrator ordered that voluntary weekend work be offered by equal opportunity. If you volunteer to work on the weekend, it does not guarantee you will deliver parcels from your own route.
The Union’s Position On How Equal Opportunity Works
Despite numerous consultations, Canada Post has not given us their position on how Equal Opportunity will work.
The position put forward by the Union is that Group 2 provisions should apply. CPC should post a list of route holder’s and PRE’s names in the installation in order of their seniority. When work is available, it should be offered in the order of the names on the list, in descending order of seniority, continuing where they left off, the last time weekend work was offered. An opportunity would be deemed to have occurred when:
Ø The employee accepts;
Ø The employee refuses; or
Ø The employee is absent on leave.
Equal opportunity does not guarantee equal compensation, only equal distribution of offers to work on weekends.
OCREs may be offered the work by ranking if there are not sufficient volunteer route holders and PREs.
What Should you do if you weren’t Offered the Work?
Should you feel that CPC has not respected Equal Opportunity principles imposed by the Arbitrator, you should contact your Shop Steward or Local Executive and file a grievance.
These parcels will not be counted as PCIs on a route.
The impact of the Arbitrator’s decision is that PCIs delivered on the weekend will not be counted on the log sheets. When parcels are delivered on the weekend, there is less PCI time attributed to the routes during the week, resulting in less pensionable time, and less basic pay.
In Solidarity,
Carl Girouard
National Grievance Officer