Implementation process for Appendix “E”, paragraphs 1 and 4

CUPW and CPC representatives on the Transition Committee have been meeting since August 2006 to proceed with the hiring of on-call relief employees (OCRE). Following these discussions, many agreements were reached between the parties.  Appendix “E”, paragraph 1 states that: “As of September 1, 2006, the Corporation agrees to hire one hundred (100) on-call relief employees.” The Transition Committee made a recommendation to the parties on September 9, 2006 concerning the locations where these employees would be hired.

Appendix “E”, paragraph 4 states that: “As of September 1, 2006, the Transition Committee shall make recommendations to the parties concerning the rules for the allocation of relief assignments.” The parties signed a memorandum of agreement on December 20, 2006.

Early in 2007, the Transition Committee continued its discussions and the parties reached several more agreements, including: 1- relaxing the requirement to provide a specific type of vehicle (mini-van) in some installations; 2- clarifying the rules for OCREs around bidding for a vacant position during their probation period; 3- clarifying the scope of clauses 16.02 and 14.01 when a designated holiday falls during an annual leave period.

Implementation process for Appendix “E”, paragraph 2

On June 8, 2007, the RSMC Transition Committee made a recommendation to the parties (CUPW and CPC) to implement the provisions of Appendix “E”, paragraph 2 of the RSMC collective agreement, which states that:  “As of January 1, 2007, the Corporation agrees to hire one hundred (100) on-call relief employees in locations to be recommended to the parties by the Transition Committee.”

Throughout this period, we continued discussions to implement the provisions of Appendix “E”, paragraph 2. 

Implementation of recommendations made by CUPW locals

The National Executive Board, through the National Directors, asked CUPW locals to send proposals to the Transition Committee regarding the postal installations or groups of installations where the 100 additional OCREs could be hired.

We received many requests from all regions, and it was difficult to choose because the number of OCREs to be hired is lower than the number needed to ensure RSMCs don’t have to use replacements to cover their absences.

The Transition Committee discussed these proposals and reached an agreement on a recommendation to be made to the parties. Both Canada Post and CUPW accepted this recommendation.

Memorandum of Agreement in effect as of June 19, 2007

Following the recommendation of the Transition Committee, the memorandum of agreement on the application of Appendix “E”, paragraph 2 took effect on June 19, 2007. The list of selected postal installations and groups of installations and the corresponding number of OCREs to be hired is printed on the reverse side of this bulletin.