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1: Isolated Post Allowance March 15, 2011 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/380 Sisters and Brothers: On February 25th, the Union and the employer were supposed to meet before arbitrator Bergeron. They were to hear the expert called by the Union to testify on the method for calculating damages to be paid to workers affected by the changes in Canada... 2: Isolated Posts January 14, 2011 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/357 On October 21, 2010, CUPW asked the Federal Court to find the Canada Post Corporation guilty of contempt of court for refusing to apply arbitrator Bergeron’s September 16, 2008 decision regarding isolated posts. At the arbitration hearing, the Corporation filed a motion... 3: Grievance N00-07-00012 Subject: Random numbers January 7, 2011 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/353 Subject: Random numbers Sisters/Brothers: Dispute: As you will remember, the Corporation, in applying Appendix “MM” and the new seniority rules, implemented a policy whereby employees who appeared on the seniority list ahead of other employees... 4: Grievance N00-07-00012 January 7, 2011 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/354 Brothers/Sisters: Subject: Random Numbers that amend seniority ranking Recently, I advised you that the Union would be e-mailing the arbitrator to ask him, under clause 9.34 of our collective agreement, to convene the parties, and suggest a date that... 5: Grievance R02-07-00002 challenging letter carrier performance evaluation based on LCRMS standards December 3, 2010 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/339 The Metro-Montreal Region filed a grievance challenging the employer practice of using the Letter Carrier Route Measurement System (LCRMS) or other means to evaluate and discipline employees. The grievance can be summed up as follows: Can the Corporation use the standards... 6: Isolated Post Allowance Federal Court Hearing (October 21, 2010) October 28, 2010 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/329 On October 21, 2010, the Federal Court held a hearing on the Union’s application for confirmation of arbitrator André Bergeron’s decision in the isolated post grievance. The Union had to ask for confirmation of the decision because the Corporation has yet... 7: Isolated Post Allowance October 28, 2010 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/331 On October 20, 2010, Arbitrator Bergeron heard the national grievance on the method to be used to compensate workers affected by the change in policy on the isolated posts identified in Appendix “H” of the urban operations collective agreement. The Union... 8: Canada Post ordered to pay punitive damages September 14, 2010 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/305 We are reproducing below a few sections of a very important arbitration decision because it addresses the schemes the employer is prepared to devise to convince you to accept rollbacks in the collective agreement. We want you to see what a third party had to say about these... 9: Important Arbitration Decision – Freedom of Expression March 25, 2010 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/258 In the fall of 2008, CUPW asked its members to wear buttons as part of a public awareness campaign it conducted in Canada and Quebec against the privatization of the postal service. The first button included the message “Your public post office delivers… for... 10: Grievance N00-06-R0007 March 9, 2010 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/251 The dispute: On May 30, 2008, the Employer notified the Union of its intent to implement an “Employee Recommendation Program,” which applies to both bargaining unit employees. The purpose of this program, launched as a pilot in British Columbia and... 11: Changes to the Dental Care Plan for Retirees March 5, 2010 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/255 The Employer has advised the Union that all employees who are hired by Canada Post on or after November 1, 2009 will be required to pay 100% of the premiums for the retiree dental plan. In addition, all employees who are hired by Canada Post on or after November 1, 2009 who... 12: Members’ Right to Free Speech and Union’s Right to Meet With and Represent Members in the Workplace July 22, 2009 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2007/182 The employer is engaged in a race to convince the members of the need for rollbacks in the next round of bargaining for the urban operations unit. The employer wants to rollback our rights under the collective agreement in terms of sick leave and work rules, which it deems... 13: Employer's Challenge to Group 2 Seniority Rights Rejected at Arbitration April 6, 2009 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins The right for a member to use seniority is a central issue for most Unions’ negotiation efforts. CUPW is no exception. In fact, when it comes to virtually all transfers, promotions, demotions and issues relating to choice of shift or assignments, the Collective Agreement... 14: Arbitrator Picher Denies National Grievance N00-00-00012 February 16, 2009 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/123 When members are injured on the job, they have to fill out various forms as part of the compensation process, including the claim forms from their provincial workers’ compensation board. Canada Post also has to fill out various forms to meet its obligations under the... 15: National Grievance N00-03-00005 December 16, 2008 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/111 Sisters and Brothers: As you know, the Corporation has unilaterally amended its policy on the travel allowance for employees in isolated posts (“travel allowance”). The Union successfully challenged this change. In an arbitration decision rendered... 16: Update on National Grievance N00-07-00012: CUPW Attempting to Reach a Memorandum of Agreement on Ranking December 16, 2008 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/110 Sisters and Brothers: Determining seniority is a critical issue for members. As a result of the Appendix “MM” process and using a random number to break potential ties in seniority rankings, some employees have found themselves in a lower position on... 17: Freedom of Expression : CPC acting in bad faith October 17, 2008 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/080 The Corporation is showing an unmistakable lack of good faith. It’s flaunting the law and abusing its right to discipline employees by attacking and punishing our members and union representatives for wearing a button that says: “Your PUBLIC postal service... 18: Financial Cap – Base Financial Year May 27, 2008 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2008-2011/021 Grievance N00-03-R00009, filed on July 7, 2005, deals with a dispute between the parties on the issue of the base financial year. The Union argued that the amount above which the parties had agreed that an additional $29M would be allocated referred to the expenses the employer... 19: CUPW Negotiates $10.5 Million Settlement for the Last of the Pre-August ’92 Grievance Backlog December 10, 2007 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/339 On November 30th the CUPW signed a memorandum that resolves the final 2000 or so cases that remained in the pre-August ’92 backlog grievance process. This process, which began in March of 1990 with a CUPW referendum permitting the creation of a dispute resolution... 20: Seniority review process September 19, 2007 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/295 As we reported in our previous bulletin (#288), the working committees responsible for examining review requests are now fully operational. The purpose of these committees is to review each request on the basis of the information provided or contained in the employee’s... 21: Manulife Update August 15, 2007 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/285 Recently Canada Post changed service providers for its Attendance Management Program. Manulife has now taken over from Medisys. While many members may be happy that Medisys is gone as they suffered through Medisys intrusions and violations, Manulife appears to have taken off... 22: Severance Pay - Bulletin #2 July 5, 2007 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/274 As postal workers may recall, the signing of the 2003 collective agreement included provisions which essentially capped the severance pay benefit as of December 31, 2006 and replaced it with longevity pay that entitled those with 28 years of continuous service to a pensionable... 23: Seniority June 28, 2007 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/268 At the beginning of the week of June 18, 2007, the employer sent out letters confirming your seniority date under the newly-negotiated rules. The employer used available computerized data to determine your seniority. Please check without delay whether this seniority... 24: Seniority: Implementation Process June 18, 2007 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/263 It’s a Go… To implement the new seniority rules, a six-month transition period has been provided for to ensure that everyone’s seniority has been assigned in accordance with these new rules. The employer will shortly be sending you a letter explaining... 25: Injury-On-Duty Leave April 12, 2007 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/248 Following an injury on duty and two relapses, recurrences or aggravations, a full-time letter carrier became unable to carry out his duties. The workplace compensation board (Commission de la santé et de la sécurité au travail - CSST) accepted this conclusion.... 26: Information Bulletin (RSMC) November 23, 2006 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/168 From the CUPW’s perspective, the employer’s attitude toward some RSMC issues is irrational. In fact, in some instances, management’s actions could easily be described as being ugly because it goes beyond what may be defined as typical in CUPW/CPC disagreements.... 27: Severance Pay – Union National Grievance Partially Sustained – Bulletin #1 November 16, 2006 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/159 Along with the capping of the severance pay benefit and the introduction of longevity pay into the 2003 collective agreement came an employer obligation to calculate the amount each eligible bargaining unit member was to receive. For periods of full-time employment, the method... 28: CUPW RSMC Financial Cap Grievance Sustained September 28, 2006 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/142 One of the issues identified as a dispute between the employer and the Union after the signing of the collective agreement was the method used by management to calculate the affect of the additional $29 million dollars that was to be added to the wages and benefits of RSMCs... 29: Temporary Employees July 19, 2006 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/126 On September 30, 2003, the Union and the employer signed a new collective agreement incorporating a number of changes, one of which in particular has significant repercussions for Union members with temporary employee status. Clause 44.11(b) of the collective agreement was... 30: Union Victory! Arbitrator Orders Canada Post to Stop Closure of Québec City Plant February 2, 2006 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008 ( ) On February 1, 2006, Arbitrator Guy E. Dulude, ordered Canada Post to suspend its plans and that conditions set out in Article 29 be met. The Arbitrator declared that: The 29.03 (a) notice was provided to the Union late; The 29.03 (b) notice was insufficient... 31: Canada Post Doesn't Have The "Greene" Light December 23, 2005 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - 2005-2008/053 The new Chief Executive Officer of Canada Post has inherited from her predecessor a really difficult issue that will follow her for quite some time, i.e. the review of the national network of postal installations, including mail processing operations in mechanized plants. The... 32: Security of Mail and Disciplinary Measures – Arbitration Decision July 8, 2005 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins On June 14, a national arbitrator rendered an important arbitration award. The principles set out in this decision affect all members of the urban operations bargaining unit even though the grievance dealt more specifically with mail service couriers (MSC) and motorized letter... 33: Universal Seniority June 7, 2005 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - Bulletin no.: 2005-2008/009 At the triennial Convention held in Quebec City from April 17 to 21, 2005, delegates UNANIMOUSLY adopted a resolution mandating the National Executive Board (NEB) to hold a membership awareness campaign across the country for the entire urban operations unit to discuss the resolution... 34: Online National Grievance Database April 28, 2005 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - Bulletin no.: 2005-2008/02 A new feature has been added to our CUPW National website (<http://www.cupw-sttp.org>) to provide members with timely updates on grievances filed by the national office since April 2002 under both the Urban Operations collective agreement and the Rural and Suburban Mail... 35: National Grievance Update Rural & Suburban Mail Carriers March 1, 2005 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/290 As of this date the Union has submitted nine (9) national grievances under the provisions of the RSMC collective agreement. A brief description of the grievances and their current status follows. N00-03-R0001: This grievance contests the employer's right to require employees... 36: Rural and Suburban Mail Carrier (RSMC) Grievances November 10, 2004 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/253 Since January 1, 2004 the Union has submitted seven (7) grievances at the national level under the provisions of the RSMC collective agreement. A brief explanation about the issue(s) being grieved and the current status of the grievances is found below. N00-03-R0001: This... 37: Severance Pay Problems Continue July 28, 2004 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/230 The latest escapades in the employer's failure to properly apply the provisions of the Collective Agreement occurred in the last two weeks. According to the provisions of the Collective Agreement, the employer was to issue severance pay payments to members no later than July... 38: Benefits Arbitration to Continue July 14, 2004 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/226 Initially, the arbitration hearing for the grievance submitted by the Union concerning the employer's implementation of the Extended Health Care Plan (EHCP) was scheduled for July 6, 2004 before Arbitrator Tom Jolliffe. However, based upon previous discussions held with Canada... 39: On Board Computer - Big Brother Comes to CPC May 25, 2004 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins - Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/215 At the National Consultation meeting of April 14, 2004, Canada Post informed CUPW that it would be installing 200 "On Board Computers" (OBC) in step vans in 13 major metro areas from coast to coast. LINKED TO GPS The OBCs contain sensors that are attached to... 40: National Grievance Update: Rural And Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) Collective Agreement May 20, 2004 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/216 Fingerprinting of RSMC Members The union has recently submitted two national grievances under the provisions of the RSMC collective agreement. The first grievance (N00-03-R0001) contests the employer's decision to require some members covered... 41: Severance Pay (2002-2005/206) April 23, 2004 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/206 Aside from our dispute with the employer regarding the calculation of severance pay for periods of part time and temporary employment, there are other problems that have arisen with the employer's severance pay procedures. Groups 3 & 4... 42: Update On National Files March 31, 2004 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/196 The Union has recently submitted a number of national grievances against actions taken by the Corporation. The nature of the grievances and their current status is described below. Grievance N00-00-00012: Clause 33.06 indicates that the employer... 43: Severance Pay March 4, 2004 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/186 By now all members who were regular employees as of September 1, 2003 should have received the employer's mailing with a letter and a series of questions on Severance Pay. If you have not received this package, phone the information line at 1-800-661-7011,... 44: Fingerprinting February 19, 2004 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/180 The Union recently learned that the Corporation sent letters to a number of Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMCs) requesting that these members be fingerprinted as part of a "reliability check". To add insult to injury the letter also... 45: National Grievance N00-00-00009 -- Mail Mobile Stop and Decentralized Redirection System September 15, 2003 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/143 This grievance was filed because management took the position that they would only implement the Mail Mobile stop value (.81 minutes) during route restructuring exercises that impacted 25% of mobile routes and the Corporation also refused to implement... 46: Taxi Waiting Time May 1, 2003 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005-83 An arbitration decision was rendered in national grievance N00-00-00006 on March 20, 2003. This grievance dealt with the fact that taxi-waiting time is not evaluated into our routes. On October 2, 2001 during the arbitration hearing the parties... 47: Formal Arbitration Decisions April 14, 2003 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/85 Two formal arbitration decisions that touch on the letter carrier work measurement system were rendered during the month of March 2003. Grievance 105-92-00444 out of the Fundy (Saint John) Local was filed because Route Measurement Officers were... 48: Private Vehicles February 13, 2003 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no 2002-2005-65 On January 29, 2003 the Union raised the issue of illegal private vehicle use at the Union/Management national consultation meeting. You may recall the issue of our members not being adequately insured had been raised at consultation in the past. There... 49: "Swiffer" Householder January 23, 2003 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005 (60) In April 2000 the Union submitted grievance N00-00-00002 (CUPW) after the employer required letter carriers to deliver "Swiffer" householders, which were outside the size, weight and delivery standards found in Appendix "D".... 50: Paid Travel Time - Group 2 October 24, 2002 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no. : 2002-2005/32 In negotiating the current collective agreement, the parties added language to articles 51 and 52 that resulted in Relief Letter Carriers and Mail Service Couriers (Relief) being entitled to travel time, and pay during such travel time, when they... 51: Update On Medical Remuneration Supplements January 24, 2002 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 1999-2002 (241) GROUPS 2, 3, 4 & 5 Corrections concerning the number of dependents Many of you have requested a correction to the amount owed to you. The need for a correction resulted from Canada Post having erred in considering you as living without... 52: Medical Remuneration Supplement December 5, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 1999-2002 (236) Initial Payment On November 22, 2001, CPC was to have provided full payment of the medical remuneration supplement to members in Groups 2, 3, 4 and 5 for the years 1990, 1991 and the first seven months of 1992. Non-payment for the first 11... 53: $15 Million Settlement - 'It's in the Mail' November 28, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no : 1999-2002 (234) We are very happy to announce that on Saturday, November 24, 2001, CUPW mailed out almost 10,000 cheques to Group 1 members involved in grievances regarding high-mail volume situations and the Christmas period. THE SEARCH FOR ADDRESSES CONTINUES Despite... 54: Medical Remuneration Supplement - Groups 2, 3, 4 and 5 November 22, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins As you will have noted, Canada Post has paid the amounts owed to eligible members for the medical remuneration supplement for the years 1990, 1991 and the first seven months of 1992. Incorrect amounts You probably noted that CPC only paid you for a total period of 20 months... 55: Erratum - Bulletin No.: 1999-2002 (209-A) October 2, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Sisters : Brothers : An error occurred on the INFORMATION BULLETIN entitled « Merry Christmas! » dated September 27, 2001. The sub-title above the second column reads: "$15 Million Settlement - Group 2." It should have read "Group 1", not... 56: Merry Christmas! September 28, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Although there are still three months to go before December 25th, it's a pleasure to be able to wish you all a Merry Christmas right now, since members from all groups will be receiving a total of more than $32 million between now and Christmas. Medical Remuneration Supplement CPC's... 57: Note to the employes who held part-time Mail Service Courriers (MSC)positions under the 1982 to 1992 collective agreements July 12, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins This bulletin is directed to members in the Montreal-Metro Region and Quebec Region and is in French only. ... 58: Reminder - Information Needed - 15 Million Dollar Settlement June 7, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no : 1999-2002 (140-A) In regards to the settlement of grievances on high-volume mail situations and the Christmas period, the Union wishes to advise that several members identified in the grievances have left Canada Post or, if they are still there, have not... 59: Arbitrator Lauzon Sustains Second Medical Remuneration Grievance June 7, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin No.: 1999-2002 The CUPW has received another arbitration decision confirming that postal workers are owed compensation for the employer's decision in 1990 to stop paying the medical remuneration supplement that was included in the various collective agreements that... 60: Lump Sum -- Temporary and Part-Time Employees May 25, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin no : 1999-2002 (181) Incorrect Payment Following the payment of the lump sum made on August 31, 2000 under Appendix ''DD'' of the collective agreement, the Union learned that CPC had failed to include the vacation pay received in March 2000, premiums and overtime... 61: Grievance N00-95-00025 - Natural Walk Pattern May 3, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Grievance N00-95-00025 was filed in February 1998 because the Corporation introduced the Natural Walk Pattern into the Letter Carrier Route Measurement System. The Union contested the removal of the standard of stairs that are more than ten feet apart, the removal of the two... 62: National Grievance N00-95-00015 April 17, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/173 The national grievance that was filed because the corporation began removing 4 ft at every commercial and residential point of call and removing 5 ft for every door listed on the 038 forms, has been decided by a technical arbitrator. The removal... 63: National Files - Update April 11, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin No.: 1999-2002 (169) Remuneration Supplement - Group 1 As you probably remember, arbitrator K. Burkett allowed the grievance regarding the Group 1 employees' right to be reimbursed for the 1990 remuneration supplement. However, in his decision, the arbitrator... 64: $15 million - Update April 10, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins At the time of writing this, we had completed the review of some 27,500 grievances and entered data for more than 22,000 of these. About 16,500 still have to be checked, for a grand total of nearly 44,000 grievances. The members hired to perform this enormous task are doing... 65: Label Simplification - Agreement April 10, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins Bulletin No. : 1999-2002 (168) The parties have reached an agreement on the processes to be implemented for preparing Items Delivered Bills (IDBs) and capture En route data. Two possible processes: 1st process: The first process covers the preparation of IDBs... 66: Taxi Waiting Time March 22, 2001 - Grievance and Arbitration - Bulletins As many of us know from experience waiting for taxis is a daily reality for Letter Carriers, time which is not included in our route evaluation. The parties have held local, regional & national consultation on this issue without succeeding in correcting this violation of... Page 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

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