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1: A62 Letter Carrier Workstation Training September 10, 2009 - Appendix AA - Bulletins - 2008-2011/199 Every region reports problems with inadequate training as Canada Post rolls out the A62 Letter Carrier Workstation across Canada. In some locations employees are simply shown a 5 minute video, without any instructions on how to properly adjust the A62 to fit their size,... 2: Letter Carrier Cart Study Completed July 30, 2009 - Appendix AA - Bulletins - 2008-2011/183 CUPW and Canada Post have finished their joint study into letter carrier carts under Appendix AA of the collective agreement. The study, which began in November 2007, aimed to identify the most suitable carts for letter carriers while minimizing health and safety concerns... 3: Cart Study Needs Your Input January 17, 2008 - Appendix AA - Bulletins - 2005-2008/352 The Appendix “AA” Working Committee held meetings with Canada Post representatives in November and December 2007 to begin discussions about the Letter Carrier Cart Study agreed to by the parties in the current Collective Agreement. This study is “aimed... 4: Letter Carrier Carts Study October 25, 2007 - Appendix AA - Bulletins - 2005-2008/302 As you know we have achieved a demand the Union has been attempting to negotiate and arbitrate for almost 2 decades. Canada Post has now been forced to provide 1,000 carts to Letter Carriers upon request. The carts must be provided even if the employee does not have a doctor’s... 5: New Householder Delivery Methods Tested August 23, 2007 - Appendix AA - Bulletins - 2005-2008/287 Many letter carriers find the preparation and delivery of householders difficult. The difficulty is often aggravated when the employer enforces the 1/3rd, 1/3rd, 1/3rd, or ABC method. While letter carriers are paid for each householder piece, they do not get enough... 6: Appendix "AA" Letter Carrier Pilots Finished May 27, 2004 - Appendix AA - Bulletins - Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/218 The Kelowna, B.C. and Burlington, Ontario letter carrier pilot projects are over. These pilots were started under the Appendix "AA" of the 2000 Collective Agreement. On April 19, the Kelowna pilot project officially ended. The two Kelowna depots -- Station R and... 7: Winnipeg Project Moves to Evaluation Phase March 25, 2004 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/192 On October 16, 2003, the post-implementation MSC restructure in the Winnipeg Appendix AA pilot was finally implemented. PILOT GENERATES MORE JOBS The contracting-in of Expedited and Xpresspost parcels in Winnipeg has resulted in an increase... 8: New Letter Carrier Workstation on the Way March 25, 2004 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/189 Canadian letter carriers have not had a new version of their sorting cases for more than 30 years, despite changes to the mail, new ergonomic understandings and advances in technology. In the past 3 years, Canada Post and the Canadian Union... 9: Appendix "AA" Process Extended November 21, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no.:2002-2005/44 The Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post have agreed to extend the provisions of Appendix "AA" of the collective agreement until June 30, 2003. Extending the life of the various Appendix "AA" projects will let the three... 10: Surveys To Gather Member Feedback September 19, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins A pilot project is an experiment. In the three major Appendix "AA" pilots - Winnipeg, Kelowna, and Burlington - both the Union and the Corporation put forward ideas for testing. Now that the pilots are more stable it is time to begin comprehensive evaluations. Each... 11: Evaluation of Pilot Projects Begins July 11, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 2002-2005/22 One of the most important parts of the Winnipeg, Kelowna, and Burlington Appendix AA pilot projects will be the evaluation of what is being tested. In the pilot planning process, key elements were identified for testing in each pilot. Examples of... 12: New Bar Chart Software In Effect June 27, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no 2002-2005/19 During the past year, the Appendix 'AA' Committee has been working on the development of a software program to help standardize the collection of data about letter carrier and MSC absences. The program generates bar graphs based on the absence data.... 13: City Mail Volume Index June 20, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no: 2002-2005/16 The objective of the Kanata CMVI Pilot Project was to establish a data capture system based in the postal station rather than in the Ottawa Mail Processing Plant (OMPP). The results of the new system were accurate during the April 2002 volume count... 14: Morale Problems at Burlington Depot 8 May 30, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no. 2002-2005/10 Some serious difficulties in the Burlington pilot project have not yet been addressed. One problem is that the mail is not moving the way the system was designed. This has caused continual backlogs, which in turn have given rise to a morale problem... 15: Parcel Rate Tests Planned for Winnipeg April 17, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin No. 1999-2002/3 In the Winnipeg Appendix 'AA' pilot project, CPC and CUPW have agreed to conduct new parcel rate tests in April and May of 2002. Tests are necessary because current parcel rates were based on data gathered in April of 2001, prior to the Expedited... 16: Bar Chart Software To Be Rolled Out February 28, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins In the 1999 contract negotiations, it was agreed that relief staffing issues for letter carriers and MSC's would be referred to the Appendix "AA" process. Bar charts are the graphs that compare the actual number of absences each day with the number of available relief.... 17: All Expedited Parcels Now Back in Winnipeg February 28, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins On February 18, 2002, Phase II of the Winnipeg Appendix AA pilot was implemented. Now, delivery of all Expedited and Xpresspost parcels and all parcel (PUFF) pickups within the 'Iron Ring' in Winnipeg are done by Mail Service Couriers. GAIN OF 32 MORE FULL-TIME JOBS Overall,... 18: Start Up Problems In Kelowna February 20, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins By now, members may have heard that the 'AA' pilot project in Kelowna is not yet working the way it was intended. Letter carriers have been working overtime regularly and management has been scrambling to find enough assistance to live up to their end of the eight-hour day requirement... 19: Composite Positions - Part 2 February 5, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins As was discussed in a previous bulletin dated January 24, 2002 (Composite Positions - Part 1), a Composite position is a job that has been created by using work that is currently done by members in more than one Group. For the purposes of the 3 Appendix 'AA' pilots, a 'Group... 20: Composite Positions - Part 1 January 23, 2002 - Appendix AA - Bulletins What is a Composite Position? One of the new concepts being tested in the Appendix 'AA' pilot projects is that of composite positions. A composite position is a job that has been created using work that is currently done by members in more than one Group. In Winnipeg, Kelowna,... 21: Burlington Depot 8 Pilot Implemented November 22, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins On November 19, 2001, a pilot involving significant changes to the way letter carrier work is organized was implemented at Depot 8 in Burlington, Ontario. A key element of this pilot is that all mail delivery is to be completed by noon or 1:00 p.m. The... 22: City Mail Volume Index Kanata Pilot October 4, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no.: 199-2002/211 As has been reported previously, the Union is participating in a pilot project in Kanata, Ontario that has the potential of resolving some of the problems we have been experiencing with the city mail volume index during volume counts. One hundred... 23: CUPW Proposes 8-hour Day Pilots in Burlington and Kelowna August 22, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins What is in a days work is in some ways central to the work of the 'AA' committee. Since the introduction of the Letter Carrier Route Measurement System the Union and the Corporation have been in conflict over whether the system accurately measures the work of a letter carrier.... 24: Loop and Stops Based Systems Part of Winnipeg Pilot August 15, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins In the Appendix AA Winnipeg pilot, the feasibility of contracting in Expedited and Xpresspost parcel delivery and pickup work is being tested. As part of the pilot, MSC's in Winnipeg will be testing some new ways of delivering parcels. Loop System One of these... 25: Appendix 'AA' Process Extended July 19, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins The union and the employer have signed an agreement to extend the Appendix 'AA' process to October 15, 2002. This extension will allow the parties to complete the pilots already underway and have enough time to evaluate the three major projects slated to start this fall. (See... 26: Burlington Pilot To Limit Time On Street July 19, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins In the Letter Carrier Pilot Project at Depot 8 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada Post and CUPW will test a number of new ways of organizing LC work. One concept to be tested is a limitation of 3 to 4 hours of foot walk duties on each route. CUPW hopes that such a limitation will... 27: Restructuring For Kelowna Pilot Begins July 12, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no. 1999-2002/195 On July 3, 2001, Route Measurement Officers and CUPW observers began work on the structuring of new routes of the Appendix 'AA' Integrated Delivery Option pilot project in Kelowna, British Columbia. The project will involve two letter carrier... 28: Work On Winnipeg UEC Pilot Starts July 12, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin no. 1999-2002/196 Following meetings in Winnipeg on June 20 and 21, 2001, Canada Post and CUPW have agreed to start work on the process of building MSC routes for the Appendix 'AA' Parcel Delivery Pilot in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A volume count and parcel rate test... 29: 'AA' Projects Taking Shape June 28, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin No. : 1999-2002/191 Projects under Appendix 'AA' in Winnipeg, Kelowna, and Burlington are continuing, moving from planning to implementation. On June 14th and 15th representatives from the national 'AA' Committee met with representatives from the Hamilton, Winnipeg,... 30: Understanding Group 2 Injuries May 16, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin No. : 1999-2002/179 As we get older, we're more prone to injuries - right? Not necessarily, according to figures provided to the Union's Appendix 'AA' Committee by Canada Post. The injury statistics provided looked at injuries for both letter carriers and MSC's... 31: Regina Pilot Implemented March 14, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/158 After a number of months of preparation, one dispute, and a lot of learning on the part of everyone involved, the Regina Appendix "AA" Pilot Project started this past week. The restructure for the first phase of the Regina Parcel Pilot... 32: Regina Pilot To Resume January 25, 2001 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/149 Parcel Delivery Pilot Members will recall that Canada Post and CUPW agreed to conduct a pilot project in Regina that would compare various methods of evaluating MSC parcel work. The current system was to be compared to a method of delivery where... 33: Union Proposes AA Pilot Projects October 18, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/129 The Appendix AA Committee has finished its review of postal operations and now the parties are discussing the implementation of pilot projects. The Union has proposed several major pilot projects which include the contracting in of expedited parcels... 34: Customer Service: A Good Idea Getting Better October 4, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/118 CUPW has long supported the position that Canada Post should become the delivery service of choice for all Canadians. The employer, on the other hand, has traditionally balked at the idea of expanding the service in order to meet customers' requirements. Many... 35: American And Canadian Letter Carriers Face Similar Issues September 27, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/117 Jim Sauber, the research director for the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), made a presentation to the AA committee members. NALC represents over 200,000 letter carriers in the United States. Sauber talked about health... 36: Letter Carrier Workstation September 20, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/115 The AA Committee will be working with Design Workshop, the company that developed the dual satchel, to produce a new letter carrier workstation. A new sortation case, the RM2000, was introduced two years ago for a number of reasons. First, the A32,... 37: First Pilot In Regina September 13, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/111 This week, the employer and CUPW met in Regina to discuss the first pilot project of the Appendix 'AA' process. The Union and Canada Post have agreed to do a pilot project in Regina to test 3 different ways of evaluating parcel delivery work. The... 38: Part Time Work: How Many Hours A Week? August 9, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/108 Creating full time jobs remains one of CUPW's main goals for its participation in the Appendix AA Committee. However we must also ensure that part time workers have access to a reasonable number of hours of work every week. That's why we made a... 39: More Relief Staff Needed August 2, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/107 We need more Relief Letter Carriers and Relief Mail Service Clerks. That was the message to the employer during presentations by the Union at the Appendix AA Committee in July. In Group 2, hundreds of jobs that should be occupied by regular relief... 40: The Parcel Business Is Up: Is Canada Post Ready To Deliver? July 26, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/106 In the previous bulletin, we saw that Purolator works hard to develop and to maintain its corporate image in the public. All deliveries are made by a uniformed driver, the trucks are washed everyday and the company logo is prominently displayed on... 41: Purolator's Operations: Difficult And Efficient July 19, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/105 We visited two Purolator* facilities in the last week of June. Working conditions are difficult and salaries of parcel sorters are mediocre. The operations are efficient and Purolator management seems to care about parcel delivery. The first visit... 42: Friendly And Informative Visitors To ' AA ' July 6, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/103 At the invitation of CUPW-STTP a group of American letter carriers made a presentation to the Appendix AA Committee. This presentation by members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) gave CUPW and the employer the opportunity to... 43: Lettermail June 28, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/101 In the recent meetings of the Appendix 'AA' Committee, Canada Post has made detailed presentations on various aspects of the postal business. They have considered letter mail and electronic communications separately from addressed admail, unaddressed... 44: Laying the Groundwork June 9, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/97 As agreed during the recent contract negotiations, discussions are going on between the Corporation and CUPW on some issues affecting mail operations and the way that we do our work. We have now finished the eighth week of these meetings in the Appendix... 45: Appendix ' AA ' Committee Starts Work May 24, 2000 - Appendix AA - Bulletins Bulletin #1999-2002/94 WHAT IS APPENDIX 'AA'? In the new contract, the Union and Canada Post agreed to set up a committee to look at the collection and delivery system. Work done by letter carriers, Mail Service Couriers and by some postal clerks, may change as a result... Page 1 - 2 - 3

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