May 8, 2012
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 10
Yesterday the CUPW RSMC National Negotiating Committee presented Canada Post
with a Global Offer for
Settlement. The Union’s offer is a comprehensive
proposal which includes collective agreement language on all
of the issues in
dispute.
Central to our proposal...
March 9, 2012
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 9
On March 7, 2012, CPC presented their first Global Offer. Here are the major
elements of their proposal.
Further information and analysis will be available
in the near future.
Duration of the Collective Agreement
4-year collective agreement ending December...
March 8, 2012
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 08
Under the provisions of clause 22.01, RSMC members are entitled to a defined
benefit pension plan, whereby
each member and the employer make contributions
to the plan during the member’s employment and the member
becomes
entitled to a guaranteed entitlement when he...
March 1, 2012
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 7
At recent meetings between the Union and the employer, the parties made some
progress towards achieving a
new collective agreement.
Permanent Relief Staff
During a meeting on February 9, 2012, we got more
information about the employer’s Relief Employee
proposal....
January 30, 2012
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 06
The Union and the employer have recently had a number of meetings to discuss
some of the proposals being
made by the employer in the current round of
negotiations. A brief explanation of the employer proposals, and
the
Union’s response, follows.
On-Call...
December 21, 2011
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 5
Negotiations with the employer will not be completed before the current
collective agreement's December
31, 2011 expiry. However, this does not mean
that members are left without collective agreement protections
while
negotiations continue.
Clause 36.05 of the agreement...
December 14, 2011
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 4
Following the first meeting between the Union and the employer on November
10, 2011, at which each party
presented their opening statement, the parties
have had approximately five (5) meetings at the sub-committee
level. At these
meetings the Union presented more detail to...
November 30, 2011
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 3
The Negotiating Committees of the Union and the Employer met on November 10,
2011, at which time they each
presented their opening statements. A copy of the
opening statement presented by the Union may be found on
the Union’s
website.
Union Proposes...
September 30, 2011
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 02
The RSMC membership has given the Union’s Negotiating Committee an
overwhelming mandate by voting 96.3% in
favour of the program of demands.
The program of demands contains proposals on wages, job security, health and
safety, relief employees,
union protection and member’s...
September 29, 2011
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2012 RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 1
The Union has appointed its Negotiating Committee for the next round of
bargaining with Canada Post, with
the Committee being comprised of the
following:
Brother Donald Lafleur, Chief Negotiator
Sister Nancy
Beauchamp, Montreal Local
Sister Barbara McMillan, Arnprior-Renfrew...
June 1, 2011
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RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 31
The provisions of the Canada Labour Code, which will apply to the next round
of bargaining between Canada
Post and the Union, indicate in part that the
Union may require the employer to commence collective
bargaining within the
four month period preceding December 31, 2011.
In...