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1: RSMC Collective Agreement Applied Inconsistently November 13, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 25 During the recently completed negotiations of the Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) collective agreement it became apparent that some of the collective agreement changes being put forward by the Union were not required, as the collective agreement already contained provisions... 2: RSMC Collective Agreement Signed October 16, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 24 On October 8 the parties signed the new RSMC collective agreement. All improvements to our rights take effect as of that date, unless the articles in the C.A. contain specific dates in the future. For example the bi-weekly pay is to take effect on May 1, 2009 at the latest. The... 3: Ratification of collective agreement October 2, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 23 The ratification vote for the RSMC tentative collective agreement took place from August 23 to September 28 2008. We had 2,161 participants who casted their votes. There were over 200 more participants than during the vote that took place in 2006. Below are the unofficial... 4: Tentative Agreement Reached July 8, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 22 Following the first day of interest arbitration on May 27, 2008 the Negotiating Committees of the parties held a number of meetings at which they discussed various proposals made by either party. These discussions culminated in the parties reaching agreement on a tentative... 5: Employer Provides Proposed Contract Language May 28, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 21 On May 12, 2008 the employer provided the Union with proposed collective agreement language. While not significantly different from the proposed settlement framework provided by the employer on January 31, 2008 the proposed language did add some detail to the previously received... 6: ACTION NOW – RSMC National Day of Action – June 11, 2008 May 23, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - 2008-2011/017 December 5, 2007 Canada Post makes global offer to CUPW December 10, 2007 CUPW presents global offer to Canada Post for settlement. Canada Post refuses CUPW offer with escalated arrogance. CUPW is forced into dispute resolution arbitration process and dates are scheduled. The... 7: Employer Rejects Immediate Wage Increase April 28, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 20 The employer has recently written to the Union to advise that it will not agree to a Union proposal for an immediate across-the board wage increase for Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers. According to the employer such an immediate wage increase is not possible because there... 8: Arbitrator Provides Dates April 3, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 19 The Union has been advised by the office of the interest arbitrator that he has the following dates available for the parties: May 15, 16, 27 & 30, June 3 & 4 and September 16, 18 & 19, 2008. While both the Union and the employer have not yet agreed to all of these... 9: Interest Arbitrator Appointed March 20, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 18 Mr. François Bastien has been appointed by the Minister of Labour to act as the interest arbitrator in the collective bargaining dispute between the Union and Canada Post Corporation. Mr. Bastien is the President of Antea Inc., a company that provides mediation... 10: Exploratory Discussions End February 4, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 17 As reported in bulletin # 16 the parties have been holding exploratory discussions to see if it was possible to reach a negotiated agreement rather than proceed to arbitration. As part of those exploratory discussions the employer tabled a proposal on January 31, 2008 to serve... 11: Exploratory Meetings Between Parties January 28, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 15 Although the Union has identified the issues it is submitting to third party arbitration, and has begun the process of obtaining an arbitrator, it is also continuing its attempts to negotiate a new collective agreement with the employer. To that end a number of exploratory... 12: Employer Responds to Union Request for Arbitration January 11, 2008 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 14 As reported in bulletin # 13 the Union initiated the arbitration process in the latter part of December 2007 by proposing a list of possible arbitrators to the employer and by identifying the issues it was referring to arbitration for resolution. In a letter dated January... 13: Union Initiates Arbitration Process December 22, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 13 As a result of the employer’s complete failure to engage in any meaningful negotiations the Union has decided to initiate the interest arbitration process identified in Article 36 of the collective agreement. To that end the Union sent the employer a letter dated December... 14: Employer Presents Insulting Offer December 18, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 12 The Union and the employer met during the afternoon of December 17, 2007, at which time the employer presented the Union with an insulting and demeaning offer. Unfortunately, despite the explanation and arguments put forward by the Union’s Negotiating Committee at... 15: Union’s Counter Proposal December 13, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 10 The Union presented a counter proposal to the employer’s global offer on December 11, 2007, which addressed the following demands. A copy of the counter proposal may be found on the Union’s website at www.cupw-sttp.org. [http://www.cupw.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/10278/la_id/1.htm] Wages... 16: Employer Presents Global Offer December 12, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 9 At a meeting held on December 5, 2007 the employer presented the Union with an employer described “all-inclusive global” offer. According to the employer its offer was conditional on the Union and the employer reaching agreement on three national grievances... 17: Employer Clarifies Demands December 3, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 8 Health Care Spending Account At a meeting held on November 27, 2007 the employer presented additional information concerning its demands #5 and 6. In demand #5 the employer is proposing that the collective agreement include language pertaining to a “Health Care... 18: Negotiations Continue November 26, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 6 Overtime and Route Measurement System The sub-committee dealing with Union demands 3 – 6 (excessive workload) and 9 (householders) met on November 20, 2007. In respect of demand # 3 the employer generally took the position that the provisions of clauses 13.02... 19: Sub-Committees Continue to Meet November 19, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 5 Meeting of November 13, 2007 Following the initial meeting between the Union and the employer on October 25, 2007 the parties have agreed that the demands put forward by both the Union and the employer would be dealt with through three sub-committees. Sub-Committees... 20: Sub-Committees Begin Discussions November 9, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 4 Sub-Committees Established Following the initial meeting between the Union and the employer on October 25, 2007 the parties have agreed that the demands put forward by both the Union and the employer would be dealt with through three sub-committees. The first... 21: Negotiations Begin November 2, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 3 On November 1, 2007 your national Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) negotiating committee met with Canada Post’s negotiators for approximately three hours and presented the national program of demands. We also received the employer’s proposals. In... 22: Overwhelming Support for Program of Demands October 31, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 2 Ninety-four point nine percent (94.9%) of the 1,856 members who attended ratification meetings in Canada and Quebec have voted in favour of the program of demands presented to them by the National Executive Board (NEB). Prior to voting on the program of demands the members... 23: Preliminary RSMC negotiations meeting held with employer October 25, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - RSMC Negotiations Bulletin No. 1 On October 22nd, 2007, CUPW chief negotiator Donald Lafleur and I met with Canada Post chief negotiator Bruno Cadieux and Mark MacDonell, general manager of labour relations. The employer served us notice to bargain under section 36.03(a) of our collective agreement.... 24: Negotiating Committee appointed for rural operations bargaining unit June 28, 2007 - RSMC Negotiations 2007 - Bulletins - 2005-2008/273 At our June meeting, the National Executive Board (NEB) appointed the members of the negotiating committee for the 2007 round of bargaining on behalf of rural and suburban mail carriers (RSMC). The collective agreement between CUPW and Canada Post for the rural operations... Page 1 - 2

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