The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is conducting a national campaign
to organize transport services drivers who work for Canada Post.
This includes drivers in:
• Combined Urban Services,
• Highway Services,
• Priority Courier Deliveries, and
• Shuttle Services.
The issues
The union has been talking to drivers working for Canada Post and we’ve heard
your issues:
• low wages
• no benefits
• no holidays
• favouritism
• fuel costs
• maintenance costs
• harassment
The plan
Here’s the plan. Right now you and all the other drivers transporting and
delivering mail for Canada Post are spread out across the country working for hundreds of small companies.
This means it’s hard to make real improvements in working conditions. Negotiating a separate contract for
each group just doesn’t work!
But this would all change if every driver working in transport services for
Canada Post could negotiate with one voice as employees of Canada Post.
You see, we think you really work for Canada Post. After all, they dictate
plenty about how you do your work.
The process
Now there’s a way to prove Canada Post is really the boss – through the Canada
Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), which regulates the work you do.
CUPW intends to argue with the CIRB that you all work for Canada Post and
should be able to negotiate with a common voice.
But first we need you to join CUPW. This will show that CUPW represents a
majority of drivers working for Canada Post. Then we can fully fight for your rights!