Canada Post Corporation

UPCE prepares for bargaining while Canada Post faces public enquiry about its role in sponsorship scandal

PSAC members in the Union of Postal Communications Employees (UPCE) are hard at work in preparation for the upcoming round of bargaining with Canada Post Corporation.   While Canada Post's President and Chief Executive Officer Andre Ouellet is under disciplinary sanction and the Corporation prepares to explain itself to the public enquiry called as a result of Auditor General's report, the union is focused on getting ready for the upcoming round of negotiations.  

Two of the four regional bargaining conferences have already taken place and can best be described as very successful.   The Western Regional Bargaining Conference took place in Edmonton on February 7-8, 2004 .   The Quebec Region held its conference in Montreal on February 21-22, 2004 .   At each conference, members discussed workplace problems, reviewed Local bargaining proposals,    established regional priorities and elected a member to the negotiating team.  

The Atlantic is holding its regional bargaining conference in Halifax March 6-7, 2004 and the Ontario region will hold its conference in Ottawa March 20-21, 2004 .   Once the four regional conferences have completed their work, the members elected from the regions will proceed to the National Bargaining Conference in Ottawa April 18-23, 2004 .  

The negotiating team will consist of the four (4) members elected from the regions and the UPCE national president.   The current collective agreement expires October 31, 2004.