Canada Post Corporation

Bargaining INFO - August 27, 2004

An additional five (5) days of negotiations has brought very little concrete results. Although we have continued discussion on many non-monetary issues and although we spent the best part of the last couple of days on the grievance procedure (didn’t get to discuss staffing), unfortunately we have only signed off one other article this week. Your bargaining team agreed on Wednesday to another employer proposal that saw editorial changes to the Child Care Fund in Appendix “H” and a more substantial change to the article that reads as follows:

“Any document that is distributed by the UPCE/PSAC describing the Fund shall provide a recognition that the Fund is negotiated by the Union and financed by the Corporation.”

So, as of today, after sixteen (16) days of negotiations, Canada Post has only agreed to ONE union proposal which is the deletion of Appendix “N”!

Hopefully, next Monday and Tuesday will see the employer agreeing to some Union proposals but the way things are developing, your Bargaining Team is currently disappointed with the employer’s answers to date.

Finally, a National Mobilization Conference will be held this weekend in Ottawa. Members from Locals across the country will be meeting in Ottawa to discuss mobilization and to develop a plan of activities for the next few weeks. Your Negotiating Team and the National Executive will be joining the Local Mobilization Coordinators in the development of these activities.

In Solidarity,