Canada Post Corporation

PSAC Canada Post Corporation Negotiations Update

June 7, 2002

On Monday, June 3, 2002, your UPCE negotiating team and Canada Post Corporation came to an agreement in principle on the Job Evaluation Plan, with final details having been worked out on Thursday, June 6, 2002. "It’s the best we could achieve at this time" said Luc Guevremont, National President, UPCE. While not perfect, JEP does provide some benefit to the membership; one that can be built upon in the next round of negotiations.

The parties agreed to the following JEP issues:

- No employee shall see their classification go down from the January 2, 2002 letter from the Corporation,

- Part-time members will receive their increments on an annual basis, and not every two years,

- EL and ENG members shall receive their annual increments without the need for a performance appraisal,

- Salary protected members will receive the remaining economic increases on salary, and not as a lump sum,

- Anniversary dates have been moved to June 3 for all employees,

- FI members retain their 36.25 hours per week work schedule,

- All issues relating to surplus employees.

As JEP has impacts outside of classification, the parties agreed to a sixty-day period to meet, consult and try and resolve the following:

- How to properly evaluate those employees who were mapped,

- The impact of JEP on the Collective Agreement.

More information will be following shortly. Your Team appreciates all the support from the UPCE membership, and thanks everyone for their involvement in the process. The next step will be reviewing the outstanding issues outlined above, as well as preparing for the Classification Review Committee. We will continue to seek improvements and benefits for the membership of UPCE.