- CPC’s 6% wage offer is not enough. Our COLA paid out almost 5% at the end of the last collective agreements. This means CPC’s offer of 6% for Year 1 is actually an offer of about 1%. For many of us, that a raise of just $0.34/hour.
- CPC’s offer does nothing to provide more full-time job opportunities for Group 1 employees.
- CPC’s Offer does not address the need for corporate vehicles for RSMCs. This is especially a problem for RSMCs in suburban areas whose mileage payments are not sufficient to compensate for their vehicle expenses.
- CPC wants new hires to have to work 6 months as a regular employee without pensionable service.
- CPC’s Short-Term Disability Plan proposal falls short. We need Canada Life to step out of the process, so our members can focus on their health and healing, not another form or medical certificate.
- “Load levelling” would erode seniority rights and give far too much power to supervisors to reassign work, opening us up to the risks of favouritism, bullying and harassment. Load levelling is also about eliminating overtime.
- CPC’s proposed “Dynamic Routing” model is another attack on our seniority rights. It would mean the end of route ownership and introduce heavier workloads – every day.
- Part-time positions would explode. Canada Post wants to create two new types of part-time worker in Group 2 for both weekend and weekday work. CPC could staff PT flex at a rate up to 15% of the FT carriers in a postal unit.
- CPC’s “solutions” to Separate Sort from Delivery (SSD) don’t go far enough Canada Post needs to prioritize the work-life balance of its employees, not just the operational needs of its network.
- CPC’s offer does nothing to improve protections against contracting out – and the Employer thinks it can contract out parcel delivery under the current Urban agreement.
A strong no vote will show management we’re united, and we won’t settle for anything less than what we deserve now – and in the future. It will also show the Government that it can’t get away with attacking free and fair collective bargaining.
Finally, a strong no vote will show the Employer our votes aren’t for sale. CPC’s signing bonuses don’t roll into our wages and wouldn’t be pensionable. It is a sad attempt by a desperate employer to buy our votes.
Now, more than ever, postal workers need to stand together, in support of one another, in support of their Union!
VOTE NO on CPC’s latest offers