The National Executive Board (NEB) has voted to accept tentative agreements with Canada Post for both postal bargaining units and recommend that members vote YES.

Overview of the Tentative Agreements

Improvements CUPW achieved since Canada Post’s October 3 Global Offers include:

Higher wages, with protection against inflation
Improved benefits, with no changes to the cost-sharing for premiums
The retention of Article 53 Job Security in the Urban collective agreement
Improvements to the Short-Term Disability Program (STDP), with Canada Life out of the process for the first 28 days in case of illness, if the Corporation’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) plan receives regulatory approval
No load levelling for either bargaining unit
No dynamic routing
Limits on late start times for letter carriers in SSD offices
No changes to the Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Protection for 393 corporate retail counters under Appendix I
An extra year of stability, with both agreements expiring January 31, 2029