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Health benefits coverage for employees during work disruption
Canada Post will provide health benefits coverage to members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers Urban Postal Operations for the period May 30 to June 27, 2011, inclusive, for the following:
- Extended Healthcare Plan
- Dental
- Vision/Hearing
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
This covers the period starting when CUPW filed its 72-hour notice to strike and ending when back to work legislation came into effect. During this period, the terms and conditions of the Canada Labour Code – Part Three applied in place of the collective agreement as noted in the company’s May 18 letter to CUPW-UPO members. Because the union did not opt to pay for the benefits, they were suspended.
Because the collective agreement was not in force, employees will not have to pay their portion of the benefit premiums for the May 30 to June 27 period. Canada Post has opted to pay the full cost of these benefits for that period.
You can get more details on how to claim benefits during the labour disruption period on the AccessHR website, which you can access through Intrapost from your home. Information is also available on the website for employees who have already made a claim under the temporary drug plan that was in effect from June 10 to June 27.
Sick leave
Canada Post is also gratuitously providing sick-leave pay for the period of June 3 to 14 except for any period where an employee’s work location was on strike. Employees who obtained medical certification at that time to validate their absence and had sick credits available will receive these sick leave payments.
Note: CUPW-UPO-represented employees did not accumulate sick leave credits during the labour disruption (May 30 to June 27, 2011). Employees began to accumulate sick leave credits again starting at the beginning of Shift #3 on June 27.
While there is no legal requirement to do so, Canada Post has decided to provide these health benefits and sick leave payments as described above to assist our employees with financial support related to health issues.
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CAM postie - 2011/07/12
This forum makes me very sad to watch all the infighting between EMPLOYEES of a corporation that ALL work together.
I for one voted for the right to strike. I do think it was the appropriate action with the information that we all had.
It was unfortunate that we did not know how the deck was already stacked against us in my opinion and the end was already scripted by CPC and Harper.
We never had a chance to get a fair contract and CPC never had any intention of offering us one. This is based on the fact that there really was never much movement from CPC and the closer we got to parliament breaking for the summer the less CPC negotiated with us.
Then the spiteful legislation. Why didn’t the government order CPC to unlock the doors. Why penalize a workers for CPC actions!
D.O.A. - 2011/07/12
If Canada Post really wants to save money, Lock the Supervisors and Superintendants ,Zone Managers, and anyone else that knows nothing about a letter carriers work day. I suggested to my Superintendant that all letter Carriers sort mail for 5hrs., then take out their flyer day of mail. within one week most of this backlog will be cleared up, and we will be working within our 8 hrs. (NO BRAINER HUH?) His main concern was that they would have to pay overtime to drivers to take out relay bags. Obviously he knows not of what he speaks. They are just getting in the way. Give them the summer off and we will manage quite well without them. If this volume keeps up and we can’t put in overtime, we won’t catch up until September. They just don’t get it. Let us catch up.
Get Real! - 2011/07/12
Isn’t it interesting that Canada Post has a message in their customer section saying that the backlog of mail will be cleared this week. The most interesting part about this message is that they say that letter carriers are doing overtime to clear it. Well overtime is still not allowed at my station so I fail to see what they are talking about. Mail continues to get left behind since there are still no second runs and everyone has to stop sorting at 8:30 so that they can tie out and make first run. That results in a couple of days a week where mail gets left behind.
They say that they have brought in extra workers? Who are these workers? Why not just allow your current workers to clear the backlog by allowing overtime??
STOP LYING!
iduna - 2011/07/12
Looks like the workers are still on a “back to work” mentality. They are working as slow as possible without attracting to much attention. There is no reason that the mail shouldn’t be caught up by now, even with no OT. This slowdown is staged solely by the CUPW union members. Time for heads to role. Good buy CUPW. I hope to see you gone soon, and good riddance. Its high time to hire people who want to work and will do the work.
clerk for many years - 2011/07/13
@ Iduna! Another one with some sense- CUPW is a joke and I agree, time to hire people who want to work.But CUPW needs to be gone to achieve that, because you’ll always get the Union yahoos coming in…
Are you serious? - 2011/07/13
Canada Post is not accepting mail in some centers! Letter Carriers are not allowed to do overtime. I was done early today wanted to sort for an hour or so as I had time to kill. We have a huge backload of mail and no one to sort it as they are not bringing enough staff in. We also received to extra trucks this past weekend. They brought in another shift to handle it. THEY PAID THEM DOUBLE TIME TO DO IT!
Then on Monday we ere told to leave mail behind as no overtime would be authorized. I sorted for an extra 1.5 hours on my time to try and get caught up after doing a full day! My time = I was working for free.
Maybe go visit a postal plant and see how things are running before yapping!
johnJP - 2011/07/12
Has Canada Post started process parcels from the US yet? I had some parcels sent to me almost 3 weeks ago via USPS and I have yet to receive any of them. My friends also say they haven’t received any mail from the US either. It usually only takes a week to get them. Are they lost?
Adam - 2011/07/12
I have just recieved letters from the usa in my home mail dated July 3rd. Parcels should be arriving soon I hope. I am only recieving home delivery on my street 2 days aweek. The neighbours are furious and are attempting to start petition to reduce mail delivery to 2 days per week permanentley. I believe that the collective efforts of everyone to slow down to prove the mani is wrong will backfire and we will loose in the end with massive job losses in the carrier section.
IPA - 2011/07/11
Today(monday) I just finished delivering my first class letters for last Friday.no overtime no catching up. Tomorrow i will go in to 8 more trays of letters. We are falling further behind every single day.
I heard a rumor today that the bulk admail people that use Canada Post are filing a class action suit against the Corporation in the neighbourhood of $100 million for not fullfilling their contractual obligations by not having the mail delivered on time.maybe they should wake up and let us clean up our walks.
meg - 2011/07/11
What a farce…did you read the customer information regarding labour dispute hub?? They are offering paid overtime to letter carriers when needed – how about paid overtime on my own route as the polyflutes (flattainers) continue to pile up!!
I am sickened by my employers double standards – can’t believe this was a job I was once proud to do…
I look at the lies CPC tells the public every day at the expense of it’s workers…NICE!
1973 - 2011/07/11
Where are the extra hours and ot?
Our office has 2 P/T clerks to sort mail 5am to 9am.
After sorting all the parcels etc., they had about 15,000 letters to sort- NOT including the presorts AND 3 cages of O/S.
One has to quit sorting at 8:30 to get the sub ready.
When they finished at 9am there was still 6,500 letters and over 2 cages of 0/S.
This is ridiculous!!!!
luc - 2011/07/11
If anyone on here works at one of the big sorting facilities i would love regular updates on whats going on. it seems no body is doing it. I’ve had a package in system for 32 days now. updates on the backlog and such would be awesome.
jeffreylee - 2011/07/11
Health insurance is health care provided by an employer. When a company provides health insurance benefits, they pay for all or part of the health insurance premiums for their employees. Employers are not required to provide health insurance coverage to employees. Health insurance is typically a matter of agreement between an employer and employees.
By definition, health insurance coverage is an employee welfare benefit plan established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization like union, or both, that provides health care for participants and their dependents through insurance coverage or reimbursement.
JP - 2011/07/10
The bargaining table is a farce , there never was such a thing , it is only a means to justify and end , the crippling union always has the stance to increase jobs and keep wages high ( wage % based union dues ) ,
the corporation claims to fight for revenue profit and payout short comings for simply put there ventures and tech advancements , both claim health and safety , but that is a farce as well on both sides , bottom line is GROWTH and GREED .
Its up to the members to keep the union and corporation in-line , with grievances and petitions to local MP’s to make changes , If the local shop Stewart’s didn’t have there ideas set and enforced with there local union office , they might and could make an outside difference.
Good luck CUPW and APOC and all the unions in Canada!
Kirk - 2011/07/11
The Union demands for wage increases is just the minimum to meet the inflation rate.
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But the report also confirmed the pay of Canadian workers is rising much slower than prices. Wages grew by an annual 2 percent in June. That compares with inflation rate at an eight-year high of 3.7 percent.
The wage data looks good on paper for policy makers. It offsets high prices for gasoline and food and should help the Bank of Canada bring inflation back to its 2 percent target without having to quickly ramp up interest rates.
http://business.financialpost.com/2011/07/08/canadas-wage-moderation-a-double-edged-sword/
anybody - 2011/07/10
Does anybody no when we will be getting our backpay from Feb 1st? @1.75% Do you think it will be on our next pay?
po4 - 2011/07/12
Probably not until a new collective agreement has been signed
ruralpostie - 2011/07/10
Does anyone, and I mean ANYONE, in Canada Post management or CUPW, or the general public for that matter, know or even CARE about the plight of the newest (and most ignored) Canada Post mail carriers? We are the working poor. No $23.00 an hour here. And we supply our own vehicles to deliver YOUR mail.
Darwin - 2011/07/11
Apparently as long as there are people willing to do the job the wage is good enough to attract willing workers. CPC is looking at lowering LC wages too. So do not feel bad. It is a race to the bottom.
Barbara Stringer - 2011/07/11
Most unfortunate if they try to lower the wages of L.C
Am sure a big fight will be brewing. Undersand the previous CEO of CPC dipped into the Pension Fund for monies to buy broken down equipment, now off to England to see how much harm she can do there. The new
CEO at CPC is just as bad, if not worse, he doesn’t care about business, people, only his “cutbacks.
Very poor. Prime Minister Harper should be looking into this before his Majority Govt falls. Word on the street is he has CPC in his back pocket. Where do they get the nerve to hire people to ruin our Country Heritage’s. Sad for everybody, am sure will be bye Major. Govt or does CPC have Mr. Harper in their back pockets. ONT needs a change in Govt. but am sure it won’t be Consv.could be NDP or stay with the Liberals &…
Barbara Stringer - 2011/07/11
How can they stop EHC benefits when the Employee pays
for this, yes perhaps not full amount but it is still receiving employee monies. In my opinion that is stealing from people. If CPC wants to stop their portion, okay, but allow employees to pay the difference. Am sure it would be unbelievable the number of people suffering from Cancer,& other diseases that were unable to get their Meds,due to CPC having “LOCKED THEM OUT”, not on Strike but LOCKED OUT. EHC is paid 3mths in advance, very disappointed that our Govt. allowed this to go on, when is the next election? who will be in and who will be out. The CEO of CPC doesn’t have a clue how to sort nor deliver mail for sure. Hmm what was M.Greens Pension/Buy Out and what will be D Chopras, Pension/Buy Out. Sounds like our ex Liberal…
bryan - 2011/07/11
If you are talking about the rural mail carriers that use their own car, and put a Canada Post logo on your car.. then no I dont’ care.. All those routes should be letter carrier routes.. not contracted out to you guys..
P’eed Off - 2011/07/12
@ Bryan, for your info, RSMC’s haven’t been contractors since 2004, we are all employees of CPC, with employee numbers and basic employee benefits. We do the same work as you in town carriers do!! So don’t be going telling people were not the same, because you’re dead wrong!!!
Bee - 2011/07/12
Didn’t you know before you accepted the job what your salary was going to be or knew that you had to use your own vehicle? I’m sure you also get a montly car allowance for using you’re vehicle.
P’eed Off - 2011/07/12
Yeah, we all knew what our salaries were going to be, but what we didn’t know was gas was going to jump from 70 cents to $1.35 a litre leaving us having to dip more into our wage to make up the difference. Our car allowance wouldn’t pay for a new set of tires let alone any major repair. We all understood this very clear…but the union said don’t worry, we’ll make things better for you all…we’ll get more money for you, just be patient. We’ve been patient since 2004!! Yet nothing but broken promises and alot of hot air!! We are getting shafted from both sides… but who cares right? As long as the LC’s are happy, the world is at peace….
oly - 2011/07/10
Bring back LCUC!!!
Barbara Stringer - 2011/07/11
Amen, bring back LCUC, they treated everyone, even
management with respect and they were respected back.
I understand that there is a great deal of trouble within a number of the CUPW locals. Why? We all don’t
have to be hero’s. Just do your job and get it done.