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September 14th, 2025 at 10:50 am:
As of Monday morning at 12:01 am, there will be two changes to our strike action.
Over-time ban is ending
Flyer/householder/Neighbourhood Mail ban will be in effect
This is a legal job action and you cannot be punished for participating. If you have further questions, please contact the Local office at 780-423-9000 or union@cupwedm.net.
To read the bulletin from our National office, click HERE. For descriptions of how this might impact your particular job, please keep reading.
EMPP
Do not unload flyers/householders/Neighbourhood Mail or its waste/recycling from any delivery vehicle, big rig, trailer, or any delivery vehicle. If you are required to move flyers in order to get to the rest of your work, offload them to a safe area chosen by the supervisor.
Any flyers/householders/Neighbourhood Mail in the facility are to be moved to a safe storage location. Your supervisor will decide where.
If there is no work in your section (such as Pubs & Ads and RVU), the Corporation is required to pay you for your shift. This is the position and hours of work that you used your seniority to bid into. You cannot be made to go home for the day or use vacation time, personal time, or days in lieu.
MSCs
Do not load or transport flyer/householder/Neighbourhood Mail waste or recycling to or from the facilities. If there are any flyers in transport, unload to a safe location as provided by your supervisor.
DAs/P04s in Letter Carrier/RSMC Facilities
Do not receive flyers/householders/Neighbourhood Mail at the depot. Do not load/unload them from a vehicle. Any of this product that is currently at the depot should be moved to a safe place as chosen by your supervisor, but it is not to be processed or distributed for delivery.
Letter Carriers and RSMCs
If there are flyers/householders/Neighbourhood Mail present, do not scan them for delivery – when you do this, you commit to deliver them. Do not prepare or delivery any flyers/householders/Neighbourhood Mail.
RSMCs in CPAA Offices
It is possible, depending on what the Corporation chooses to do, that CPAA members will continue to process flyers/householders/Neighbourhood Mail as normal. If this is the case, do not scan, prepare, or deliver.
August 1st, 2025 at 9:30 pm: The forced vote on the Corporation’s offers ended at 5 pm EST today and the results are in: 69.4% of the RSMC and 68.5% of Urban bargaining units voted to reject the Corporation’s global offers.
Our negotiators are ready to get back to work to get us negotiated contracts. For now, the overtime ban remains in effect.
To read the full bulletin from our National office, click HERE. July 17th, 2025 at 10:30 am:
The CIRB has announced the dates for the forced vote on the Corporation’s offer. The vote will begin on Monday, July 21st at 7 am EST and will end on Friday, August 1st at 5 pm EST.
About the voting process:
Eligible voters who provided the Corporation with their email address will receive an email from Simply Voting outlining how to vote and providing a PIN. Voters should receive this email by 7 am EST on July 21st, 2025. If you have not received the email after voting has started, contact Simply Voting at 888-507-9875 (Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm EST).
Eligible voters who have not provided the Corporation with their email address will be able to obtain a PIN by contacting 888-507-9875 starting at 7 am EST on July 21st, 2025 (Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm EST). If you need to take this route, you will have to validate your identity in order to receive the PIN and voting instructions. If you lose or misplace your PIN, contact Simply Voting at 888-507-9875 (Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm EST).
Once the voting period starts, go to https://cirb-ccri.simplyvoting.com/ or call 877-271-9530 and follow the instructions. You may vote anytime during this period, but please note the hours of the Simply Voting help desk if you are having problems. July 10th, 2025 at 1:20 pm: Our National office is hosting a webinar, “Voting on Canada Post’s Offers: What You Need to Know.” This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the Corporation’s offers and our union’s positions on the proposals.
At the end of the registration form, there is a box to enter any questions you might have.
To participate, you must register in advance. Please note all times are in Eastern Standard Time.
Date: Wednesday, July 16th, 2025 Time: 8 pm to 10 pm EST Register:https://fs10.formsite.com/f6zI98/s7gbcsskvo/index Deadline to Register: Tuesday, July 15th at 3 pm EST June 28th, 2025 at 2:00 pm: In order to participate in the forced vote on the Corporation’s offers, you must make sure the Canadian Industrial Relations Board has your most up-to-date email address. The deadline to do this is July 7th, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST.
In order to do that, use the following link: https://vote.information-cpggpc.ca/ On that page, there are instructions at the bottom and there is a help icon in the top right.
However, there have been a number of problems and our National office is in the process of addressing these issues and concerns with the CIRB. To read that bulletin, click HERE.
The National Executive Board recommends that all members vote NO on this contract. The Edmonton Local Executive also endorses voting NO. For more information on why you should vote NO, click HERE.
The overtime ban remains in effect. May 22nd, 2025 at 7:00 pm: Our National office has instituted an overtime ban as of 12:00 am MST on Friday, May 23rd.
What this looks like is that members are to work their scheduled hours and nothing beyond. Working more than 8-hours will be considered as crossing the picket line. Letter Carriers: work 8-hours and return to the depot with undelivered mail, no working 15.08 (own route) or 17.04 overtime (other routes).
Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers: work hours as per your Schedule A up to 8-hours and return to depot with undelivered mail.
Part-Time and Temporary Employees: permitted to extend hours up to 8-hours per day.
If you are on annual leave, please contact staffing and ask if they expect you to return.
Note: You cannot be disciplined for participating in a legal strike action. May 22nd, 2025 at 12:45 pm: This is a test of the CUPW Local 730 text messaging system. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the National website at www.cupw.ca. You can also find the most recent updates from the Edmonton Local on this website as well as on social media through TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, YouTube, and Facebook.
The most recent bulletin from National about the Global Offers we’ve received from the Corporation and how they fall short can be found HERE.
