| 2 years ago

Reading Group- Teamsters Rebellion: Lessons For A CUPW Revolt

In times of economic hardship the question of “Who pays?” is often posed. Today we can see all over Canada that the bosses are insisting workers pay for this crisis. Canada Post is no different in this regard and they get to maintain their bottom line while CUPW members take pay cuts and heavier workloads. 

In 1933-1934 during the great depression the bosses in the Minneapolis coal and trucking i...

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| 2 years ago

September President's Report

President's Report from our September GMM held on the 10th.  

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| 2 years ago

September 19th Holiday

We have Monday off!

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| 2 years ago

Special Resolution Meeting and Delegate Elections - 4:30pm

Special Resolution Meeting and Delegate Elections - 4:30pm 

Sunday September 25th 4:30 pm 

Central Lions Recreation Centre  

11113 113 Street, Edmonton, Alberta

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| 2 years ago

“Special General Membership Meeting”

“Special General Membership Meeting” as per by-law 8.7  

Sunday September 25th 7:00pm 

Central Lions Recreation Centre                                                             

11113 113 Street, Edmonton, Alberta 

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| 2 years ago

Letter Carrier Overtime Procedure

Have you been off on leave only to come back to an undelivered route that you've been told you're expected to take care of? It's extremely likely that you have, but did you know what to do? If not, it's probably a good time to brush up on what our overtime (OT) procedure is according to our Collective Agreement (CA). Coverage of Uncovered Routes/Assignments When it comes to uncovered routes, th......

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| 2 years ago

(Virtual) General Membership Meeting: Saturday, September 10th, 10 AM

As per the direction given by our CUPW National Executive, locals can hold GMMs via video conference as long as quorum is met and all participants have registered with all the required information by the specified deadline. For our full virtual GMM guidelines, please see the accompanying document below the GMM notice.Register: LINK Deadline: Friday, Sept 9th, 2022, noon.

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| 2 years ago

RSMCs Need A Break, Part 2

In the morning of August 11th, 2022, members of CUPW Local 730 met with Member of Parliament Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach) to discuss the ongoing struggle of Rural Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMCs) when it comes to high gas prices. Canada Post claims it's doing RSMCs a favour by paying them the minimum rates so that they don't lose the payment to taxes. Meanwhile, we have RSMCs going into ...

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