Friends and comrades,
In this week’s Dispatch, we are covering recent negotiations updates, education opportunities, committee meetings, a survey from the Social Committee, and some steps to take if you’re still having issues logging into Employee Self-Serve.
Before getting to that, I would like to draw your attention to the We Together Strong Community’s 6th Annual Project Heart. The donation drive ended this past Friday. Thank you to everyone who contributed. We Together Strong Community is currently looking for volunteers to help prepare the kits on February 12th and to help distribute them on February 14th. For more information, please see the details HERE.
Solidarity,
Kyle Turner, Communications Officer
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Negotiations Updates
Since the last Dispatch, we have received two bulletins with contract details for Urban members and one for RSMCs.
- Protecting Job Security: If we accept this Collective Agreement, the rights of job security under Article 53 will be extended to around 3,000 members who have less than 5-years of continuous employment. If you are a regular (permanent) employee the day the Agreement is signed, you cannot be laid off during the life of the Collective Agreement. Read the full bulletin HERE.
- Group 2 Relief Complements: For letter carriers and MSCs, the new Collective Agreement will see all relief combined into a single complement with this base relief complement being higher than under past CAs. Currently, adjustments to relief are made yearly through the use of bar charts, but this new CA will allow for quarterly reviews in order to make these adjustments. To read the full bulletin, click HERE.
- RSMC OT, Comp Time, Vacation, and Leaves: After switching to the hourly rate of pay system, RSMCs will be paid OT at the same rates as Urban members. Also like Urban members, RSMCs will be able to exchange OT for paid time off in the form of comp time. Vacation leave will be able to be carried over and RSMCs will be able to displace vacation leave when they are granted bereavement leave, special leave with pay, court leave, leave for birth or adoption of child, injury on duty leave, Short-Term Disability, and quarantine leave. To read the full bulletin, click HERE.
Education Opportunities
- Pension Seminar: We are now accepting applications for a 1-day pension seminar. Deadline to apply is Friday, February 27th. For more information, click HERE.
- Social Steward: We are still accepting applications to gauge interest for the Social Steward course. Deadline to apply is Wednesday, February 18th. For more information, click HERE.
- Labour College: The deadline to apply for Labour College is March 2nd, 2026. For more information and to find the online application, click HERE.
Committee Meetings
There are currently two scheduled committee meetings. The most current list can be found in the Committee Meetings section of our website or by click HERE.
- Social Committee: Wednesday, February 18th at 7 pm via Zoom.
- Temporary Workers’ Rights Committee: Tuesday, February 24th at 7:30 pm via Zoom.
Social Committee Survey
The Social Committee has put together a survey to get a sense of how we felt about past events and what events to do going forward. There’s also a section to fill out if you’re interested in participating in a softball team. To do the survey, click HERE. If you have any questions or comments for the Social Committee, they can be reached at Socials730@gmail.com
Employee Self-Serve Issues
We have continued to receive reports that there are issues with trying to login to Employee Self Serve. We’ve received some documents from PC&R that should help guide you through the new process and you can find those HERE. If after following these steps you still can’t access it, the next step is to call the help desk at 1-877-411-5858.
Reminders
- Staying Connected: Sign up for the text service or email list HERE.
- Special Assessment: The Local’s Special Assessment is suspended for the fiscal year (July 2025-June 2026), but will return in July 2026. So you should see a decrease in dues payments by slightly less than $15/month.
- Disability Supports: To access the Disability Supports portal, which provides a list of programs and services in your community, click HERE.
- Union Savings: To take part in these savings, you can register at unionsavings.ca/.
- Buy Union: Looking for a list of union-made goods and services? Click HERE.