What Canada Post "forgot" to tell workers says the union
Recently Canada Post management sent a six-page brochure to all members’ homes, which claims to provide details of their Global Offer. The Canadian Postal Workers Union says here are some of the details that they did not tell workers about.
For current employees:
1. Elimination of the 7th week of vacation leave if you do not already receive it.
2. Loss of both wash-up periods. This will result in the elimination of 500 Group 2 positions and hundreds of jobs in the other Groups.
3. CPC's new 'cost sharing formula' for retirees means that employees retiring after December 31, 2011 will pay 100% of the premiums of the Extended Health Care Plan instead of 25%. CPC is offering a fixed payment to partially compensate for this loss.
4. The Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) will only come into effect if inflation increases by 8%.
5. All PO5s to be reclassified as PO4s.
6. Reduction of the internal full-time staffing ratio to 72% from 78%. This could result in the reduction of 1000 full-time Group 1 jobs.
7. The 'adjustment' of injury-on-duty pay is from 100% to 75%.
8. Group 2 Relief Employees in offices of 150 employees or less will be required to do work in all classifications.
9. Canada Post wants to reduce the proportion of full-time positions at the wickets from 90% to 80%.
10. The proposed Short Term Disability Plan provides no coverage for absences less than 7 days. Once personal days are exhausted employees will receive no pay for short term illnesses.
11. Manulife will have to approve Short Term Disability claims.
12. Approximately 4000 members who have borrowed sick leave credits will immediately have to pay the Corporation back at 10% per pay.
13. Access to night workers’ leave to be reduced for Groups 1, 3 and 4.
14. Canada Post offers compensatory time off for Group 1, but places new restrictions on carry over and payment of leave for Group 2 employees.
15. Letter carriers will be required to deliver all householders within a three-day span.
16. Other negative changes concerning the bar charts and the past practices for annual leave bidding for Group 2.
For employees hired after the date of signing:
17. PO2s, PO4s, letter carriers and MSCs will start at an hourly rate of $17.50 and only be paid for 37.5 hours per week instead of 40 hours. This would result in an annual income of $34,240.50. The current starting annual income of a PO4 is $49,513.13. The difference is $15,272.63.
18. The time period to reach the maximum pay rate will be 7 years of service.
19. The period of time to 'phase in' the paid lunch is 30 complete years of service as a regular employee.
20. New employees will also receive inferior vacation leave.
21. New regular employees will not receive the 40 KM protection for job security until 10 years of continuous service.