Protecting Québec City members’ rights

Thanks to the strength and determination of CUPW members and public support, the Union has been able to reach an agreement with Canada Post to protect the rights of our members if the Québec City post office closes.

We will continue to fight to stop the closure

With this agreement, we have been able to protect the individual rights of members whose jobs will be destroyed. But if the Quebec City plant is closed, decent unionized jobs will disappear from the community forever. And service to the community will suffer greatly.

We will continue to fight the proposed closure of the Québec City plant and any future closure, you can be sure of that.

This commitment is even included in the preamble of the agreement itself.

The collective agreement

The collective agreement obliges the Union and management to try to resolve all injustices and adverse effects on employees caused by technological changes like the Quebec closure.

If there is no agreement, the outstanding issues must be referred to binding arbitration.

CUPW chose to negotiate an agreement rather than have a third party decide on the fate of our members.

This agreement enhances the provisions found in the collective agreement (see highlights of the agreement).

The struggle continues

Since the July 2005 announcement of the proposed closure of the Québec City mail sorting plant, the union and its members in Québec City and across the country have been fighting hard to prevent the closure.

• We have built strong membership and public support;
  
• Over 800 municipal councils and 130,000 petitioners have declared their opposition to the closure;
  
• We recently launched Operation Transparency, our campaign calling for the release of Canada Post’s plans for the entire national network.
  

Operation Transparency

We know that Quebec City is just the tip of the iceberg. Many other plants and post offices are also at risk.

Before it is too late, we need to know Canada Post’s plans for its national network.

That is why our campaign is aimed at forcing Canada Post to disclose its secret plans for the postal network. Once these plans are out in the open, and debated, we know that the public will side with us to protect our public postal service.

Support for the campaign is spreading like wildfire from coast to coast. Members all across the union are participating in Operation Transparency, finding fun and creative ways to deliver the message.

How can you help?

You can participate in Operation Transparency activities organized by your local.

You can support our demand to have a public debate on our public postal service.

Our futures depend on it.

Click here to see some highlights of the agreement.