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Protecting Québec City members’ rights
(March 31, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

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...
Canada Post appeals Québec closure decision
(March 13, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

On February 1, 2006, arbitrator Guy Dulude ruled that Canada Post Corporation (CPC) had violated article 29 of the collective agreement with respect to the proposed closure of the Québec City mail processing plant in the following ways: the information from Canada Post was not provided within the prescribed time limits; the information was inadequate and did not meet the requirements of clauses 29.03(b) and 29.04; and without this information, the union could not have full input...
Closure Of The Québec City Mail Processing Plant
(February 10, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

On July 14, 2005, the employer provided the Union with notice of its intention to review its national network, including mechanized mail processing plants with a view of optimizing its operations. The notice also said that the Québec City plant would be the first one under review. Twenty days later, in the middle of the holiday period, the employer sent another notice, this time to inform the Union of the closure of the Québec City plant located at 300 St Paul St. The employer specified...
CPC Ordered To Postpone Quebec Closure
(February 8, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

In a landmark decision, arbitrator Guy Dulude has ordered Canada Post Corporation to postpone further moves towards closing the Quebec City postal plant until they have complied with the terms of Article 29 of the CUPW urban operations collective agreement. Dulude, who is one of Canada’s most respected arbitrators, ruled that Canada Post had violated the terms of the CUPW collective agreement by not providing the union with the information required under Article 29. CPC will...
Postal Growth Or Rot?
(February 7, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

Canada Post managers talk a lot about growing the postal service these days, but their green thumb is not evident. One example of this phenomenon is Canada Post’s creation of a new Senior Vice-President position to lead “the design and development of the vision, framework and planning activities that will drive the strategic agenda of Canada Post towards sustainable growth and profitability, including all related corporate development activities”. (emphasis added) This position...
Union Victory! Arbitrator Orders Canada Post to Stop Closure of Québec City Plant
(February 2, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

On February 1, 2006, Arbitrator Guy E. Dulude, ordered Canada Post to suspend its plans and that conditions set out in Article 29 be met. The Arbitrator declared that: The 29.03 (a) notice was provided to the Union late; The 29.03 (b) notice was insufficient and did not meet the requirements of clauses 29.03 (b) and 29.04. The Arbitrator ordered Canada Post to: Give the Union a new notice to conform with clauses 29.03 (b) and 29.04, including information on temporary employees; Give...
Canada Post Plays Fast and Loose with the Truth
(November 22, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

The CUPW and its members have tried very hard to get Canada Post to reconsider plans to close the mail processing plant in Quebec City. We have sent letters, requested information, held demonstrations, rallied the support of the community and politicians and sent 130,000 names on a petition to the House of Commons in Ottawa. The corporation has refused to listen to postal workers about how the Quebec plant closure will affect our members, our families and the community. It has refused to admit...
Eight hundred people speak up for 125,000
(October 7, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

On Sunday, October 2, more than 800 people demonstrated in the streets of Quebec City. Though we were 800, we were speaking for 125,000 petitioners who have said NO TO THE CLOSURE OF THE MAIL PROCESSING PLANT. ONE STRONG VOICE Eight hundred people, part of a broad coalition set up since the closure was announced, took to the streets to say loud and clear that this decision is unacceptable and shows contempt for all workers. The people of Quebec all agree: the mail processing plant must...
Quebec City Update
(September 16, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

Support for the Quebec City Local has been pouring in from across the country, through petitions, postcards, and other means. · Politicians at the national, provincial and local levels have joined tens of thousands of other people in signing the petition calling for government intervention in Canada Post's plan to close the Quebec City mail processing plant. The deadline for the petitions has been extended to September 29, 2005. · At various Labour Day events across the country,...
Further to Moya Greene's visit to Toronto
(August 29, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

Toronto Local Bulletin - excerpts Sisters and Brothers: On August 10, 2005 the Toronto Local became aware of Canada Post's plan to close the Quebec City Postal Plant and move this work to Montreal, which is hundreds of kilometers away from Quebec City. The National union was informed on July 14, 2005 that the Corporation was planning to study the mail processing network. Three weeks later, without consultation, management decided to shut down mail processing operations in Quebec City. With...
300 Saint-Paul St. Facility Closure: What is Left of our Jobs?
(August 24, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

Bulletin from the Quebec Region, translated by CUPW National On August 3rd, the new head of Canada Post, Moya Greene, announced the closure of the 300 Saint-Paul St. sortation facility in Quebec City. Starting on December 2, 2005, the employer intends to transfer mail sortation activities currently performed in this facility to the Léo-Blanchette plant in Montreal. The transfer is to be completed by September 10, 2007. In addition to the closure, there will be a reduction in the number...
"WE ARE READY TO FIGHT"
(August 23, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

Quebec City CUPW members are ready to fight for their jobs, and they need your help. Over 300 Quebec Local members came out to a special meeting on Sunday August 14 to launch a campaign to stop the closure of the postal sorting plant on rue Saint Paul. Our national president told the members that Canada Post's decision to close the plant is "nothing short of a declaration of war against our union and our members." At that meeting, the workers said a resounding "no"...
CPC DESTROYS 302 JOBS IN QUEBEC CITY: WHO IS NEXT?
(August 5, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

The "New Era" in Canada Post has struck with a vengeance. On August 3rd, 2005 CPC management informed the Union that it will close the Quebec Letter Processing Plant at 300 Saint-Paul Street in Quebec City and eliminate 302 CUPW jobs. The operations currently performed in Quebec City will be transferred to the Leo Blanchette Plant in Montreal. The vast majority of jobs that will be lost are full-time. Currently CPC plans to destroy 192 PO-4 full-time, 44 PO-4 part-time, 48 PO-5...
Mechanized Mail Processing Plants Targeted
(July 21, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Bulletins)

On Wednesday, July 20, 2005, your National Union and a member of the Québec City Local Executive met with Canada Post to discuss the Article 29.03(a) notice and Intercom 05.070, entitled "Canada Post Plans to Assess Its Network of Mechanized Mail Processing Plants". At this meeting the union posed a number of questions in order to seek clarification on Canada Post's intentions with respect to this announcement. Canada Post was unable to provide any new information at this...