CPAA
281 Queen Mary St. K1K 1X1 Ottawa, ON, Canada

Pay Equity: here is an update from the Corporation from Friday. "When will I receive my payment? We understand the importance of these payments and have developed a process to ensure a thorough review, while moving as quickly as possible. Payments will be issued after all the applications have been reviewed. Canada Post anticipates that payments will be processed in 2021.... Groups of individuals were made aware of this resolution process in separate waves and as such, deadlines for submitting an application differ from group to group. After the application period for all groups has closed, Canada Post and the CPAA will review the submissions in order to calculate individual payments. Only after this process is complete can Canada Post begin to issue payments to individuals." ------------------------------------------------- L'équité salariale : voici une mise à jour de la Société le vendredi : Quand vais-je recevoir mon paiement? Nous avons conscience de l’importance de ces paiements. C’est pourquoi nous avons mis en place un procédé pour effectuer un examen complet tout en avançant le plus rapidement possible. Les paiements seront versés une fois que toutes les demandes auront été passées en revue. Postes Canada prévoit traiter les paiements en 2021. Les personnes touchées ont été informées du processus de résolution en différentes vagues, ce qui fait en sorte que la date limite pour soumettre une demande varie selon le groupe. Une fois la période de demande terminée pour tous les groupes, Postes Canada et l’ACMPA examineront les demandes afin de calculer les paiements individuels. Ce n’est qu’une fois ce processus terminé que Postes Canada pourra commencer à verser des paiements.

"Xan Moffatt-Toews, the president of the Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Branch of the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association, knows Wallenius and praised him for his dedication to his job. ... We’ve always had aggressive customers, but nothing like we’ve had since COVID, said Moffatt-Toews. This is not just isolated to Cambridge Bay only the aggression from customers to workers has gone up 98 per cent.... https://nunatsiaq.com//citing-rudeness-cambridge-bay-post/

Please note that your union was able to get the Corporation to accept returned letters after the December 16th date. We encourage you to get your letter date-stamped by December 16th and recommend you send everything by Xpresspost. Please continue to email your questions and concerns to [email protected] Veuillez noter que votre syndicat a réussi à obtenir de la société qu'elle accepte les lettres retournées après la date du 16 décembre. Nous vous encourageons à faire étamper la date de votre lettre avant le 16 décembre et vous recommandons de tout envoyer par Xpresspost. Veuillez continuer à envoyer vos questions et préoccupations par courriel à [email protected]

L’employeur nous a fait parvenir quelques réponses aux questions les plus fréquemment posées que nous recevons de nos membres au sujet du processus de demande relative à l’équité en matière d’emploi. Suivez ce lien pour télécharger les infos : https://cpaa-acmpa.org/wp/pay-equity-updates/?lang=fr

The employer sent us responses for the most common questions we are hearing from members about the pay equity claim process. Follow this link to download the information: https://cpaa-acmpa.org/wp/pay-equity-updates/

Lettre à l’honorable Maryam Monsef, la ministre des Femmes et de l’Egalité des genres et du Développement économique rural, à l’occasion de la Journée nationale de commémoration et d’action contre la violence faite aux femmes, le 6 décembre. En cette Journée nationale de commémoration et d’action contre la violence faite aux femmes, je vous écris au nom de l’Association canadienne des maitres de poste et adjoints pour vous demander un appui concret pour les femmes du Canada r...Continue reading

Letter to the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, on December 6th, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women Dear Minister, On the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association to request concrete support for rural Canadian women, who comprise 95% of our membership.... Women’s shelters everywhere are feeling the pressure of the pandemic, especially in rural parts of the country. ln September of this year, a report from Women’s Shelters Canada pointed to a lack of funding and resources for women and their children fleeing abusive relationships, particularly in rural, remote, and Northern areas. A disproportionate number of women seeking shelter from abuse in rural Canada are lndigenous. According to Statistics Canada, in April 2018, around 20% of women and children in non-lndigenous shelters identified as First Nations, M6tis or lnuit, compared to an overall population count of 4% of Canadian women (age 18 and older) and 8% of children as a whole. Just a few days ago, on November 25th, Women’s Shelters Canada confirmed that rising rates of abuse are emerging from pandemic conditions, with isolation and COVID restrictions being used by abusers to control, silence and confine women’ The organization stated that The demands on shelters in terms of capacity and in dealing with more severe cases of abuse have only increased as the pandemic continues. As Postmasters and Assistants who live and work in over three thousand rural communities, we are constantly looking out for our neighbours and their families. We are deeply concerned with the lack of funding and resources for emergency and second stage shelters, as well as the distances that rural women must travel to access them. Canada can and must do better for our rural families. ln both your capacities as Minister for Women and Gender Equality, and as Minister for Rural Economic Development, our Association urges you to work with organizations such as Women’s Shelters Canada to increase funding and resources for women’s shelters in rural, remote, Northern and lndigenous communities. We would like to renew our request for a meeting with you and look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Brenda McAuley National President, The Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association

An article showcasing the work of CPAA members in Briarpatch Magazine: https://briarpatchmagazine.com//the-postmasters-and-the-pa

ONE DAY LONGER, ONE DAY STRONGER! On November 6th, the Canadian Postmasters and Assistant Association NL Branch Executive stood in solidarity with the Striking Dominion workers. They are fighting for a fair wage and for more full-time jobs as workers are working the hours without all the benefits ! Shame on the Weston family for not treating these essential workers fairly; the same workers that worked through the pandemic each day making money for them. Shame they took back t...he $2 wage increase they were paying workers at the beginning of the pandemic as well as not providing workers working full time hours , full-time designation with benefits! These workers at the Stavanger site were very pleasant and determined to keep up the fight ! Stay strong everyone, you have our support as well as many other Unions and your customers! SOLIDARITY ! UN JOUR DE PLUS, UN JOUR PLUS FORT! Le 6 novembre, l'exécutif de la section canadienne des maîtres de poste, section Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador s'est montré solidaire des travailleurs en grève de la compagnie Dominion! Ils se battent pour un salaire et pour plus d'emplois à temps plein car les travailleurs travaillent les heures sans tous les avantages! Honte à la famille Weston de ne pas traiter équitablement ces travailleurs essentiels ; les mêmes travailleurs qui ont traversé la pandémie chaque jour et gagnaient de l'argent pour eux. Dommage qu'ils aient repris l'augmentation salariale de 2 $ qu'ils payaient aux travailleurs au début de la pandémie et qu'ils ne fournissaient pas aux travailleurs travaillant à temps plein, la désignation de travailleurs à temps plein avec des avantages! Ces ouvriers du site de Stavanger étaient très aimables et déterminés à poursuivre le combat! Restez fort tout le monde, vous avez notre soutien ainsi que de nombreux autres syndicats et vos clients! SOLIDARITÉ !

Kudos to Wilberforce Postmaster Mary Barker! Another reason why what we do is so crucial to our communities when the computers mess up... https://haliburtonecho.ca/wilberforce-lost-in-virtual-shuf/

URGENT ! Pay Equity Update / Mise à jour sur l'équité salariale We were just advised that a required financial audit of the pay equity money will take longer than anticipated. Consequently, members will not receive their settlement amounts during this month as we were previously informed by Canada Post. We are preparing a list of Frequently Asked Questions regarding the pay equity settlement amounts and will post it as soon as possible.... -------- Nous venons d'être informés qu'une verification financière obligatoire des sommes réservées à l'équité salariale prendra plus de temps que prévu. Par conséquent, les membres ne recevront pas le montant de leur règlement au cours de ce mois, comme nous en avions été informés précédemment par Postes Canada. Nous préparons actuellement une foire aux questions (faq) fréquemment posées concernant les montants des règlements d'équité salariale et nous l'afficherons dès que possible.

Pay Equity Update on our website / Mise à jour de l'équité salariale sur notre site Web www.cpaa-acmpa.ca / https://cpaa-acmpa.org/wp/?lang=fr

Today is World Post Day / Aujourd'hui est la Journeé mondiale de la poste. https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-post-day https://www.un.org/fr/observances/world-post-day