Now that the extension of our collective agreements has expired, we have started a nationwide overtime ban, and Canada Post has tabled its “best and final offers,” it is important to remind members of some of the major issues still left to be resolved at the bargaining table.
We have forced the Employer to back off many of its biggest rollbacks, like putting future hires on a Defined Contribution pension plan rather than a Defined Benefit pension plan and raising the premiums for post-retirement benefits for future retirees.
We have also come close to an agreement on many of the elements of a new work measurement system for the RSMC bargaining unit.
But there is still much work to be done.
In the tables below, we highlight some of the biggest demands that Canada Post still has on the table.