கனடிய தபால் ஊழியர்களின் வேலை நிறுத்தத்திற்கும் தமிழர்களுக்கும் என்ன சம்பந்தம் நாம் ஏன் ஆதரவு அளிக்க வேண்டும்
2009 இல் கனடியத் தபால் ஊழியர் சங்கத் தலைவர் எமது ஆர்ப்பாட்டங்களில் பங்கு பற்றி தமிழருக்கு ஆதரவளித்திருந்தமை இங்கு குறிப்பிடப்படவேண்டும்
முதலில் கனிசமான தமிழர்கள் இங்கு வேலை பார்க்கின்றார்கள் அவர்களுக்கு ஆதரவாகவும் தபால் சங்கத்தின் தமிழர் ஆதரவுக்காகவும் அவர்களுடைய ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தில் தமிழர்கள் பங்கு பற்றுவது கடமையாகும்
June 22, 2011
9 am
Toronto
Yonge & Dundas,
at the legal offices of Canada Post
இது குறித்து கனடியத் தமிழ் அமைப்புக்கள் கவனத்தில் எடுக்குமா ???
அது மட்டுமல்லாமல் சிறிலங்கா ராஜபக்சேவுக்கு கண்டித்து கடிதம் அனுப்பியிருந்தார் அது கீழே
Denis Lemelin, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, told marchers "we stand with you, we stand with the Tamil people and we ask for the ceasefire."
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National Executive Committee (NEC)
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR CUPW POSTAL WORKERS
June 20, 2011 9am Kamloops Kamloops delivery centre, 970 camosun dr.
June 20, 2011 6:30 - 9:30pm Labrador City Back entrance of the Labrador City Mall
June 20, 2011 5 pm Moncton --
June 20, 2011 Noon-8 pm Montreal Beach Party at Leo Blanchette Plant
June 20, 2011 10am Ottawa Bank of Canada - rally for remittances
June 20, 2011 5 pm Ottawa “Station B” Postal Outlet (Sparks Street and Elgin)
June 20, 2011 16:30 - 18:00 Quesnel Spirit Square on Reid Street, RV Water station on Front St. to Spirit Square
June 20, 2011 TBA Saint John, NB Conservative MP's office
June 22, 2011
9 am
Toronto
Yonge & Dundas,
at the legal offices of Canada Post
Why We Strike !!!!
The year 1997 was the last time the Canadian Union of Postal Workers hit the streets. Fourteen years ago, we put our jobs, our homes, our families and our bodies on the line. Now, we're doing it again, not only for the people we work with, but also for the people who will be working at Canada Post in the future.
We are proud to be an organization of workers that fights hard to improve the working conditions of its members. As such, we make no apologies for refusing unreasonable concessions demanded of us by a profitable company. While making 1.7 billion in profits for 15 years, Canada Post has kept one of the lowest standard postage rates in the industrialized world. Canada Post has also contributed $1.2 billion to the federal government in dividends and income taxes over the last 15 years. Some members of the public have the mistaken idea that their taxes are paying for our wages. The truth is that we do not cost the public money. By keeping Canada Post profitable, our hard work actually saves the public money.
CUPW has tried during this round of bargaining to solve the problems our members face every day at work. We want to fix staffing problems, route measurement and forced overtime problems, delivery method problems, and health and safety issues.
We have offered to address Canada Post's concerns with our proposals but they are only interested in their own demands for concessions. Negotiations are supposed to be about give and take. Postal workers want to negotiate but when the other side is taking instead of talking, we are forced to use our legal right to strike in the hope that when we withdraw our labour and picket our workplaces, the pressure will compel Canada Post to negotiate.
Going on strike is no joke. It's not a decision we are making lightly and we wouldn't be making it at all if our employer weren't so determined to aggressively cut labour costs. We've told Canada Post there are alternatives to stripping all workers of their sick plan and new workers of their wages. Other postal administrations are rising to the challenge of declining mail volumes instead of stooping to attack their workers. For example, they're using their networks for services such as banking. In 2008, 44 countries had post offices with banking services that accounted for more than 20% of the total revenue. A postal bank existed in this country from 1867 to1969 as a trusted alternative to the big commercial banks. In the wake of the financial crisis, never has such an alternative been more relevant.
With innovative ideas like this, Canada Post could continue to be a profitable, effective corporation that meets its universal service obligation and the needs of the public. It doesn't have to take the lazy way out by squeezing its workers instead of improving its services. Unfortunately, it's choosing to take advantage of the recession to demand workers pay for its projections of future decline instead of working with us to find solutions. Canada Post may be buying billions of dollars worth of new technologies but its labour relations practices date back to the days of disco.
What management is proposing rolls our wages and benefits back to the twentieth century even though the cost of living in the twenty-first century keeps on rising and it is getting increasingly difficult for the national average income earner (such as a postal worker) to make ends meet. You can't "modernize" a company with the regressive labour standards Canada Post is proposing. Nor can you look after your family with an 18% wage cut. But that's exactly what the corporation is expecting new employees to do. Their insistence on this and other rollbacks forces us to strike.
We know that going on strike takes our fight to the public even though we are not fighting the public. As postal workers who care deeply about what we do, it's an upsetting prospect to be facing angry people, including customers we have known and served for years. But we also know that we have support from many people who understand that sometimes workers have to strike to fight for an important principle like decent jobs.
We feel confident that many people will understand why we have to strike in order to get Canada Post to negotiate seriously. We especially hope that the young workers whose wages and benefits we are struggling to preserve will honour this fight down the road and resist future rollbacks just as fiercely as we do now.
By Denis Lemelin is the National President and Chief Negotiator for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers
website
http://www.cupw.ca/6/0/9/9/index1.shtml
Canada: No back-to-work legislation at Canada Post
Preserve collective bargaining rights in Canada: Click here to send a message to the Canadian government
Postal workers across Canada could beforced back to work under a proposed law that the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is calling unnecessary, unjust, and counterproductive. Minister of Labour Lisa Raitt has served notice of the government's intent to introduce back-to-work legislation.
This legislation is contrary to ILO Conventions and contravenes the fundamental right of all workers to organize and to bargain collectively. It indicates clearly where the new Conservative Party government of Canada intends to take labour relations in that country.
Denis Lemelin, CUPW National President, said 'We never got a chance in this round of bargaining. Canada Post spent months just saying 'no' and misleading the public about our proposals. Now, as we call for a meeting with Canada Post's President, the Harper government is going to rescue him from any responsibility to negotiate realistically with the workers.'
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has been trying to bring proposals to the bargaining table that address health and safety issues around Canada Post’s new sorting machines and delivery methods. It has also offered proposals for innovation and expansion of the public postal service.
Canada Post’s focus on concessions has made it impossible to negotiate. CUPW members are fighting to keep their collective agreement from being eroded and are also resisting wage rollbacks for new hires.
Please join the global campaign to preserve collective bargaining rights in Canada by sending the message below to the Canadian government.
Preserve collective bargaining rights in Canada: Click here to send a message to the Canadian government
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WHY TAMILS HAS TO SUPPORT CUPW POSTAL WORKERS
2009 இல் கனடியத் தபால் ஊழியர் சங்கத் தலைவர் எமது ஆர்ப்பாட்டங்களில் பங்கு பற்றி தமிழருக்கு ஆதரவளித்திருந்தமை இங்கு குறிப்பிடப்படவேண்டும்
முதலில் கனிசமான தமிழர்கள் இங்கு வேலை பார்க்கின்றார்கள் அவர்களுக்கு ஆதரவாகவும் தபால் சங்கத்தின் தமிழர் ஆதரவுக்காகவும் அவர்களுடைய ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தில் தமிழர்கள் பங்கு பற்றுவது கடமையாகும்
June 22, 2011
9 am
Toronto
Yonge & Dundas,
at the legal offices of Canada Post
இது குறித்து கனடியத் தமிழ் அமைப்புக்கள் கவனத்தில் எடுக்குமா ???
அது மட்டுமல்லாமல் சிறிலங்கா ராஜபக்சேவுக்கு கண்டித்து கடிதம் அனுப்பியிருந்தார் அது கீழே
Denis Lemelin, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, told marchers "we stand with you, we stand with the Tamil people and we ask for the ceasefire."
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National Executive Committee (NEC) 
Denis Lemelin
National President
April 8, 2009
Hon. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
No: 58, Sir Ernest De Silva Mawatha
Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
President Mahinda Rajapaksa
President, Sri Lanka
c/o Parliament of Sri Lanka
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
Sri Lanka
Dear President and Prime Minister:
On behalf of the 56,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, I must strongly condemn your government for their involvement in the slaying of Sri Lankan citizens within the safety zone. We have received information that at least 71 civilians were killed and 143 sustained injuries and the doctors at Puthumaaththaʹlan makeshift hospital were struggling to save a one month old baby. The shellings and attacks have been perpetrated by the Sri Lankan army.
These brutal and reckless attacks need to end. The Tamil population of Sri Lanka has a fundamental right to be protected from the rampages of the Sri Lankan army.
One of the slogans of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is an "Injury to one is an injury to all". The actions of your government in killing and injuring Tamil civilians have affected CUPW members in Canada.
I am urging you to stop the vicious attacks by the Sri Lankan army upon the Tamil population.
The Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa noted that economic ties between Sri Lanka and Canada are solid and longstanding. CUPW does not believe that Canada should have economic ties with Governments, such as yours, which routinely violate the human rights of the Tamil population.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
Yours truly,
Denis Lemelin
National President
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
cc. National Executive Board
Toronto Local
http://srilankastateterrorism.blogspot.com/2009/04/letter-to-srilanka-from-presient-of.htmlSHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR CUPW POSTAL WORKERS
Rallies and Demonstrations
June 20, 2011 12 noon Bathurst, NB 495 King, BathurstJune 20, 2011 9am Kamloops Kamloops delivery centre, 970 camosun dr.
June 20, 2011 6:30 - 9:30pm Labrador City Back entrance of the Labrador City Mall
June 20, 2011 5 pm Moncton --
June 20, 2011 Noon-8 pm Montreal Beach Party at Leo Blanchette Plant
June 20, 2011 10am Ottawa Bank of Canada - rally for remittances
June 20, 2011 5 pm Ottawa “Station B” Postal Outlet (Sparks Street and Elgin)
June 20, 2011 16:30 - 18:00 Quesnel Spirit Square on Reid Street, RV Water station on Front St. to Spirit Square
June 20, 2011 TBA Saint John, NB Conservative MP's office
June 22, 2011
9 am
Toronto
Yonge & Dundas,
at the legal offices of Canada Post
Why We Strike !!!!
The year 1997 was the last time the Canadian Union of Postal Workers hit the streets. Fourteen years ago, we put our jobs, our homes, our families and our bodies on the line. Now, we're doing it again, not only for the people we work with, but also for the people who will be working at Canada Post in the future.
We are proud to be an organization of workers that fights hard to improve the working conditions of its members. As such, we make no apologies for refusing unreasonable concessions demanded of us by a profitable company. While making 1.7 billion in profits for 15 years, Canada Post has kept one of the lowest standard postage rates in the industrialized world. Canada Post has also contributed $1.2 billion to the federal government in dividends and income taxes over the last 15 years. Some members of the public have the mistaken idea that their taxes are paying for our wages. The truth is that we do not cost the public money. By keeping Canada Post profitable, our hard work actually saves the public money.
CUPW has tried during this round of bargaining to solve the problems our members face every day at work. We want to fix staffing problems, route measurement and forced overtime problems, delivery method problems, and health and safety issues.
We have offered to address Canada Post's concerns with our proposals but they are only interested in their own demands for concessions. Negotiations are supposed to be about give and take. Postal workers want to negotiate but when the other side is taking instead of talking, we are forced to use our legal right to strike in the hope that when we withdraw our labour and picket our workplaces, the pressure will compel Canada Post to negotiate.
Going on strike is no joke. It's not a decision we are making lightly and we wouldn't be making it at all if our employer weren't so determined to aggressively cut labour costs. We've told Canada Post there are alternatives to stripping all workers of their sick plan and new workers of their wages. Other postal administrations are rising to the challenge of declining mail volumes instead of stooping to attack their workers. For example, they're using their networks for services such as banking. In 2008, 44 countries had post offices with banking services that accounted for more than 20% of the total revenue. A postal bank existed in this country from 1867 to1969 as a trusted alternative to the big commercial banks. In the wake of the financial crisis, never has such an alternative been more relevant.
With innovative ideas like this, Canada Post could continue to be a profitable, effective corporation that meets its universal service obligation and the needs of the public. It doesn't have to take the lazy way out by squeezing its workers instead of improving its services. Unfortunately, it's choosing to take advantage of the recession to demand workers pay for its projections of future decline instead of working with us to find solutions. Canada Post may be buying billions of dollars worth of new technologies but its labour relations practices date back to the days of disco.
What management is proposing rolls our wages and benefits back to the twentieth century even though the cost of living in the twenty-first century keeps on rising and it is getting increasingly difficult for the national average income earner (such as a postal worker) to make ends meet. You can't "modernize" a company with the regressive labour standards Canada Post is proposing. Nor can you look after your family with an 18% wage cut. But that's exactly what the corporation is expecting new employees to do. Their insistence on this and other rollbacks forces us to strike.
We know that going on strike takes our fight to the public even though we are not fighting the public. As postal workers who care deeply about what we do, it's an upsetting prospect to be facing angry people, including customers we have known and served for years. But we also know that we have support from many people who understand that sometimes workers have to strike to fight for an important principle like decent jobs.
We feel confident that many people will understand why we have to strike in order to get Canada Post to negotiate seriously. We especially hope that the young workers whose wages and benefits we are struggling to preserve will honour this fight down the road and resist future rollbacks just as fiercely as we do now.
By Denis Lemelin is the National President and Chief Negotiator for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers
website
http://www.cupw.ca/6/0/9/9/index1.shtml
Canada: No back-to-work legislation at Canada Post
Preserve collective bargaining rights in Canada: Click here to send a message to the Canadian government
Postal workers across Canada could beforced back to work under a proposed law that the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is calling unnecessary, unjust, and counterproductive. Minister of Labour Lisa Raitt has served notice of the government's intent to introduce back-to-work legislation.
This legislation is contrary to ILO Conventions and contravenes the fundamental right of all workers to organize and to bargain collectively. It indicates clearly where the new Conservative Party government of Canada intends to take labour relations in that country.
Denis Lemelin, CUPW National President, said 'We never got a chance in this round of bargaining. Canada Post spent months just saying 'no' and misleading the public about our proposals. Now, as we call for a meeting with Canada Post's President, the Harper government is going to rescue him from any responsibility to negotiate realistically with the workers.'
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has been trying to bring proposals to the bargaining table that address health and safety issues around Canada Post’s new sorting machines and delivery methods. It has also offered proposals for innovation and expansion of the public postal service.
Canada Post’s focus on concessions has made it impossible to negotiate. CUPW members are fighting to keep their collective agreement from being eroded and are also resisting wage rollbacks for new hires.
Please join the global campaign to preserve collective bargaining rights in Canada by sending the message below to the Canadian government.
Preserve collective bargaining rights in Canada: Click here to send a message to the Canadian government
----------------------
WHY TAMILS HAS TO SUPPORT CUPW POSTAL WORKERS
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