Canada Post Corporation
Some 2400 PSAC members belong to this bargaining unit. They are responsible for the clerical, financial, engineering, and administrative functioning of the Corporation. These members provide support for all plant, office and technical aspects of the work. The unit falls under the Canada Labour Code.
March 19, 2008
Canada Post Workers Gear Up for Bargaining at National Conference
National Bargaining Team Elected, Ratification Votes to be Held. »
March 14, 2008
PSAC to appeal Federal Court pay equity decision
OTTAWA – The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is taking a quarter century-old pay equity complaint to the Federal Court of Appeal. »
March 11, 2008
Negotiations at Canada Post
Canada Post Workers from Across the Country Gather in Ottawa this Week to Prepare for Bargaining. »
February 21, 2008
Pay equity at Canada Post
Federal court decision issued in Canada Post pay equity case. »
February 5, 2008
Negotiations at Canada Post
The PSAC calls upon the members at Canada Post to provide suggestions for demands for the upcoming negotiations. 
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January 31, 2008
Pay equity at Canada Post
Appeal hearings in the Federal Court on the Canada Post pay equity case have concluded. »
January 11, 2008
Appeal hearings continue from January 16 to 18
Hearings in the Federal Court will continue from January 16 to 18 dealing with Canada Post's appeal of the 2005 Tribunal decision in our pay equity complaint and the PSAC's cross-appeal. The hearings take place in the Supreme Court building on Wellington Street in Ottawa between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and are open to the public.
November 28 , 2007
Canada Post Pay Equity Case
Canada Post pay equity appeal concludes five days of hearings. More hearings scheduled in January. Read more.
November 15, 2007
Canada Post pay equity case
The Federal Court has scheduled two more days of sitting for November 21 and 22, 2007. Further dates will be scheduled for early 2008 to complete the Canada Post judicial review application and to hear the PSAC's judicial review application. The 2008 dates will be posted on the website in the near future.
November 6, 2007
Canada Post pay equity case
Three days of hearings of the appeals in our Canada Post pay equity complaint have been cancelled due to a death in the family of the judge hearing the case. The hearings started on Monday, November 5 and will resume on Friday, November 9. Since these two days will be insufficient to complete the appeal hearings, future dates will need to be determined.
November 2, 2007
Canada Post appeal of pay equity award starts Monday
The Federal Court (Trial Division) is hearing Canada Post's appeal of the Human Rights Tribunal's decision in our pay equity complaint against the Corporation from November 5 to 9. The PSAC's cross-appeal will be heard at the same time. The hearings are taking place at the Supreme Court building on Wellington Street in Ottawa. The hearings start at 9:30 a.m. and are open to the public.
PSAC will post an update on the case by mid-November.
April 11, 2007
Pay equity at Canada Post
A trial date has been set in the latest stage of PSAC's pay equity complaint against Canada Post. Read more.
August 11, 2006
PSAC won its pay equity complaint against Canada Post but almost a year later our members are still waiting for their money. Read the latest bulletin.
November 9, 2005
PSAC to seek full remedy for pay discrimination by Canada Post
Canada Post has already filed a judicial review against the Human Rights Tribunal decision in PSAC's pay equity complaint. The Tribunal determined that our members had suffered pay discrimination. Now PSAC has filed a cross-application in order to achieve a full remedy for that discrimination. Read more
October 7, 2005
PSAC wins pay equity adjustments for Canada Post workers
A PSAC pay equity complaint has resulted in a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal awarding pay equity adjustments and interest worth at least $150-million to about 6,000 current and former clerical workers employed by Canada Post Corporation. Read the News Release
Equal Pay Complaint - Chronology of significant events
Answers to some questions about the impact of the Human Rights Tribunal decision
September 30, 2005
PSAC pay equity complaint against Canada Post
PSAC has been advised that the Tribunal decision will be released on Friday, October 7.
How will current and former members find out what is in the decision?
Given that the decision has taken over two years to write, we anticipate it will be several hundred pages long. The decision will be analyzed as quickly as possible. A summary of the key points of the decision will be provided to every PSAC Regional Office, will be posted on the PSAC's web site and will be sent to anyone who has subscribed to the PSAC's Pay Equity list-serve.
What will be contained in the decision?
In general, the decision will discuss the case and summarize the evidence upon which it made its decision. If we are successful, the decision will say what Canada Post must do to remedy our complaint.
There are a number of issues to be addressed should the Tribunal rule in our favour. These include:
- how wage adjustments, if any, will be calculated;
- whether the wage adjustment includes any benefits that are wage-based (e.g. overtime,);
- the effective date of retroactive payments;
- the method of calculating interest on the retroactive payments (if awarded by the Tribunal);
- any special compensation (if awarded by the Tribunal);
- the method of calculating post judgment interest (i.e. from the time the decision is issued until Canada Post makes the payments); and
- the PSAC's legal costs.
Who is affected by this decision?
The decision applies to current and former employees who worked in positions classified in the CR group at any time during the period covered by this decision.
What time period is covered by this decision?
The time period covered by the decision is from the retroactive date, as determined by the Tribunal, until June 2nd, 2002, the date the Treasury Board classification system was superceded by a new gender neutral job evaluation plan at Canada Post.
What happens after the decision is released?
The Tribunal's decision is binding. Any of the three parties - the PSAC, Canada Post or the Canadian Human Rights Commission - has the right to appeal the decision if they believe there is an error in fact or in law in the Tribunal's decision.
The appeal process does not stop the Tribunal's decision from being implemented unless the Federal Court can be convinced otherwise.
What will the PSAC do if Canada Post tries to appeal the decision?
The union will oppose any appeal by Canada Post and will mount a political campaign to pressure the government to have Canada Post drop the appeal.
September 7, 2005
Pay equity decision coming in early fall
PSAC has been advised that the Human Rights Tribunal will issue a decision in the case of our pay equity complaint against Canada Post sometime in early October. The union will post and e-mail the date of the release of the decision as soon as it is known. Information about the decision will be posted on the PSAC web site on the day the decision is released.
PSAC, UPCE protest job cuts in Québec City by Canada Post
The PSAC and its Component, the Union of Postal Communications Employees, are outraged by Canada Post's decision to cut 300 jobs in its sortation plant in Québec City. The job reduction is a blow to postal workers, including some of PSAC-UPCE members, and will mean a further deterioration in postal services to the public and businesses.
As members of the FTQ (the Québec Federation of Labour), the PSAC and UPCE will join the three pronged union campaign that includes:
- launching a petition protesting the closure and starting the petition signing among the delegates at the National Component convention currently taking place in Québec City;
- asking the Québec City area federal MPs to lobby the Minister responsible for Canada Post, John McCallum, to cancel the planned closure; and
- inviting members of the Québec National Assembly, local elected officials, Québec City's Chamber of Commerce and other groups with a stake in preserving a public universal postal service to support the union campaign and to demand that Canada Post keep these jobs in Québec City.
Stay tuned for more information on upcoming actions.
July 4, 2005
PSAC protests long wait for Canada Post pay equity decision
On June 27, 2005, PSAC/UPCE members at Canada Post marked the passing of two years since the Human Rights Tribunal assigned to their pay equity complaint completed its hearings. PSAC National President Nycole Turmel is calling for them to issue their decision without further delay. Read her letter.
April 26, 2005Pay Equity
Canada Post has lost its latest attempt to stop the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal from doing its job. Read the latest update.
April 19, 2005
Chronology, PSAC Equal Pay Complaint at Canada Post
April 4, 2005
After 22 years, Canada Post is still up to its old tricks, trying to avoid pay equity. Read the latest update.
February 11, 2005
PSAC members accept Canada Post's final offer
The 2,500 members of the PSAC working at Canada Post have accepted by a slim 55% majority the final offer tabled by their employer on December 17, 2004. Read the News Release
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