MSC Shuttle Unit 5-ton Victory!

Union Victories!!

MSC Shuttle Unit (5-ton)
The original restructure proposal, responding to changes in Airline and City Finals despatches, would have deleted 7 FT routes, including all 6 on Afternoons, replacing them with 5 Part Time, in violation of contractual requirements to maximize Full Time. At the time we said we would fight this restructure, which would have seen at least 4 senior MSCs surplused, “with every means available”.
On the morning of the scheduled Consultation, they phoned up Local President Bev Ray and stated that they had looked at it again and would convert 4 of the 5 proposed new Part Time into Full Time. In the consultation they additionally agreed to leave the Relief complement status quo for a year. As a result, when the restructure is implemented January 15, 2010, no MSCs will be displaced!
They also agreed to conduct numerous timings requested by the Union. Thanks to our Union Observers Ray Fitzgerald and Tony Pagnotta for a job well done!

Grievance-Arbitration
The Local had 7 arbitration dates in October, including 4 discharge cases that were successfully resolved by our Regional Grievance Officer, Tom Gollan. Thanks to Asma Burney and Raj Sharma for their help in the numerous other files that were successfully resolved, too.

Stony Plain RSMCs
Management combined the old Stony Plain and Spruce Grove Post Offices into a new facility in Spruce, opening mid-October. They planned to unilaterally change the Stony Plain RSMC routes, in some cases slashing their hours drastically. But the Local Union went to the National level and put a stop to the change indefinitely, to the great chagrin of Delivery Services in Edmonton.
Stony Plain RSMCs responded with a thank-you card and a plaque, presented to Local President Bev Ray and other Executive members outside the Stony Plain P.O. in mid-October.

Greg McMaster, Chief Steward Transportation October 29 2009