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Pirate Jim
The Silver Bullet Podcast
A bi-weekly news and information podcast for all members of the Canadian Union Of Postal Workers, Local 710 in Calgary, AB, Canada and with a particular focus on the struggle of the brothers and sisters in the NW Depot in Royal Oak.
This podcast is produced by CUPW Local 710 Shop Steward Pirate Jim and is intended to bring our brothers and sisters together with music, information, stories and CUPW union news.
Find out what the the boss is trying to pull this week and what we are going to do to stop them!
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Today's show is a special presentation from the Standing Committee on Canadian Government Operations. The CEO of Canada Post was questioned about aspects of the company.
This session took place on Wednesday May 29, 2024.
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In this episode we talk about the updates on contract negotiations and the recent filing of the Notice Of Dispute. We go into detail on many of our contract demands and what CP is offering in return. We also break down the questioning of Canada Post CEO Doug Ettinger by the parliamentary standing committee of operations (OGGO) and some CBC NEWS propaganda. We also talk about the movie “The Struggle Continues” and listen to a round table discussion that included Jean Claude Parrot!!! Music from Rosalie Sorrels as well.https://www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/44-1/OGGO/meeting-125/evidence#Int-12775349https://www.ourcommons.ca/embed/en/i/12775349/?ml=en&vt=watchhttps://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.4233453https://youtu.be/hNv2zwgJNtQ?si=RfkfqSlx5TNrFk5Xhttps://youtu.be/gfkj_FO7hfk?si=Zi8FlIhpQk2dV2dNhttps://youtu.be/yh-MQf3IosY?si=MeAMcl0-MgY0rDTehttps://youtu.be/v4M1VdhxFwE?si=phxmbtdpYwneEGmXOpening Song - Pirate Jim - “I Want To Go Home”Email questions and show ideas to: pirate_jim72@sudomail.comCall and leave Voice Mail questions at the Silver Bullet Podcast hotline: 1-873-371-5886We have a Discord server for the show. - Join in on live call in shows or town halls were we talk about the BS at work and how to fight back.- Find all union documents.- Watch videos. - Join us for union movie streaming parties.- links to episodes of the podcast and show note.And more…https://discord.gg/x8GAGKhewr
The Silver Bullet Podcast - S2E1Email questions and show ideas to: pirate_jim72@sudomail.comCall and leave Voice Mail questions at the Silver Bullet Podcast hotline: 1-873-371-5886We have a Discord server for the show. - Join in on live call in shows or town halls were we talk about the BS at work and how to fight back.- Find all union documents.- Watch videos. - Join us for union movie streaming parties.- links to episodes of the podcast and show note.And more…https://discord.gg/x8GAGKhewrSong: Wild Rover - The BuccaneersPrairie Shanty by The Buccaneershttps://music.apple.com/ca/album/prairie-shanty/257507804Updates- Contract negotiations updateshttps://www.cupw.ca/en/bargaining-update-surveillance-and-monitoringhttps://www.cupw.ca/en/bargaining-updatehttps://www.cupw.ca/en/group-2-staffing-and-work-patterns-what-does-employer-wanthttps://www.cupw.ca/en/bargaining-update-0Maria Dunn Songs “Can You Blame The Poor Minor”https://youtu.be/ydayK5NiUUU?si=G5kTQWs1lpZZTpsyUnion Power:https://www.youtube.com/live/z3pD1gJgmNU?si=Ve9eS1ynxmCuvk8ghttps://youtu.be/8tjfBeoekEU?si=_YZ2N7n1GeHMOMnUhttps://youtu.be/6ZgkFejTCxw?si=e9f_GKO1XsXUYhC0https://youtu.be/ieG5dXDub44?si=mWOgtZb9cvqm-YG3https://youtu.be/x_E9W1FiLP0?si=e6r0jNB0jlFNScI3The Journey Of A Reluctant Shop Steward:Article 10 - https://www.toutpremiersrepondants.ca/sites/default/files/urb-ja-31-2022-ca-en.pdf
The Silver Bullet Podcast - S1E9Email questions and show ideas to: pirate_jim72@sudomail.comCall and leave Voice Mail questions at the Silver Bullet Podcast hotline: 1-873-371-5886We have a Discord server for the show. - Join in on live call in shows or town halls were we talk about the BS at work and how to fight back.- Find all union documents.- Watch videos. - Join us for union movie streaming parties.- links to episodes of the podcast and show note.And more…https://discord.gg/x8GAGKhewrUpdates- Driver Safety training overtime grievance part 2- Demands (Winnipeg explaination)- Check-in (neighbourhood stories)- SSDthe Simpson’s - Union Strike Song (We Have The Power)https://youtu.be/4btX2tW3ljU?si=5WUYMEgCWApRLXMQExtra’s & Questions- DNC cards proper process - Time values vs. PDT tasks- FlyersDavid Rovics - Winnipeg - https://www.davidrovics.com/songbook/winnipeg/https://www.davidrovics.com/Joe Jenks Songs “Which Side Are You On? & Winnipeg 1919Artist interview - https://youtu.be/k-opeMKY2DI?si=QzF91dzI2Xe5zkLrWinnipeg 1919 - https://www.youtube.com/live/jiWMx1BX7bE?si=90oiOLmoUzrJlHKQWinnipeg 1919 Lyrics - https://www.joejencks.com/songs/f/c/2898Buy the album it’s on here (directly from the artist) - https://checkout.square.site/buy/L3HLOKRZOCPUAE72JL6PHCNJBuy the album that “Which Side Are You On” is on - https://joejencksmusic.square.site/product/rise-as-one/5https://joejencks.com/Introduction to Labour History - https://youtu.be/4pC56qMSDMs?si=XlsYDoyY-2gXLYvi
The Silver Bullet Podcast - S1E8Email questions and show ideas to: pirate_jim@sudomail.comCall and leave Voice Mail questions at the Silver Bullet Podcast hotline: 587-848-0381We have a Discord server for the show. - Join in on live call in shows or town halls were we talk about the BS at work and how to fight back.- Find all union documents.- Watch videos. - Join us for union movie streaming parties.- links to episodes of the podcast and show note.And more…https://discord.gg/x8GAGKhewrJoin the The Silver Bullet Podcast Discord Server!Scotty Campbell He stopped Loving her today. Back when I was a kid...I remember someone telling me that our mailman was a dance teacher at night. I used to watch him sometimes to see if he would deliver the mail differently than the others....more glamorously......more gracefully. Somehow I expected to see him leap over the hedges with his toes pointing perfectly like arrows, and landing on the other side like Gene Kelly, or Donald O’connor... but he never did ....he just walked. Though I must admit he definitely walked with a certain panache that I’m not entirely sure I hadn’t created in my head. I got to know him pretty well over the years...and as I grew older, we’d often talk. He told me that he’d been married once but she’d run off with a man who sold carpet cleaning equipment. I asked if it still hurt...he just stared at me with his lower lip trembling until he said he’d better get moving lest he be late. One day he told me he felt like he was starting to disappear. I didn't believe him and so he stopped & held his hand up and sure enuff it was like thin, waxed paper in the sun. Finally I said you seem to be taking this pretty well. You're surprisingly calm for a man who is disappearing... but he said it was a relief after all those years of trying to keep the pieces of his life in one place. One day, a couple of years later... he put a package in my hand. “This is the last piece of my life,” he said, take good care of it, But don’t open it until you think the time is right...you’ll know when that is.Then he smiled and carried on with his route. I never saw him again...and I was sure that somehow he’d passed away, but his replacement said he’d merely been transferred to a different neighbourhood. Years later I opened the package. There was nothing inside except a cocktail napkin from some place called “Lee’s Liquor lounge” with a pair of lips covered in distinctly beautiful red lipstick dabbed in one corner. ...suddenly I understood what he meant and I stood there for a long time crying & laughing at the same time.Updates- Yesterday’s mail- New sick days- Automation Extrashttps://globalnews.ca/news/9979708/9979708-canada-post-reviewing-personal-data-use-privacy-law/https://globalnews.ca/news/9977124/canada-post-privacy-law-violation/https://www.youtube.com/live/b0uvsa87i60?si=84oDhEZH4rNaH8zKtelematics - This thing tracks your speed, engine idling, if you have your seatbelt on while vehicle is in motion and more… it also makes noises. It even has volume buttons…Here is more information:https://support.geotab.com/ioxs/doc/iox-gotalk?fbclid=IwAR1rJzaHIb4D9YtSUEez_LUXVJVDewU8g92ISSpni1O8vGOKdw-lPj_V81k_aem_AQLNZBZdXX2V6Ttx5Az20tx_mjW_Wou-kX6t6jVM_tCNHNHipptNWxvFPhxs_ac3U08Contract demands - https://www.cupw.ca/en/campaign/resources/negotiations-2023-2024-%E2%80%A2-national-program-demands
Listen and read along to ALL of Article 9 of the RSMC Collective Agreement between CUPW and Canada Post. Grab your book and let’s read together.
Listen and read along to ALL of Article 44 of the Urban Collective Agreement between CUPW and Canada Post. Grab your book and let’s read together.
Listen and read along to ALL of Article 9 of the Urban agreement between CUPW and Canada Post. Grab your book and listen to Pirate Jim read Article 9 - 9.106
On this episode Pirate Jim talks about the PSAC Strike in April, the Alberta Federation of Labour, the Alberta Election, finishes up reading and discussing article 9, the new Canada Post employee code of conduct, Temporarily Yours Part 2, Billy Bragg and much much more. Show notes posted here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088714197944
This week we talk about Union Busting in the 21st Century, what to do of the boss calls you into the office and our second last segment on Article 9 of the Urban Collective Agreement with CUPW and Canada Post Corporation.
On today’s podcast we talk about temporary workers and their rights. Major updates from segments on previous podcast episodes. The coming automation in our jobs. Woody Guthrie and The Dropkick Murphy’s. Meetings, events and of course updates, extras and Oopsies.
Updates, Extras and Oopsies from episode 4. The Edmonton CUPW President Almost get arrested, learn about the RSMC reaching device…. And the AUTOMATION and ROBOTICS a coming to our work floor.
In this weeks episode I go for a deep exploration into mental illness and work. I Talk about the Elder Check In services included with the building community power program. We will continue exploring Article 9 in both the RSMC and Urban Collective Agreements and learn about the Telephone Girls of 1919 from Maria Dunn. Check out the show notes on The Silver Bullet Podcast Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088714197944 You can now call and leave comments and questions on The Silver Bullet Podcast voicemail line that may be played on the next show at 1-587-848-0381 or by email at pirate_jim@sudomail.com
In this episode we talk about article 9 in the RSMC and Urban contracts again and the problem with “Yesterday’s Mail”. Our musical focus is on the union artist Utah Phillips and the story and music of Joe Hill. To leave a message or make a comment about the show got to https://anchor.fm/pirate-jim/message
In this weeks episode Pirate Jim talks about his journey becoming a Canada Post Letter Carrier and then a CUPW shop steward. He also explores article 9 in the CUPW Constitution and the Collective Agreement with Canada Post. The union song/artist spotlight this episode is on 2 time Juno Award Winner Maria Dunn. More information on her can be found at https://www.mariadunn.com/
This week we talk about the new sick days coming from the federal government, Pirate Jim’s unity projects, finding and filling out occurrence form and more… The Silver Bullet Podcast was created to inform, update and educate members of Calgary local 710 of the Canadian Union Of Postal Workers. There is a segment focus on specific news and action at the Royal Oak NW depot in Calgary. The Silver Bullet Podcast also brings news from the National CUPW offices and other locals in the Prairie Region. Pirate Jim will also introduce members to old and new union songs including history of the artist and song. For official show notes www.thesilverbulletpodcast.org The Overburdened Podcast https://anchor.fm/overburdenedpod/episodes/Thats-Sick-e1sop4t.