George Quirk - CUPW Retail North Sydney

Lew Palmer - Supvr/Co-Chair Sydney
Dave Fillmore - Local Area Manager
Brian Pottie - Supvr. North Sydney

OLD BUSINESS:

NORTH SYDNEY:

• The issue re a step van or right hand drive vehicle for Mobile #7 is still on the table with Route Measurement in Halifax.
• An Ergo lift will be supplied by August 2006.

GLACE BAY:

NO OLD BUSINESS

NEW WATERFORD:

NO OLD BUSINESS

SYDNEY:

• The issue with over-assessed routes is still on the table with Route Measurement in Halifax.
• Packeteer has arrived but still needs to be secured/mounted on some table or desk for the use by both Clerks and Letter Carriers.
• Posters outlining the Benefits of Sun-screen cannot be found. This could be because of the controversy over whether Sunscreen is actually good to use or is it, as some medical authorities contend, carcinogenic.

STATION "A":

NO OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS:

NORTH SYDNEY:

NO NEW ISSUES

GLACE BAY:

NO NEW ISSUES

NEW WATERFORD:

NO NEW ISSUES

SYDNEY:

NO NEW ISSUES

SAIR REPORTS:

#45660 - Repetitive strain type problem - lower back, lower right leg, jaw, numbness i
both arms. No loss time to date.
Corrective Action - exercise and unknown

#44930 - Stress I.O.D.
Corrective Action - Unknown

#45361 - Sore foot from walking.
Corrective Action - Safety talks, proper footwear, exercises.

#43287 - Shoulder injury - lifting heavy SLB bags.
Corrective Action - Exercise care, slow down and have drivers stop overloading bags.

#43960 - RSMC fell on ice in front of SLB. Broke wrist bone, soreness left knee, pulled muscles in shoulder and neck.
Corrective Action - Contractor to address the ice build-up, proper footwear.

#44199 - Sudden pain in left knee. Suggested re-currence of Mar. 5/05 I.O.D.
Corrective Action - Unknown

#44905 - LC slipped on grass. Injured ankle.
Corrective Action - Safety talk and slowdown.

Next meeting scheduled for September 12, 2006 - the second Tuesday of that month.