We want to know more about your work and how it’s changing!
Please answer each of the questions below by filling in the blank or checking the appropriate circle(s). All of your answers will be kept strictly confidential and no information that could identify you personally will be released. Please let us know what’s important to you!
1. How many daily scheduled hours do you work? ______
2. On average, would you say that your route: O takes less time than your scheduled hours
O takes about as long as your scheduled hours
O takes more time than your scheduled hours
3. About how many kilometres is your route(s)? ______
4. About how many points of call are on your route(s)?______
5. What province do you work in?______
6. Do you have other regular employment in O Yes
addition to working as a mail carrier?O No
7. Do you want to work more hours asO Yes
a mail carrier? O No
O I don’t know
8. How many years have you worked for Canada______yearsorO less than one year
Post (as either a contractor or an employee)?
9. During the past 12 months, how many sick days______days orO none
have you taken?
10. During the past 12 months, how many vacation ______days orOnone
days have you taken? (do not include non-work
days, such as weekends your total)
11. During the past 12 months, have you made a O Yes
claim for health, vision, hearing or dental benefits O No
on the Canada Post/CUPW plan?
12. Do you have a physical or mental health condition O Yes
that affects your work as a mail carrier? O No (please go to question 13)
If so, have satisfactory job accommodations O Yes
been made for you? ONo
13. What best describes your situation before becoming a Canada Post ‘employee’ in January 2004?
O I had one or more routes that I worked myself
O I had one or more routes that I shared with other people in my family
O I had one or more routes that I shared with other people who are not in my family
O I had several routes that I sub-contracted out to other people
O I did not work for Canada Post prior to January 2004 (please skip to question 15)
O Other, please describe: ______
______
14. Overall, since becoming a Canada Post employee in January 2004, has your job/work:
O Not really changed that much
O Gotten better? How? ______
______
O Gotten worse? How? ______
______
15.What type of office do you work out of?O a Canadian Postmasters and Assistants
O a Canadian Union of Postal Workers
(CUPW) office
16. Approximately how many ‘inside’ CUPW/CPAA ______people
workers are there in your office?
17. How many other ‘rural routers’ (RSMCs) work ______people
out of your office?
18. We would like to know more about how your work is organized. Please tell us how much you
agree or disagree with each of the following:
StronglyAgree / Mostly Agree / Mostly
Disagree / Strongly
Disagree / Doesn’t
Apply
I have some control over how I do my work / O / O / O / O / O
I can arrange my work hours in order to fit my schedule / O / O / O / O / O
I can get help if I need to take a day off in an emergency / O / O / O / O / O
It is hard for me to find a vacation replacement / O / O / O / O / O
Other people working in my office treat me with respect / O / O / O / O / O
My job is stressful / O / O / O / O / O
My work is routinely monitored by supervisors / O / O / O / O / O
19. We would like to know how you are treated by other people when you are working. Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following:
StronglyAgree / Mostly Agree / Mostly
Disagree / Strongly
Disagree / Doesn’t
Apply
People in my community treat me with respect / O / O / O / O / O
People on my route would notice if someone else was doing my job / O / O / O / O / O
People in my community think that my job is important / O / O / O / O / O
Other people think they could do my job just as well as I do / O / O / O / O / O
20. We would like to know how you feel about your union and the job it is doing. Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following:
StronglyAgree / Mostly Agree / Mostly
Disagree / Strongly
Disagree / Doesn’t
Apply
Becoming unionized has made a big difference in my everyday work / O / O / O / O / O
My union can negotiate a better deal for me than I could on my own / O / O / O / O / O
My union doesn’t care much about ‘rural routers’ (RSMCs) / O / O / O / O / O
It would be better if we had never become part of the union / O / O / O / O / O
21. We would like to know how involved you are with your union. Please tell us how often you:
I do thisregularly / I do this
occasionally / I do this
rarely / I never
do this / Doesn’t
Apply
Read CUPW postings in your workplace / O / O / O / O / O
Read the CUPW newspaper/bulletins / O / O / O / O / O
Talk to your steward about union issues / O / O / O / O / O
Attend CUPW meetings / O / O / O / O / O
22. We also want to learn more about what your priorities for your union are. How important are
each of the following to you:
VeryImportant / Somewhat Important / Somewhat
Unimportant / Very
Unimportant / Doesn’t
Apply
Equalizing wages across RSMCs / O / O / O / O / O
Increasing wages in general / O / O / O / O / O
Achieving parity with urban mail carriers / O / O / O / O / O
Advocating for health and safety issues / O / O / O / O / O
More communication between the union and RSMCs / O / O / O / O / O
More representation for RSMCs at senior union levels / O / O / O / O / O
23. In what year were you born? 1 9 _____
24. What is your gender? O ManO Woman
25. Are you a visible minority?O NoO Yes
26. Are you an Aboriginal person?O NoO Yes
27. Do you have children under the age of 18O NoO Yes How many? _____
who live with you?
28. What is your marital status?O Single / never married
O Married / common law partnership
O Separated / divorced
O Widowed
29. What is the highest level of education that O Less than high school
you have completed?O High school diploma or equivalent
O College/CÉGEP diploma or equivalent
OUniversity bachelor’s degree or higher O Other, specify: ______
30. What language do you primarily speak at home?O English
O French
O Another language
31. Do you have any other comments about your experiences working as a Rural or Suburban Mail
Carrier? What do you like about your job? What do you dislike about your job? Tell us more....
______
______
______
______
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We would like to contact some survey respondents for a short telephone interview.
32. Are you willing to participate in a confidential interview about your
work experiences with a researcher from YorkUniversity?O Yes ONo
If yes, what number can we contact you at? ( ) ______
What is the best time of day to reach you? ______
Who can we ask to speak to when we call? (first name only) ______
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COMPLETE THIS SURVEY!