Postal workers are off the job in Vernon. Picket signs went up in front of the downtown post office early Thursday morning as part of rotating job action by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. “We need to maintain and create good jobs, not cut back on jobs in our communities,” said Denis Lemelin, CUPW national president and chief negotiator. “Smaller communities also benefit from having access to increased services at their post offices. We are asking Canada Post to address these demands.” Among the sticking points in negotiations are health and safety issues, as well as use of technology and service expansion. All shifts within a 24-hour period Thursday will be struck. Besides Vernon, the union walked off the job in 12 other Canadian cities across Canada.------
CBC News:
Thursday's walkout will affect 13 small to mid-sized communities, Lemelin said. CUPW chose 13 smaller locals for Thursday's strike "because we want to address the issue of jobs in the community and expansion of services to the community in smaller places in the country," he said. The communities are: Labrador City, N.L., Acadie-Bathurst, N.B., Summerside, P.E.I., Ste-Therese and Ste-Jerome, Que.; the Ontario cities of Thunder Bay, Hearst, Brantford and St. Thomas, Flin Flon, Man., Vernon, B.C., and the territorial capitals of Yellowknife and Whitehorse.
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Mail delivery cut to three days a week Canada Post reduces work hours amid rotating strikes
Codi Wilson, Edmonton Journal June 9, 2011
Canada Post will reduce mail delivery to three times a week because of rotating strikes across the country. Employees on the picket line in Edmonton faced a series of cutbacks when they returned to work Wednesday night. The corporation said it will reduce hours for carriers and workers in plants across the country. Canada Post spokesman Jon Hamilton said the corporation has faced a 50-per-cent decrease in volume in the past five days, which caused a significant drop in revenue. "The strike is scaring Canadians," he said. There will be fewer staff in plants, and letter carriers will see their hours cut from five days a week to three. Letters and ad mail will be delivered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
2 comments:
Why not cut the mail delivery to One (1) day a week and install letter boxes throughout Canada Post's operation?
One has to thank the CUPW Union leadership for their belligerents.
Reluctant at first, I have converted all my bills and payments to email. Much simpler and cost effective.
The union needs a dose of reality, these people are overpaid. They should be happy with what they have and quit wining. I too am looking at either hand delivering and emailing all my invoices from now on, and having a drop box at our home for customers to deliver the cheques. Screw Can Post I hope they all get the boot and have to sit in the EI lineup
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