Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Businesses prepare as date looms for postal strike


The threat by Canada Post workers to walk off their jobs as early as May 25 has mail-reliant businesses and operations across the country bracing for a potential disruption in service.  The Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted in late April in favour of striking if a collective agreement with Canada Post is not reached by May 24.  According to union president Denis Lemelin, union negotiators are focusing on a number of major issues in their final week of talks with Canada Post Corporation. Major issues on the table include wages, staffing and disabilities.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This will be a great opportunity for the Post Office to reduce House Mail delivery to once or twice week.

The savings alone would make a strike worth while to Post Office and the general public wouldn't miss a beat.

Just think of the reduced waste in paper as well that would occur from not handling all those unwanted flyers.