Canada Post employees return to work, but rotational strike remains
Canada Post ends a nationwide strike after two weeks and shifts to rotating strikes, affecting service for 55,000 workers amid ongoing contract negotiations and financial losses.
- Late Thursday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers announced it will move from a nationwide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday, Oct. 11, allowing 55,000 Canada Post employees to resume work.
- Postal workers launched a nationwide strike two weeks ago after the federal government announced sweeping changes to the Crown corporation, and CUPW said last week the latest proposal takes "major steps backwards."
- Facing mounting losses, Canada Post reported a $1.3-billion loss last year and is on track to lose $1.5 billion this year while relying on a $1-billion government loan; its Oct. 3 offer includes a 13.59 per cent wage increase but removes a signing bonus.
- Canadians should start receiving mail again on Tuesday after Canada Post workers shift to rotating strikes on Saturday; Canada Post welcomed employees Friday but warned of `uncertainty and instability`.
- CUPW has pledged to fight Ottawa's reforms and is hoping Canadians take up the cause, while labour expert Rafael Gomez says the union faces a difficult challenge and rotating strikes will delay delivery.
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Canada Post workers will return to work, hoping Canadians take up their cause
Canadians should start receiving mail again on Tuesday, after Canada Post workers shift from nationwide strike action to a rotating strike on Saturday morning. CUPW, the union representing Canada Post workers, says the battle for a fair collective agreement continues, but that the downgraded labour action allows workers to resume their jobs, and remind Canadians that a full postal service is worth fighting for.
Local mail delivery to resume during postal union rotational strikes
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local postal workers are expected back on the job after the Thanksgiving long weekend with a switch from a nation-wide walkout to local, rotating strikes. The change in tactics was announced by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) following an Oct. 8 meeting with procurement minister Joel Lightbound aimed at reversing…
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