Canadians should start receiving mail again on Tuesday, after Canada Post workers shift from nationwide strike action to a rotating strike on Saturday morning.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, which represents 55,000 Canada Post employees, 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.
“[With] the majority of our workers back to work, people are able to go out and talk to the public,” said Jim Gallant, a CUPW negotiator. “The public sees what worth there is in the post office.”
The union and Canada Post have been trying to negotiate a new collective agreement for more than a year and a half. But that’s not the union’s only battle. Postal workers launched a nationwide strike two weeks ago — the second since last year — after the federal government announced sweeping changes to the Crown corpor
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