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Canadian Postal Workers Have Had Enough of Government Backed-Management Stonewalling
The Labor Notes Podcast
14 minutes
1 month ago
Canadian Postal Workers Have Had Enough of Government Backed-Management Stonewalling
Mail and parcel delivery workers at Canada Post, who are members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, have been bargaining for two years against an intransigent management whose stonewalling is being supported by the Canadian government.
CUPW members have mounted full on strikes twice in just the past year, and taken several other disruptive actions. Management meanwhile has largely ignored their proposals and advanced policies that would end vital services and slash jobs.
This story reflects a phenomenon of the privatization era: the rhetoric of fiscal responsibility is being used to erode affordable, quality public services, and to eliminate stable middle class jobs. And the way that CUPW members are organizing to fight back has lessons for workers everywhere.
Read the story by pod co-host and staff organizer Danielle Smith: “Canadian Postal Workers Strike Again.”