The rotating strike could hit very close to home, if the rumours are true!
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is going after larger and larger centres as it continues rotating strikes.
Postal workers in Montreal are the latest to walk off the job in a 24-hour strike following earlier walkouts in Winnipeg and Hamilton.
There’s been some talk on the picket lines that Toronto may be the next target.
An estimated 64 per cent of the country’s mail goes through Toronto.
“Our facilities are the size of a million square feet so a lot of mail and a lot of parcels move through Toronto, Canada Post spokesman Jon Hamilton told 680News.
Shutting down service in the city even for a single day would be felt GTA-wide.
“The national executive board has not made a decision who’s going out next, Irwin Nanda, the head of the Toronto branch of CUPW said.
According to Nanda, the post office can easily end this before it reaches Toronto.
“I understand there might be some angst in putting mail in the system right now, but I believe that the sooner the corporation gets back to us, we can keep this thing moving forward and get a settlement,” he explained.
Are you feeling the strike, yet? Concerned?
3 Comments User Comments
Add a commentKevin Mc
June 7, 2011
8:27 am
I think the union is crazy Canada Post is already in trouble & striking will make it worst. With the age of a computer the number of envolopes that are being mailed has gone down with Emails all big credit card companies & Bank are encourging sending their statement by email.eventually there will be no need for The post Office it will become the thing of the past.
All the Union wants is more money when they should be happy to have a job at all. People have to remember when you pay increases so does your union dues & when you are on strike the union still get their full wage while you only get an allowance.
RainbowRay
June 7, 2011
10:54 am
Canadian Trivia: Did you know that canada is the most “strike oplagued” nation in the world (evern more strikes per capita then the U.S. when you look it that way). WOW!
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Marva
June 15, 2011
11:00 am
The postal strike will only hurt the poor and seniors. Computers seems to have taken over the communication world. Every company wants you to sign up for paperless mail, what they fail to realize is that not everyone can operate a computer, nor afford to purchase one. For those of us who have support love ones over sees, this could be a real problem when it comes to sending money home.
I believe that people should be given the right to fight for what they believe in and hold deer like pension. I totally support the workers. In my opinion, instead of rotating strikes, they should shut down the entire mail system right across the country at the same time. However, in the end only the CAPITALIST wins. Government is there to see that the CAPITALIST wins on the backs of the poor.