For Immediate Release – June 8, 2011 – 18:00
OTTAWA – As Clagary and Edmonton go in, over 800 postal workers in verious locationsacross the country will take their place on the picket lines at 11:30 pm EDT tonight.
The CUPW union locals going out on strike are:
Labrador City, Labrador
Acadie-Bathurst, New Brunswick
Summerside, P.E.I.
Ste.Therese, Quebec
Ste. Jerome, Quebec
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Hearst, Ontario
Brantford, Ontario
St.Thomas, Ontario
Flin Flon, Manitoba
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Whitehorse, Yukon
Vernon, B.C.
All shifts within this 24-hour period will be struck.
“We need to maintain and create good jobs, no cut back on jobs in our communities,” said Denis Lemelin, CUPW National President and chief negotiator. “Smaller communities also benefit from having access to increased services at their post offices. We are asking Canada Post to address these demands.”
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers continues its rotating strikes to put pressure on Canada Post’s negotiators to settle an acceptable collective agreement. The union has been negotiating for eight months but the profitable Crown Corporation continues to dismiss important health and safety issues. It also continues to reject the postal workers’ proposals for innovation and service expansion.