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Canadians will start to see mail trickle in after Canada Post workers switched from national to rotating strikes.
“Canada Post is safely resuming its operations across the country,” said the Crown Corporation in a news release on Tuesday. It added that the rotating strikes by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) would mean “ongoing disruptions in service” and said “customers should expect delays.”
After more than two weeks of a national strike, the rotating strikes began on Oct. 11 in order to “get mail and parcels moving,” the union said , “while continuing our struggle for good collective agreements and a strong public postal service.”
Canada Post said rotating strike activity ended in Timmins, Ont., on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, as of Tuesday, there are rotating strikes in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John in B.C., and St. Anthony, N.L. The union said it would provide updates online of CUPW locals on strike.
“Mail and parcels will not be delivered or picked up in locations where there are currently rotating strikes,” said Canada Post. “Once the strike is over and operations resume in a given location, the delivery of mail and parcels will restart as quickly as possible.”
Canada Post said it would be accepting and delivering mail and parcels at all locations, except for those on strike.
The union is made up of 55,000 postal workers.
The strike has been ongoing since Sept. 25, sparked by comments made by Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound at a press conference. He called the company “effectively insolvent” and said it was “facing an existential crisis.” He said that the company would be ending door-to-door delivery, among other changes.
The union called the announcement an “outrage” and immediately went on strike.
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