
Rallies held to stir up support for Canada Post workers across the country
HALIFAX — Canada Post employees gathered at rallies in 13 cities across the country on Saturday to highlight the ongoing labour dispute between their union and employer and stir up support for the workers at the centre of the dispute.
The rallies were organized by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, whose 55,000 members have been embroiled in testy contract negotiations with the Crown corporation for months. The dispute triggered a month-long strike last year, and union members are currently banned from working overtime amid talks that appear to have bogged down.
Basia Sokal, a letter carrier from Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley who joined a few dozen others at an event in downtown Halifax, described Canada Post’s treatment of its roughly 55,000 unionized workers as shameful.
“They are dragging this out and they are trying to kill an important public service,” she said Saturday, adding that she believes Canada Post aims to push for further service and job cuts.