'The people will be with us': Inside the thoughts of Canada Post workers considering a strike
Canadian postal workers may once again go on strike. After a one-month strike over the winter that effectively stranded tens of thousands of Christmas parcels, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is set to do it all again. After a midnight deadline expired without an agreement, the union announced a ban on overtime Friday and said they may escalate.
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Canada Post is hemorrhaging money, and managers are signalling that they see no way forward without a drastic streamlining of how the place is run. The CUPW, in turn, doesn't want any of that — and is also pressing for more money and vacation days.
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But there is one thing we do know. The image and reputation of the Canadian postal worker has never been higher. When the average Canadian looks upon a cheerful mail carrier bombarded by the elements and weighed down with the burdens of their calling, they see an image of the country exceeded only by Terry Fox, the warriors of Vimy Ridge or a particularly majestic raven.
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Do I wish for labour disruption? Of course not, but I know that in any conflict, the people will be with us.
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The die is cast: Today we issued our 72-hour strike notice. In these instances, the slaving plutocrats at Canada Post always hide behind flimsy rationales such as 'finances' or 'imminent bankruptcy.' This is why our demands also include a number of measures to increase revenue at the corporation and restore it to solvency.
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These include licensing a line of limited edition postal worker action figures, and using our vehicle fleet to spearhead the creation of a backyard furnace program to dramatically increase Canadian steel production as a check against American imperialism.
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