The Canadian Union of Postal Workers accused Canada Post of engaging in election advertising while failing to register as a third party with Elections Canada, as required by federal law. “Canada Post’s material clearly qualifies as election advertising,” said Mike Palecek, national president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, which filed the official complaint … Read more
Labour leaders gathered at the Ontario Superior Court to mark the start of hearings on the postal workers’ constitutional challenge to being legislated back to work by the majority Conservative government in 2011. Prior to postal workers being forced back, Canada Post had imposed a two-week nationwide lockout on its employees. At the time, opposition … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has reviewed Canada Post’s quarterly report and some facts stand out: Canada Post remains profitable overall. This year, it is still ahead by 18 million, having made a substantial profit its first quarter. Booming parcel business means that Canada Post should not be cutting home delivery as the most … Read more
Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ national president, Mike Palecek, and the Save Canada Post Caravan rolled into Calgary, bringing the Union’s cross country campaign to Save Canada Post to the Conservative leader’s own riding. “Calgary postal workers have been talking to the people of Calgary and we have a message for Stephen Harper. A huge majority … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said that many of their members were among about 135,000 people who would see instant wage hikes with a $15/hour federal minimum wage. “A $15 federal minimum wage is exactly the sort of thing we mean when we talk about real ground-level change in federal politics,” says Mike Palecek, … Read more
Opposition party leaders are calling on the prime minister to instruct Canada Post to stop removing home mail delivery until the upcoming federal election, according the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The calls from opposition party leaders were accompanied by condemnation of the delivery cuts which hurt seniors, people with disabilities and communities all across … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) released a new report, entitled, “The Implications of Converting Home Mail Delivery to Community Mailboxes: The Canadian Experience,” at the Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics. The report shows conclusively how Canada Post’s cutbacks are creating expensive problems, including costs for municipal residents and health care. “Given the social and financial … Read more
Canada Post’s plan to end door-to-door delivery on Hamilton Mountain has apparently been put on “indefinite hold,” according to the union representing postal workers. While this decision has yet to be confirmed in writing by Canada Post Corporation, postal workers were cautiously optimistic. “At this point, we can only speculate, but we think the actions … Read more
Canada Post held its annual public meeting in Ottawa on May 21, were some tough questions were posed to Canada Post executives from people opposed to the cutbacks. “When our money-making post office is trying to impose massive service downgrades on Canadians, you’d expect to hear better reasons for it,” said Mike Palecek, national president of the … Read more
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers welcomes the announcement from the New Democratic Party of Canada, that if elected, they will restore home mail delivery to those whose service has been cut by the Conservative government. “It can no longer be denied that this is an election issue. The people of this country deserve a … Read more
