Canada Post strike: Purolator workers won’t handle packages, union says
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Teamsters Canada says its members at Purolator will not handle packages postmarked or originating from Canada Post amid an ongoing strike by the Crown corporation's workers.
With Canada Post workers on strike, the union that represents workers at Purolator says its members won’t handle packages that were postmarked or identified as coming from the Crown corporation.
In a statement to Global News, Teamsters Canada said the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has its “full support” in its strike action.
“Purolator is a subsidiary of the Canada Post group. Our goal is to stop Canada Post from diverting their freight wholesale, thereby using a subsidiary to break a union,” Christopher Monette, director of public affairs for Teamsters, wrote.
“Teamsters Canada firmly believes that good union jobs — with living wages and secure retirement — are essential pillars of Canadian society. Unfortunately, Canada Post has taken a different stance at the bargaining table.”
Monette said individual businesses that ship directly with Purolator will still get their packages delivered.
CUPW members at Canada Post began a nationwide strike on Friday, after the union said it failed to reach new collective agreements for its rural and urban members.
With the strike underway, Canada Post warned Canadians they will face delays in receiving their mail, and postage already in the system will not be delivered, with a few exceptions.
It’s not the first time Canada Post has gone on strike, previously doing so in 2018 and 2011.
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