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Canada Post’s Home Delivery Mistake Explained
Postal Worker David Rennie, who works in a Hamilton Ontario postal centre, shows in an op-ed piece that Canada Post is sending home delivery service to the chopping block without the support of facts. Rennie says in the Hamilton Spectator that, “Scare stories, reported in the media, about financial losses, declining letter mail and employee…
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IBEW members help restore power in Ontario
More than 40 Manitoba Hydro linemen headed to Toronto over the holidays to help restore power after the recent ice storm. More than 100,000 Toronto area customers remained without electricity on Christmas Eve. “We commend these members of IBEW Local 2034 for coming to the aid of Canadians in need,” said Manitoba Federation of Labour…
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Canadians tell Lisa Raitt no more postal cuts
MILTON, ONTARIO – Postal workers delivered over 12,200 postcards of protest to Lisa Raitt, Minister responsible for Canada Post, today at her constituency office in Milton, Ontario. The postcards were signed by Canadians opposing postal downsizing and closures prior to the corporation’s recent announcement that it intends to cut delivery and raise rates. ‘People are…
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Federal Government Torpedoes Pension Expansion
Canada’s Finance Ministers met near Ottawa on Monday to discuss a proposal to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to provide better retirement benefiots for working Canadians. The plan, backed by most provinces, was rejected by the Federal Conservative government. The Manitoba government, which supports the expansion plan vowed to keep working towards expanding the…
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Canada Post chooses cuts over better options
Canada Post’s decision to end door-to-door mail delivery and dramatically increase stamp prices is short-sighted and foolish. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is extremely alarmed at this rash decision to gut public postal service for millions of Canadians. “If this happens, it would be the end of an era for Canada Post,” said Denis…