On June 16 and 18 the Planning and Growth Management Committee of the city of Toronto held hearings on the Canada Post’s plan to end home mail delivery and install Community Mailboxes (CMBs). Just days before the hearings Canada Post announced it would keep door-to-door delivery in the downtown core of the city. The announcement Continue readingFighting CMBs at Toronto City Hall
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By Joel Harden Like many people, my day starts with a cup of coffee and the proverbial smart phone prayer. Typically, this ritual involves checking all manner of messages, most of which are assisted by generous gulps of caffeine. But yesterday, as I sorted through my various inboxes, one message stood out. The Canadian Union of Continue readingInterview with Lynda Kitchikeesic: Community Mailbox Resister
By Joel Harden Chances are, if you pay attention to union news, you’re aware of the struggle over the future of Canada Post. At issue is what we can expect from our public post office, and two competing visions for changing existing services. Last week, in my hometown of Ottawa, I got an inside look Continue readingSaving Canada Post: It’s about home delivery and a whole lot more
Occupation is part of Hamilton’s campaign to reverse Canada Post cuts by Evan JohnstonThe campaign to save Door-to-Door mail delivery is heating up in Hamilton. A coalition of union and non-union activists — led by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers Local 548 — have been leading door-knocking efforts over the last year, Continue readingOne man’s sit-in to save door-to-door mail
People across the country are organizing to save door-to-door home mail delivery. Canada Post’s outrageous elimination of home mail delivery despite the company’s profitability, is a Harper-approved blow against public services by Canada Post management. In London, Ontario, residents have established Londoners for Door to Door and are canvassing with postal workers to build support. Continue readingWeekend Video: Saving Door-to-Door Mail
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is holdings its convention this May 4-7 in Toronto. It is also the union’s 50th anniversary. CUPW was founded in 1965 by an incredible wildcat strike against an oppressive employer, horrible working conditions and a failed employee association. Fifty years later, the union is facing enormous challenges as Continue readingInterview with Mike Palecek, CUPW presidential candidate
by David Bush and Doug Nesbitt Fourteen months have passed since Canada Post announced its radical overhaul of the postal service. Canada Post is still sticking to its plans of eliminating home delivery across the country, cutting 8,000 jobs, jacking up prices, and closing sorting depots across the country. In fact, Canada Post has accelerated Continue readingThe Canada Post Fight: News Round-Up
by Doug Nesbitt When the New Democratic Party proposed a $15/day national childcare plan this past October, the federal Conservative government replied that a childcare plan was already in place: The Universal Child Care Benefit of $100/month for every child under six. Shortly after the NDP revealed its childcare plan, Harper announced he would raise Continue readingHow the Tories are killing federal workers’ childcare
We Deliver Canada is a campaign by CUPW Vancouver Local 846 in partnership with CauseComms: Communications for the Common Good. The CUPW Vancouver Local represents over three thousand postal workers in the cities of Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, North Vancouver City & District and West Vancouver. They have produced two videos in which postal workers share Continue readingWeekend Video: We Deliver Canada
By Mike Palecek Postal worker and National Union Representative of CUPW If postal workers ran the post office. If postal workers ran the post office, we would start by getting rid of thousands of people in management. The cadre of class-warriors Canada Post has employed to fight CUPW would get pink slips. If postal workers Continue readingIf postal workers ran the post office
On September 24, residents of Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, gathered at a local sports bar to talk about the pending loss of door-to-door mail delivery to nearly 8,000 neighbourhood homes. The meeting featured speeches by: Trevor Haché, a resident of Kanata losing home mail delivery Geoff Bickerton, Research Director of the Canadian Union of Continue readingWeekend Video: Can We Save Home Mail Delivery?
by David Bush and Doug Nesbitt On Monday, October 20, the first deliveries to Canada Post’s new community mailboxes will take place. But the fight against the complete elimination of home delivery, job losses, and the preparation for Canada Post privatization are unfolding around the country. Today, the Canada Post sorting plant in Repentigny, Quebec Continue readingThe fight for Canada Post is escalating