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
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BC teachers | Bill C-377 | Montreal pensions protest | Saskatoon transit lockout | Alberta pension bills | Nova Scotia’s Bill 37 | US Steel bankruptcy | Richmond IKEA lockout | Cornwall wildcat strike | Winnipeg municipal workers | Calgary parks privatization BC Teachers’ strike BC Teachers’ Strike – Lessons Learned Tara Ehrcke, Staffroom Confidential Continue readingRankandFile.ca Labour News Update: September 22, 2014
Cutting back service dramatically and the elimination of home mail delivery, at the same time as a huge increase in postage rates, is not the way to go to improve the postal service in Canada. Scare stories, reported in the media, about financial losses, declining letter mail and employee pension difficulties are used as justification Continue readingHamilton postie: Canada Post’s Invented Crisis