Postal workers to gather at London City Hall as rotating strikes continue – London

Local postal workers and their allies will gather in front of London City Hall on Monday as rotating strikes continue across the country.

It remains to be seen where the next strikes will take place, but members of the Union of Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) London Local must gather at 300 Dufferin on Monday at noon to ask the government to support postal strikers. .

"We know that postal workers advocate for quality jobs in the middle clbad and gender equality, and they advocate for an expansion of services that will benefit all Canadians," said James Hutt, rally organizer and coordinator. campaign for Delivering. Community power.

"We have found that many allies, whether they belong to the labor movement, the fight against poverty or simply the general public, want to support postal workers. This gathering is therefore an opportunity for people to show themselves and show the government that it is time to end the strike and support the postal workers. "

CUPW members have been on strike since October 22 to pressure Canada Post as both parties attempt to negotiate new collective agreements for unionized workers in urban and rural areas.

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The union, which represents 50,000 postal workers, said the main concerns in the negotiations included working conditions for members, job security and forced overtime.

"If you look at what postal workers are proposing, such as gender equality, the protection of middle-clbad jobs and new services such as seniors' services, there is really no reason not to accept these requirements, "said Hutt.

"Often it just takes a little nudge, and that's what we're doing here as allies and sympathizers, gives the federal government a little extra help by saying," Listen, it's good for everyone – postal workers are negotiating in the public interest. Let's support them. "

Canada Post said it made "important offers" to the union, including "increased wages, improved job security and benefits," without asking for concessions.

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The federal government has appointed a special mediator to help the company and the union negotiate a new agreement.

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The union's senior management continues to choose when and where rotating strikes will begin and stop, with the decision on Monday's strike being announced Sunday night.

Canada Post's services and operations normally continue in places where there is no action.

However, the company continues to ask customers to wait for delays of several days, as the strike continues across the country and mail arrears increase in its three largest processing facilities.