Canada Post’s rolling strike and it’s impact on Canadians
Posted Jun 3, 2011 11:52 am.
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The term “rolling strike” is something Canadians may hear a lot of in the coming weeks but when it comes to the one with Canada Post, how will this affect you?
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says they will target one city each day, disrupting mail service for those residents, before moving onto the next area.
Disruptions will last for 24 hours with members of the union only walking off the job.
After that period, mail service will resume in the affected city until the rotating strike makes it’s way back there again.
National Director of the Prairie Region Gord Fisher tells 660News, they’re trying to put the pressure on Canada Post.
“We recognize that a lot of Canadians rely on the mail system so by doing this, we’re trying to minimize the affect on them,” he says.
Canada Post spokesman John Caines says those people living in other parts of Canada, unaffected by the dispute, shouldn’t notice the impact.
“It’s only affect the people in the city that are struck, so all the mail in the system will be secured and when they return to work it’ll go out for delivery,” he says. “Other areas that aren’t affected. we’ll still be delivering mail.”
Calgary he says will only feel the impact if we’re sending or receiving to an affected city or the rotating strike comes to Cowtown or Edmonton.
Day One of the strike will finish in Winnipeg tonight at midnight and then the dispute will move onto Hamilton.
So what city is next?
“I’ll tell you quite frankly, I don’t even know……I may be part of that decision process,” says Fisher. “A board of 15 will be discussing that as the weekend goes on.”
Fisher’s hoping they can make an announcement by Sunday.
