Alberta mail delivery disrupted
Posted Jun 7, 2011 7:29 am.
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Canada Post is being accused of escalating its dispute with mail carriers by disrupting deliveries in Alberta.
Dozens of temporary postal workers were told to come back with undelivered mail in Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Sherwood Park, St. Albert and Camrose.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says Canada Post told them they weren’t going to be paying the overtime needed to finish the routes.
Moncton and Victoria are the latest cities to be hit by rotating postal strikes.
The post office has rejected the union’s latest proposal and backed away from a suggestion to create more part-time positions to deal with a decline in mail.
The union says pensions and disability coverage remain sticking points.
