Canada Post workers have gone on strike

The 55,000 Canada Post workers represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) went on strike as of 9:01 PST tonight (Thursday).

This includes 204 members located in Prince George, Vanderhoof, Fraser Lake, Burns Lake and Mackenzie.

In a statement from CUPW, “After a year of bargaining with little progress, postal workers made the difficult decision to strike. Canada Post had the opportunity to prevent this strike, but it has refused to negotiate real solutions to the issues postal workers face every day. Instead, Canada Post left us no choice when it threatened to change our working conditions and leave our members exposed to layoffs.”

According to a news release from Canada Post “Customers will experience delays due to the strike activity. Mail and parcels will not be processed or delivered for the duration of the national strike, and some post offices will be closed. Service guarantees will be impacted for items already in the postal network. No new items will be accepted until the national disruption is over.”