ST. JOHN’S — The City of St. John’s has rescheduled its municipal election by several days because of the strike at Canada Post. Officials said in a news release Monday the vote will take place on Oct. 8 instead of Oct. 2. The release says the move will give more …
Read More »Canada Post worker speaks out following government order imposing vote on rotten company offer
Canada Post workers on a picket line in Windsor, Ontario, during their month-long Fall 2024 strike. Canada’s Liberal government has ordered 55,000 postal workers to vote on Canada Post’s “best and final” contract offers, intervening yet again to bolster management in an 18-month-long contract dispute. The votes on the separate …
Read More »Canada Post worker supports German colleagues’ struggle against wage and job cuts
Canada Post workers on strike in Ontario in November 2024 The following statement was sent to the World Socialist Web Site by Daniel Berkley, a leading member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (Canada), in response to a statement issued by the Deutsche Post Action Committee earlier this month. That …
Read More »Canada Post workers denounce union complicity in enforcing Liberal government’s strike ban
Since the imposition of the Liberal government’s anti-democratic strike ban last Tuesday, postal workers have been writing to the World Socialist Web Site to denounce the complicity of the Canadian Union of Postal workers (CUPW) in smothering their struggle. Canada Post workers on a picket line in Windsor, Ontario After …
Read More »“Why are we even talking about a contract when it is never followed by the corporation?”: Canada Post strikers speak out from the picket line
Are you a striking Canada Post worker? Get in touch with the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee to let us know what issues you’re fighting for and what you think the way forward is in your struggle. Email canadapostworkersrfc@gmail.com or fill out the form at the end of this article. Some …
Read More »Attend Canada Post Worker Rank-and-File Committee’s first public meeting this Sunday!
Are you a postal worker? Register here to attend the first public meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File committee (Canada) on November 10 at 7 p.m. Eastern time. On Sunday, November 10 at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) is hosting its first online public …
Read More »“The urgent need to develop rank-and-file committees in every workplace and across national boundaries has never been clearer”
The following remarks were delivered at a Zoom meeting of Royal Mail workers on Sunday as a message of solidarity from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee at Canada Post. The meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) was held to discuss a fightback against the collusion of the Communication …
Read More »“It’s almost like the letter carriers have been to war. They have shell shock and PTSD”: Canada Post worker speaks out on dangerous working conditions
The World Socialist Web Site recently interviewed a member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) from Montreal about his experiences in the workplace at Canada Post. The PWRFC was recently established by postal workers with the aim of the rank and file seizing control of their contract struggle from …
Read More »For a political struggle against Canada Post and the Trudeau Liberal government! Stop CUPW’s sellout of our contract struggle!
The following statement was discussed and adopted at a recent meeting of Canada Post workers. It follows extensive discussions with several dozen postal workers who have contacted the World Socialist Web Site over recent months, including an April meeting at which a resolution calling for the establishment of a rank-and-file …
Read More »Canada Post letter carrier speaks out against management harassment
Some 50,000 postal workers at Canada Post are currently working without a contract. Around 42,000 members of the urban postal operators (UPO) bargaining unit and 8,000 rural and suburban mail carriers (RSMC) are being blocked from waging a genuine struggle against Canada Post’s sweeping concessions demands by the Canadian Union …
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