Canada Post unionized workers rally as strike threat looms [Video]

Canada Post workers rallied at several locations across the country Thursday, as the threat of a strike between the Crown corporation and its unionized employees looms.

“There are a lot of worries on postal workers’ minds right now, from the present moment into the future,” said Wesley Bartlett, a letter carrier who attended the rally in Ottawa.

Bartlett, who has worked with Canada Post for about six years, said job security is something postal workers are “going to have to fight for.”

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Canada Post have been in contract talks for nearly a year. Those talks continue. Last month, workers voted overwhelmingly in support of a strike if a deal could not be reached at the bargaining table.

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