Canada Post workers go on strike Friday morning [Video]

Canada Post workers are on strike after failing to reach a negotiated agreement with their employer.

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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says approximately 55,000 workers are striking, claiming little progress has been made in the bargaining process.

At 12:01 a.m. Friday in Calgary, Canada Post workers were already on the picket line at the mail processing plant in the northeast.

In Calgary, there are about 2,000 Canada Post workers.

“I will be going in with the rest of my executive to bring them out collectively. We walk out in solidarity one minute after midnight,” said Wycliffe Odour, Calgary Local president.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice earlier in the week, saying it’s been asking for fair wages, safer working conditions and other improvements over nearly a year of bargaining.

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