Charities seeing decline in donations amid postal strike [Video]

Local organizations are seeing a lack of donations as Canada Post continues its strike.

Monday marks the 25th day of the strike and it doesn’t seem that there will be a solution soon.

A proposal was submitted to the union on Friday. As of Monday evening, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) reportedly dropped its wage demand to 19 per cent over four years, according to the Canadian Press.

The demand to merge the urban and rural bargaining units was also dropped.

Some of the charities that are being affected by the strike are the Salvation Army, the Downtown Mission, Windsor-Essex County Humane Society and the Windsor Goodfellows.

The Salvation Army said it relies on mail campaigns to engage donors around the holidays.

Fundraising for the Salvation Army has seen a decrease of 50 per cent, working out to more than $9 million.

“When people donate directly through the …