After almost a year of negotiations, over 5 weeks of rotating strikes and the adoption of an unconstitutional law suspending negotiations there were some who thought the fight was over. WRONG! The ground has shifted, there is an updated playbook and there are some new players on the field.
This past week, supporters of free collective bargaining have been raising their voices in support of postal workers and decent working conditions. In Vancouver, Hamilton, Windsor, Whitehorse, Halifax and Edmonton protests have erupted at or near postal facilities. Voices have been raised and the message clearly heard that the government cannot sweep their latest attack on the rights of workers under the rug.
This weekend there are at least 19 more protests scheduled across the country.
- Calgary: Harry Hayes Bldg, 220 4 Avenue SE, 12pm – facebook event
- Charlottetown: 75 Fitzroy Road, 12pm – facebook event
- Chilliwack: 7388 Vedder Road, 12pm – facebook event
- Durham Region: 1154 Kingston Road, Pickering, 1pm – facebook event
- Edmonton:End of Steel Park, 12pm – facebook event
- Grand Prairie: Revolution Place, South Side – facebook event
- Guelph:88 Wyndham Street North – facebookevent
- Halifax: TBA
- Kelowna: Parkinson Recreation Centre, 9am – facebook event
- Kingston: 120 Clarence Street, 12pm – facebook event
- Lethbridge: Downtown Post Office – facebook event
- London: Victoria Park, 11:30am – facebook event
- Mississauga: City Hall, 12pm – facebook event
- Montreal: MétroJarry, 12pm – facebook event
- Ottawa: Rideau Centre, 11am – facebook event
- Prince George: 808 Canada Games Way, 3pm – facebook event
- Red Deer: TBA
- Regina: 310 University Park Drive, 12pm – facebook event
- The Pas:161 Fischer Avenue – facebook event
- Thompson: City Hall – facebook event
- Timmins: Algonquin Boulevard and Pine Street, 12pm – facebook event
- Toronto:1180 Danforth Avenue – facebookevent
- Vancouver: 1245 West Broadway, 12pm – facebook event
- Victoria: BC Legislature, 12pm – facebook event
- Weyburn: TBA
- Winnipeg: Museum of Human Rights, 12pm – facebook event
- Yellowknife:5109 48th Street – facebook event
Can you help us organize in one of these cities or elsewhere? Sign up here to volunteer.
Please pass on this information and attend if possible. CUPW will continue to fight for negotiated collective agreements and free collective bargaining.
Real Solutions to Real Problems.
In Solidarity,
George Floresco
3rd National Vice-President
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