Noon Saturday October 15 Vancouver Art Gallery
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers supports the growing numbers of those who are peacefully and creatively occupying Wall Street and elsewhere.
We join the call to end the plutocracy – the rule of the rich – and the stark inequality it creates. As workers and as people, we demand a better and fairer distribution of wealth in our society.
When 48,000 CUPW members went on a nation-wide rotating strike this June, we struck against austerity measures imposed on us by a highly paid CEO, appointed and supported by a neo-liberal government.
- We went on strike because they want to cut the pensions of new hires.
- We went on strike because they want to cut the wages of the next generation of workers.
- We went on strike because they value profits more than they value the health and safety of our members.
- We went on strike because they are attacking the public postal service that belongs to all of us.
Management then locked us out to give the government a pretext to enact punitive legislation forcing CUPW members back to work – legislation that blatantly gives the upper hand to the executives.
This is the plutocracy in action and we have to fight them everywhere. We stand with women, the poor, first nations people, pensioners, students, environmentalists and everyone who is prepared to struggle for justice. We will never stop fighting.
Your struggle is our struggle. We are part of the 99%.
In Solidarity,
Gayle Bossenberry
1st National Vice-President
Canadian Union of Postal Workers