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CUPW locked out by Canada Post

Issue: 48,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have been locked out by Canada Post

Actions Requested: Help them on the picket lines in your area. In Edmonton, go to the main plant at 12135-149 Street or to the downtown plant at 9808 – 103A Avenue. In Calgary, join them at 1100 – 49 Avenue, N.E. In Fort McMurray, go to the Hardin Street deport between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday for a BBQ on the line. Check your local Canada Post depots for other picket lines.

When: Tonight (Wednesday, June 15th) and tomorrow (Thursday, June 16th)


Issue – CUPW Calls on Allies for Support

Canada Post locked out 48,000 workers across the country last night (Tuesday, June 14th). Today, they have been on the picket lines and are asking us to come out to provide support and strengthen those lines.

Anyone able to come by the main Edmonton plant at 12135-149 Street or the downtown plant 9808 – 103A Avenue would be appreciated. At the main Edmonton plant, the early shift 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. is in desperate need of fortifying the lines.

CUPW says it does not know what the next 48 hours holds, but the federal government is positioning itself to impose back-to-work legislation. Flooding MP offices with calls and e-mails and coming out to join the picket lines to bolster support would lift the spirits of our brothers and sisters.