“Everything has been quiet on the national level.”
That’s from Local CUPW 812 President Nicole Chouinard as the union and Canada Post continue to negotiate on a new deal with the postal company’s latest offer still being mulled over.
Canada Post stated mail volumes are down 50% over this time last year, a claim Chouinard told Vista Radio couldn’t be further from the truth in areas like ours.
“I can tell you as a letter carrier myself, that is not our experience. We are not seeing a decrease in volumes and we are having consistent heavy mail volumes since we have gone back to work in December. There has been no lag in the mail volume.”
“I will say there has been a lot of speculation on parcel volumes and it certainly does not help our case as the union at all when Canada Post is actively telling their customers to use Purolator.”
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers held off on a full-scale walkout on Friday, instituting a ban on overtime.
The union (representing 55-thousand workers including some 200 in the Prince George area) said they provided their response to Canada Post yesterday (Sunday), and are expecting face-to-face negotiations to resume in a couple of days.
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