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CUPW: A cautionary tale of union-busting, with a little help from the media

With 16 straight years of profitability, including record profits in 2009 and postage rates lower than almost all other industrialized countries, the Canada Post negotiations should have been relatively easy. But it's Tory times in Canada and what better way is there for a right-wing government to attack the labour movement than by going after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, a national and historically militant union?

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Live now and possibly all weekend: NDP filibuster to stall back-to-work legislation against postal workers

By rabble staff
| June 23, 2011

The NDP is currently filibustering the back-to-work legislation tabled by the Harper government as Bill C-6, An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services.

NDP MPs are speaking for allotted periods against the legislation as part of its effort to use "all parliamentary procedures" to block back-to-work legislation aimed at Canada Post. This strategy could take the entire weekend to play out.

The debate can be watched live here.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers' 48,000 members launched rotating 24-hour strikes on June 3. After 12 days, Canada Post said it had lost about $100 million, and locked workers out.

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CUPW keeps its options open in strike negotiations

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Postal workers in strike position next week over two-tier system for Canada Post employees.

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