The government introduced back-to-work legislation on Monday for postal workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW),

 who were locked out after a series of rotating strikes that began on June 3, 2011, across the country.

“This is an attack on the collective bargaining rights of all workers and it’s shameful that the Government has chosen this path,” said George Doubt, President, Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU).

Canada Post workers have brought up working conditions as important issues and fear that new employees would receive lower wages and pensions.  Should the CUPW and Canada Post not agree on a deal before the legislation is passed, an arbitrator will be appointed to choose between both offers put forward.

Goodwin White of the CUPW was quoted as saying, “This decision to go to the minister and get her to send us back to work is deliberate and disgusting.”

“The agenda of this government is to take on unions and do away with free collective bargaining.  This is what this is about,” said John Gordon, President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, (PSAC).

The TWU fully supports its union brothers and sisters in their struggle.  We ask all of our members to do the same. In the mean time, only when necessary, we have been using the services of Purolator and Dynamex to deliver packages.