{"id":77154,"date":"2025-09-25T19:22:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=77154"},"modified":"2025-09-25T19:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:23:04","slug":"public-post-office-under-attack-cupw-begins-strike-action-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/public-post-office-under-attack-cupw-begins-strike-action-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Post Office Under Attack &#8211; CUPW begins Strike Action Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\" data-ad-rendering-role=\"story_message\">\n<div id=\"_r_11g_\" class=\"x1l90r2v x1iorvi4 x1g0dm76 xpdmqnj\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">Thursday September 25 2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-od-volume field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">2023-2027\/332<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-secondary-volume-number field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">Bulletin No. 141<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-17.34.33.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-77155\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-17.34.33-300x133.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-17.34.33-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-17.34.33.png 592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Today, the Minister responsible for Canada Post, Jo\u00ebl Lightbound, announced massive changes to the Government\u2019s mandate for Canada Post and huge service cutbacks to the public.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement was an outrage. Minister Lightbound gave the Union no indication that he was going to do this when leadership met with him last week. The Minister said he had the \u201cutmost respect\u201d for postal workers. This is no way to show it.<\/p>\n<p>Lightbound announced that the Government was accepting and instructing Canada Post to implement the recommendations from William Kaplan\u2019s Industrial Inquiry Commission (IIC) Report from May. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Converting 4 million addresses to Community Mailboxes.<\/li>\n<li>Gutting the rural moratorium on post office closures.<\/li>\n<li>Giving Canada Post more \u201cflexibility\u201d in its delivery standards, including by cutting the requirement to deliver 5 days a week.<\/li>\n<li>Giving Canada Post the ability to raise stamp rates more frequently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Minister emphasized the importance to serve all Canadians, but these recommendations will only undermine public service. We have no details on how any of them will be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Converting more addresses to CMBs makes little sense when customers want their parcels to the door. The Government has completely failed to consider the problems it faced a decade ago when CPC last tried to convert door-to-door to CMB delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement also ignores how changes to delivery standards could impact mail volumes and confidence in service. And it fails to consider the importance of the moratorium on post office closures to help ensure universal service.<\/p>\n<p>These recommendations could result in major job losses. On this, the Minister simply dodged questions from reporters.<\/p>\n<p>In accepting the Kaplan report, the Government has completely rejected the need to diversify revenue streams and expand services, accepting instead Canada Post\u2019s requests for cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement, we heard from the federal mediators that Canada Post needs until next week to present new global offers.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Postal Workers Will Fight Back<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>This slapdash approach without full public consultation is an insult to the public and to postal workers. The Government may act as the sole shareholder, but the public owns the post office. There was no indication as to what this means for the planned mandate review \u2013 nor when that will happen given these massive changes.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot accept this attack on good jobs and public services.\u00a0 Let\u2019s now turn our efforts to making sure the Government and Canada Post hear us loud and clear. We have done it before. We will do it again.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Strike Action Update<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>In response to the Government\u2019s attack on our postal service and workers, effective immediately, all CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nation-wide strike.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In solidarity,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-od-signatorie field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div class=\"ds-1col node node-signatorie view-mode-default clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-full-name field-type-ds field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div class=\"name\">Jan Simpson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-title\">National President<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday September 25 2025 2023-2027\/332 Bulletin No. 141 Today, the Minister responsible for Canada Post, Jo\u00ebl Lightbound, announced massive changes to the Government\u2019s mandate for Canada Post and huge service cutbacks to the public. 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