Canadian Union of Postal Workers Proposes Alternative to Save Orleans Post Office
(May 25, 2010 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

OTTAWA, May 25 - The only public post office in Orleans will be closing its doors unless the public gets involved. Canada Post plans to shut down the Orleans Retail Postal Outlet located at 1479 Youville Drive. Dan L'Abbé has been working at Canada Post for 34 years and has spent the past 2 years behind the retail counter of the Orleans Post Office. L’Abbe says his customers like the location, right off the Queensway and close to Jeanne D'Arc Boulevard. “I can’t...

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Francophone Community of St. Boniface May Lose its Historic Post Office: Furious Residents Plan Demonstration on April 29th
(April 29, 2010 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release WINNIPEG - The largest francophone community in Western Canada is up in arms after learning that its historic post office may be shut down and postal services relocated. Rumours have been circulating for months that Canada Post, citing accessibility for the disabled, is planning to close down the post office in a lovely old building located at 208 Provencher Boulevard in St. Boniface, the French quarter of Winnipeg. But Canada Post officials recently refused...

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Conservatives want to ram partial postal deregulation through Parliament
(April 1, 2010 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release OTTAWA - The federal government is trying to push partial deregulation of Canada Post through Parliament as part of its omnibus budget bill according to Denis Lemelin, National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Bill C-9, An act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 4, 2010 and other measures includes a provision to remove international letters from Canada Post’s exclusive privilege to handle...

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Rural communities win moratorium on post office closures in new service charter
(September 23, 2009 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – Saturday September 12, 2009, the federal Conservatives quietly announced a Canadian Postal Service Charter in an attempt to calm rural residents’ discontent with their public postal service in the run-up to an election. The two page, 20-point Service Charter mostly reiterates existing policy and announces that the government will maintain a moratorium on rural post office closures. It also introduces an obligation to inform and consult...

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Independent Advisory Panel Tells Feds not to Deregulate the Public Post Office
(May 1, 2009 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) welcomes the recommendation of an independent advisory panel to not deregulate public postal services. In a report made public yesterday, a government-appointed advisory panel categorically rejected the deregulation of Canada Post. “The public and postal workers said no to deregulation and the panel listened. This is a real victory for the people’s post office,” said CUPW...

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CUPW brings postal concerns to Conservative convention
(November 13, 2008 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers will be at the Conservative policy convention in Winnipeg today to raise concerns about a largely unknown government review that will determine the future of universal public postal service in our country. CUPW members will talk to Tories from 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. and encourage them to get answers about this review of Canada Post. The Conservative government is questioning the core values of the Crown...

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Poll results confirm large majority opposes postal deregulation
(September 2, 2008 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Media Releases)

Attention News Editors: OTTAWA, Sept. 2 - A new Ipsos Reid poll shows 69 per cent of the public oppose allowing private companies to deliver letters in Canada. The release of this poll coincides with the final day for submissions to the Canada Post Corporation Strategic Review, a government-appointed panel which is considering postal deregulation. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) delivered its submission, which includes the poll results, and over 10,000 post cards to...

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Wanted: Meeting with Lawrence Cannon about our public post office
(August 11, 2008 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Media Releases)

For immediate release Ottawa-August 11, 2008—An all-out hunt is on for Lawrence Cannon, Minister responsible for Canada Post. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has placed a Wanted ad in the Hill Times asking government workers, ministerial staff, the media and the public to report any Cannon sightings. “We have asked for a meeting with Minister Cannon over ten times since he was elected but he won’t meet,” said Denis Lemelin, National President...

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CUPW President Blasts Minister about Secret Meetings
(May 27, 2008 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – “Cherry picked submissions, closed meetings and tight deadlines are no way to decide the fate of our publicly-owned post office,” said Denis Lemelin, National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). “In fact, the Conservative’s ‘Strategic Review’ of Canada Post can safely be called a ‘Secret Review’ until the minister responsible, Lawrence Cannon, listens to the public,...

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Canada Post Strategic Review – Postal workers and the public will be heard
(April 22, 2008 / Strategic Review of Canada Post / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) will ensure the voices of postal workers and the public are heard during the government’s strategic review of Canada Post according to Denis Lemelin, National President of CUPW. Yesterday, Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon announced a strategic review of Canada Post, to be conducted by an advisory panel that will report in December 2008. The strategic review will rely extensively on information...

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Union holds alternative public consultations on Canada Post’s plan
(March 27, 2008 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is hosting a public forum on the future of public postal services in light of Canada Post’s recent announcement to invest 1.9 billion dollars in capital expenditures to “modernize” the post office. “Management’s vision of Canada Post is of a profit-driven commercial enterprise. CUPW’s vision is of a service-oriented public post office,” said CUPW National...

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Secret plan to close post offices revealed: Pointe-Saint-Charles just the tip of the iceberg
(March 18, 2008 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

Montréal, March 18, 2008 – For several months, the Table de concertation communautaire Action-Gardien action group has been fighting to prevent the closure of this post office, which is slated for March 28th. In every interview with the media, it has stated that this closure is only the first in a series of coming closures and that Canada Post has thrown its public-service mandate out the window. “We were right and today, we’re giving you proof,” said Karine...

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Pointe-Saint-Charles Post Office: Community demands that Quebec Conservative MPs defend the people’s interests
(March 7, 2008 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

CUPW TRANSLATION Montreal, March 7, 2008 – Less than three weeks before Pointe-Saint-Charles’ only post office is slated to close, Table de concertation Action-Gardien, a citizen’s group, is demanding that Quebec’s Conservative MPs come to the aid of the province’s citizens and pressure Minister Cannon to reverse Canada Post’s decision to close the Pointe-Saint-Charles post office, and join a growing consensus in this community: Elected...

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Canada Post’s “Modernization” could be a Trojan Horse
(January 21, 2008 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Calgary – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is hosting a public forum on the future of public postal services in light of Canada Post’s recent announcement to invest 1.9 billion dollars in capital expenditures to modernize the post office. “Canada Post is promoting a vision of modernization that includes much more than some new plants and equipment,” said CUPW National President Deborah Bourque. “They’ve been speaking...

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Postal union wants comprehensive and public review of international mail issue
(December 10, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – The international mail issue should be subject to a comprehensive and public review said the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) in response to statements made by the Canadian International Mail Association (CIMA). CIMA issued a media release today claiming that CUPW is working overtime to oppose the passage of Bill C-14 “by misrepresenting facts and providing inaccurate information.” “I have not misrepresented anything,”...

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Federal government puts rural postal service at risk
(November 27, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa - Rural postal service is at risk if the federal government proceeds with its bill to partially deregulate Canada Post according to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). On October 29th, the government introduced Bill C-14, an Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act. If passed, this bill would partially deregulate Canada Post by removing international letters from Canada Post’s exclusive privilege to collect, transmit and deliver letters....

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Postal bill to partially deregulate Canada Post is premature and potentially dangerous
(October 30, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – “The federal government has proposed legislation which could undermine Canada Post's ability to provide universal postal service, particularly in rural and remote parts of our country. They have made this major move without conducting a proper review of the post office,” said Deborah Bourque, National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). On Monday, the government introduced Bill C-14, an act to amend the Canada...

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CUPW wins “Muckraking Award”
(May 31, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) picked up two awards at the annual Canadian Association of Labour Media conference in Halifax. Geoff Bickerton, CUPW Research Director, won the “Muckraking award” for his paper: “Postal deregulation: Its impact on postal workers and the response of a postal union.” The “Muckraking award” is awarded for a communications initiative that exposes an antiunion or...

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CUPW urges Canada Post to invest profits in public postal service and safety
(May 2, 2007 / Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa – Canada Post’s annual report announced record volumes and $119 million in net profits in 2006, its twelfth consecutive year of making millions and its twenty-fifth year of providing universal, affordable public postal service. “The numbers look good,” said Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) President Deborah Bourque, “but our members take exception to Ms. Greene’s statement that we all need to be customer...

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Postal workers will fight closure despite agreement
(April 3, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Media Releases)

For immediate release Ottawa, March 31st, 2006 – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has signed an agreement with Canada Post that protects the individual rights of postal workers in Quebec City while maintaining the union's campaign to keep the mail processing plant open. There is even a clause in the preamble of the agreement committing that the union will continue to fight the closure. The union’s national president says members think the shut-down is bad for...

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Arbitrator Orders Canada Post to Postpone Closure of Quebec City Processing Plant
(February 8, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Media Releases)

For Immediate Release Ottawa, Febuary 2, 2006—In a landmark decision, Arbitrator Guy Dulude has ordered the “suspension and postponement” of any further action toward the closure of the mail processing plant in Quebec City. Dulude, one of Canada's most respected arbitrators, ruled that Canada Post had violated postal workers’ collective agreement by not releasing adequate information or consulting with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) about the...

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Canada Post Profits amid Service Cuts and Job Losses
(October 16, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Media Releases)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, Oct. 16, 2005-The Canadian Union of Postal Workers protested outside Canada Post headquarters Sunday at noon as the corporation celebrated its 24th anniversary with job losses and closures. Postal workers responded to Canada Post's "let them eat cake" attitude by cutting a cake with a special anniversary message: People Before Profits. "We want Canada Post to say no to closures, yes to first-rate service, and yes to employees who need well-paying...

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Union Campaign Against the Closure of the Canada Post Sortation Centre in Quebec City and the Loss of 300 Jobs
(August 15, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Media Releases)

Quebec City, August 15, 2005 - At a press conference today, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and the FTQ (the Quebec Workers' Federation) announced their plan to campaign against Canada Post's decision to eliminate some 300 jobs, or a quarter of its workforce, in Quebec City. CUPW views Canada Post's decision to dismantle the Quebec City sortation plant as a "declaration of war" against its unionized members. Deborah Bourque, CUPW's National President, stated she was "outraged"...

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Record Profits Lead to Record Job Losses: Canada Post Cuts 302 Jobs
(August 5, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Media Releases)

Ottawa-The "New Era" in Canada Post has struck with a vengeance. On August 3, 2005 the new Canada Post management team informed employees, the public and the union that it will close the Saint-Paul Street Letter Processing Plant in Quebec City, eliminating more than 300 jobs. The work currently done in Quebec City will be transferred to Montreal. Canada Post has told the union that all mechanized plants across Canada are under review. These cuts to jobs and service come despite the...

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