Canada Post finally agrees to meet with Union over problems with Service Delivery

After a 7 month public campaign by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers Edmonton Local 730, focusing on Canada Post’s refusal to address staffing issues that have left Edmontonians with sporadic mail delivery, the Director of Edmonton Collection & Delivery (Richard Thorson) has agreed to meet with Union Representatives. On Friday February 4th, 2011 @ 1:30 pm Bev Ray, Local President, will be accompanied with local union officers to attend a meeting at the Edmonton Mail Processing Plant to address the adverse affects that Canada Post’s strategy is having on both the public and overburdened letter carriers.


Bev Ray, local President says that the slow reaction by Canada Post to hire enough letter carriers to maintain 5 day per week service delivery is one in a series of strategies being quietly implemented that directly attacks the Canadian Postal Service Charter. Last summer, Canada Post removed over 200 Street Letter Boxes from City Streets, and now with the absence of necessary letter carrier positions to maintain service delivery, and rural post office closures across the country, the public’s access to a publicly funded post office is in jeopardy.

Canadian Union of Postal Workers is currently in contract negotiations with Canada Post. The union’s program of demands clearly identifies the Union’s position that Canada Post must invest the profits back into public postal service improvements and working conditions for the more than 50,000 employees across the Country. “With Canada Post recording profits for the past 15 years, why shouldn’t Canadian’s expect to benefit from improved Postal Services?” says Bev Ray.

Since the fall of 2010, communities throughout Edmonton and the Greater Edmonton area have not been receiving daily mail service.

For more information contact Bev Ray, President @ 780) 423-9000, ext. 223 or (780) 719-4555