It’s been a hot summer for the planet and for the labour movement.
It seems like we are experiencing once in a lifetime weather events every month – from raging wildfires across the country, to tornadoes touching down in suburban neighbourhoods, and record flooding in the Maritimes – it’s heartbreaking to see so many communities lose so much and have to rebuild their lives.
The extreme weather has also made working outdoors much more difficult. Letter carriers, RSMCs and CUS members worked through poor air quality, heat waves, and other difficult weather-related conditions. CUPW members are proud workers, whether we’re postal workers or couriers, cleaners or emergency medical dispatchers in the private sector, or other workers, but it’s important for us all to be mindful and careful as you continue to work through these unprecedented weather events.
We’ve also witnessed a resurgence of workers taking back their power and saying no to bad contracts, in what many have called “hot labour summer.”