Bill C-89, An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services was passed by the federal Liberal majority in the House of Commons on November 24, 2018 and took effect at noon on November 27. One year has passed.
Though the legislators who passed the bill may have thought it would resolve the situation, nothing is fixed, no contract is in place, and we’re still working without a new collective agreement, without the right to strike, under the dangerous and unfair conditions that we were trying to deal with in negotiations.
It Didn’t Have to be this Way
Canada Post Corporation (CPC) should have addressed our issues directly and seriously in the months of bargaining that preceded our strike. When they didn’t, the federal government should have told CPC to address our concerns they knew that precarious working conditions were a problem, they knew about our injury crisis, and they knew that equality for RSMCs was incomplete.
Instead, when the crunch came, the government backed up the employer and shut down our Charter right to free collective bargaining.