The Best And Worse Canadian Postal Strikes
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The best: 1.1965-Posties strike over the right to strike and win it despite threats from the Pearson Government to fire them all. 2.1974-CUPW, the Canadian postal union lead an illegal strike to save the jobs of eight fired Montreal workers(They had a T-shirt on at work saying "Boycott The Postal Code." The union succeeded in getting their jobs back. 3.1981-After a six week strike, CUPW won maternity leave for its female members. This was the first win of its kind in Canada.
The worse: 1.1975-CUPW goes on strike for six weeks to get a raise that was superior to the letter carriers who were in a separate union at the time. The strike disintegrated when local presidents threatened to return to work. In the end, CUPW got the same raise as the letter carriers. 2.1978-Jean Claude Parrot went to jail for leading an illegal strike. Posties returned to work when threaten with dismissal. 3.1997-Daryl Tingley turned down an offer that required the next round of negotiation(2000)in order to get.
4.1987-Postie were ordered back to work a week after they went on strike. Nobody seemed impressed.
5.1991-Even rotating strikes didn't do the job, posties ordered back soon after. CUPW complained about the Government bailing out the corporation, but who cares? The US Post Office doesn't have the right to strike. Do you think that the US Posties have better pay and benefits than their Canadian counterparts?
Posted by qualteam
at 10:56 PM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, 3 June 2003 8:53 AM EDT
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