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Winnipeg posties walk out and describe a Canada Post poorly implemented postal modernisation project “an unmitigated disaster”



OTTAWA - After weeks of problems with deliveries, injuries and forced overtime, Winnipeg letter carriers walked off the job today.



Canada Post has been forcing Winnipeg letter carriers to adopt a new delivery method. Letter carriers are reporting more strains and injuries as well as being forced to stay out for hours past their scheduled end times. Anita Neville (Liberal MP for Winnipeg South Centre) recently raised the concerns of her constituents about the new system. Ms. Neville calls the transformation “an unmitigated disaster.”



The Canadian Union of Postal Workers believes the new delivery method is dangerous and will increase injury rates, particularly in harsh weather. The union has demanded Canada Post fix its problems in Winnipeg before imposing postal transformation on the rest of the country.



“This is a clear message to Canada Post that the situation is serious,” said Denis Lemelin, CUPW national president. “We ask Canada Post to sit down with the union to solve these problems instead of disciplining workers.”



The union has written to the Minister of Transport describing the problems and demanding that he intervene. A copy of the letter is attached to this article.