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Canadian postal workers win the right to wear union protest badges
On December 3, one of UNI Post & Logistic's Canadian affiliates, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), asked a national arbitrator to issue an interim order demanding that the employer stop imposing disciplinary sanctions on members who wear the button and rescind its directive prohibiting the button.
On December 5, 2008, the national arbitrator rendered a decision ordering the employer to stop prohibiting bargaining unit employees from wearing buttons or stickers and to stop imposing disciplinary sanctions on workers who wear the
This means that CUPW members have the right to refuse a direct order from the employer to remove their button without fear of reprisal. Great news for union rights abnd the right to protest decisions that adversely affect workers.
For more information go to the CUPW web page at; http://www.cupw.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/11404/la_id/1.htm
