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Clerical and administrative workers at Canada Post have achieved a remarkable victory. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in a pay equity case that was originally filed 28 years ago. PSAC first filed a complaint about unequal pay at Canada Post in 1983. In 2005, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal upheld the complaint. Canada Post subsequently used every possible legal avenue to have the tribunal’s decision overturned. On November 17, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the Crown corporation and in favour of the clerical and administrative workers involved in the pay equity complaint.

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http://www.cupw.ca/index.cfm?ci_id=13817&la_id=1

http://www.psac-afpc.com/news/2011/issues/20111129-e.shtml