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In a bid to fill jobs with permanet workers rather than have contract workers do the job, The Canadian Union of Postal Workers took out several newspaper ads in Alberta and plans to send the stack of resumes to Canada Post in Ottawa.



At issue is an ongoing battle over filling vacant routes -- especially in outlying suburbs and rural areas -- with contract workers instead of hiring employees full-time. CUPW said they have been pressuring Canada POst for months to be more aggressive in attempts to hire employees instead of signing contracts.



Union local president Robert Scobel said that as a union they have no desire to hire people but want to keep pressure on Canada Post to hire."



The union took out ads in Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer and a total of 276 resumes were sent in, including 173 from Calgary.