On June 16, about 1,000 members of several Winnipeg unions rallied at the main post office in Winnipeg in solidarity with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The rally, one of many to be held across the country, was in response to federal government plans to legislate CUPW members back to work.
The union has been waging a rotating strike that started in Winnipeg on June 2 and then moved to other cities. Canada Post locked out the workers on June 14.
On June 20, the federal Conservative government tabled back-to-work legislation that will force the two sides to accept a form of binding arbitration called final offer selection. Under FOS, each side tables their final offer and the arbitrator picks one.
When governments force an end to strikes they undermine free collective bargaining. To put it another way, they are trampling on our democratic rights. Some call this fascism; others feudalism. In any case, F-words, such as fightback, are entirely appropriate.
More information: Canadian Union of Postal Workers
When is their next demonstration in Winnipeg? I would love to actually go and support them, but I always hear about these events after they are over….
SM
You could follow the link at the end of the article. CUPW is listing all events planned across Canada. I imagine you could call the local.