The Canadian Press Jun 13, 2011 06:03:57 AM TORONTO, Ont. – Mail delivery across Canada has been reduced to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays this week as postal workers continue the rotating strikes.
Canada Post spokesperson John Hamilton said management has no choice and is not looking to the federal government to legislate an end to the strike.
He said the two sides met over the weekend, but that it is unrealistic for the union to expect that the previous collective agreement be reinstated.
The union will speak at a news conference in Ottawa, Monday morning.
Hamilton said a final call will be made Monday on whether all cities will be affected, based on mail volumes.
He said a week-and-a-half of rotating strikes have scared customers away and a drop in mail means the post office has no choice but to bring in service cuts.
The two Ontario centres that will see walkouts Monday are: Windsor and Niagara Falls.
Postal workers in Red Deer spent the weekend on strike and employees in 10 cities across the country walked off the job next.
Rotating strikes began late Sunday in Corner Brook, Nfld., Fredericton, N.B., Breton, N.S., Trois-Rivieres, Que., Sherbrooke, Que., Cornwall, Ont., Windsor, Ont., Niagara Falls, Ont., Regina, Sask. and Nanaimo, B.C.