Canada Post misleading Canadians about level of services during strike

    OTTAWA, Nov. 25 /CNW Telbec/ - Canada Post Corporation is misleading
Canadians about the quality of mail delivery during the current strike by 2
000 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).
    ""We know that mail volumes are down and that there are delays as a
result of this national strike," said Lemelin. "That means people will be
going elsewhere for postal services during the Christmas rush and Canada Post
will be losing revenues."
    According to reports the union receives from strike locations in each
province, CUPW truck drivers cross the picket lines very carefully and very
deliberately and take the time to listen to information provided by the
strikers.
    "It's hard to believe that an organization such as Canada Post can
function normally when it is deprived of more than 2,000 of its employees,
says PSAC national president John Gordon.
    Gordon says the work PSAC members do at Canada Post is essential to fast
and reliable mail delivery service. He is warning Canadians about possible
delays in mail delivery when the high volume Holiday period begins in about
two weeks.
    Gordon welcomes the support of CUPW, PSAC's sister union at Canada Post
and he is reminding strikers that they can count on the support of their PSAC
brothers and sisters from across the country.
    PSAC members are on strike against Canada Post because their employer is
trying to impose a new short-term disability system that would be policed by a
private insurance company and that would deprive them of their hard-earned
sick leave.
    The collective agreement between UPCE/PSAC and Canada Post expired on
August 31, 2008. Negotiations began on June 4, 2008. PSAC members voted 88 per
cent in favour of strike action against Canada Post.

For further information: Alain Cossette, PSAC Communications, (613)
560-4317