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From Public Service to Political Pawn: How Government Interference Hurt Canada Post

There are intense demands from the public, the Government, Canada Post, and growing frustration within the CUPW membership for Jan Simpson, leader of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, to compromise their stance on reliable and consistent jobs in exchange for the survival of Canada Post.

Government interference between corporations and unions is not a new concept to Canadian politics, nor is the threat of an institutional demise without a Union compromise novel either.

Canada Post and CUPW Negotiate Future Delivery Model Amidst Gig Economy Competition

An advertisement for Gig work in the paper

Canada Post and its largest union, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, are locked in a battle of ideologies. Management envisions the corporation becoming a hybrid workforce, where traditionally permanent positions incorporate gig-like aspects. At worst, it is the start of a move to a fully implemented Gig workforce.

CUPW has a strong commitment to the well-being of all working-class Canadians and is unwilling to compromise permanent and stable jobs for anything inferior. However, CUPW’s flaws often impede meeting this goal, and they additionally face fierce opposition from economic, social, and Government forces.

Canada Post Crisis: CUPW’s Struggle for Workers’ Rights

This article has been separated into two:
— From Public Service to Political Pawn: How Government Interference Hurt Canada Post

— Canada Post and CUPW Negotiate Future Delivery Model Amidst Gig Economy Competition

Five Reasons Why Canada Post is in an Existential Financial Crisis

This crisis is a question that canadasmodernpost has been tracking since 2010. There are five reasons that Canada Post has been in a financial precarious state since 2008.

1. An Ill-Fated Business Decision

The financial consequences of a poorly-planned and implemented postal transformation in 2008 have returned to haunt them. Today’s crisis is a masking of an old wound resurfacing. The crisis began in the boardroom in 2006 under the reign of Moya Greene, the former leader of Canada Post.