Description: Canada Post is cutting mail deliveries, saying rotating strikes are costing it millions; the Canadian Union of Postal Workers counters that the company is trying to spark a full strike.

Source: CBC

Date: 06/13/2011

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/13/postal-strike-13.html

Related links:

• Background story by CBC
• Canadian Press story
• Canada Post
• The Canadian Union of Postal Workers
• Earlier update

Questions for discussion:

• Union president Denis Lemelin says Canada Post is trying to impose a “partial lockout.” What does he mean?
• Do you think the term is accurate?
• Lemelin says the company is trying to provoke a general strike. Do you think a general strike, as opposed to rotating strikes, would be in Canada Post’s interest?
• Why or why not?
• The union says Canada Post wants the federal government to impose back-to-work legislation. Why do you think the employer would want back-to-work legislation?
• How do you think the union would feel about back-to-work legislation?
• Why?