Kelowna posties strike again
Rob Gibson - Nov 16, 2018 - Biz Releases

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UPDATE: 10:15 a.m.

Postal workers in Kelowna walked off the job at 9:30 a.m., following a national directive aimed at taking the corporation by surprise.

Striking workers on the picket line say they wanted to catch management unprepared.

Staff are reportedly picketing at the main sorting depot on Gaston Avenue as well as at locations across the city, including local MP Stephen Fuhr’s office.


ORIGINAL: 10:05 a.m.

Canada Post workers walked off the job in Kelowna Friday morning.

Rotating strikes across the country returned to Kelowna and Victoria, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers confirms.

Castanet has a reporter headed to the picket line and will update with more details.

Meanwhile, Canadians hoping to receive packages from international shippers may be waiting a long time.

Britain’s Royal Mail says it is suspending shipments to Canada as a result of the Crown corporation’s labour dispute.

Online marketing giant eBay says it has also received a similar notification from China Post.

In a bulletin to its corporate customers, the Royal Mail says items shipped in the last couple of days bound for Canada are being held in its distribution centre until the dispute has been resolved.

The U.K. mail service says it made the move at the request of Canada Post, which it says has told them it is now facing delays of at least 30 days in delivering packages.

– with files from The Canadian Press


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