CUPW CDs and Videos

Here are some videos and a CD you can order from CUPW. They cost $10 each, tax and shipping included. Produced by the CUPW Education Fund and Childcare Fund.

Basic Rights
Video (19 minutes, 2000)
Profile of the Organization of Rural Route Mail Couriers (ORRMC) and their struggle to win collective bargainging rights.

The Key to Caring
Video (18 minutes, 1999)
A mother whose child has Down's Syndrome gets sign language tutoring for her whole family so finally they can communicate. This and two other success stories of CUPW's Childcare Fund.

Many Rivers to Cross
Video (94 minutes, 1999)
Documentary about the negotiations leading up to the 1997 postal strike. Union strategy sessions and main table negotiations; Canada Post treachery and government intervention,

Closing the Door on Harassment
Video (20 minutes, 1997)
Post office workers tell their own stories about harassment in the workplace. What union members can do to fight harassment in all its forms.

Juggling with Care
Video (17 minutes, 1996)
The trials and tribulations of being a postal parent. Projects of CUPW's childcare fund for parents who work nights and early mornings, who have school age children or whose children have special needs.

Memory and Muscle
Video (49 minutes, 1995)
The illegal 1965 postal strike, when local activists took on their bosses, the government, and their own national leaders. Archival footage and interviews with the people who were there.

Joe Davidson
Video (15 minutes, 1980/revised 1999)
Interview with the tough-talking socalist who was CUPW's national President in the 1970s.

The Struggle Continues
Video (31 minutes, 1979)
Background to the strike that put CUPW President Jean Claude Parrot in jail; history of government intervention and problems with postal management.

Justice!
CD (40 minutes, 1999)
Fifteen songs inspired by workers' struggles. Both English and French songs. Lyrics of all songs, including translations.


The CD and videos can be purchased from CUPW for $10 each. Please mail this order form and a cheque (made out to CUPW) to:

Canadian Union of Postal Workers
377 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1Y3