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1: (Globe and Mail) Wente watch (Published) June 16, 2011 - Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) - Letters to the Editor Margaret Wente (Unions Fight A Rearguard Action – June 14) talks about defined benefit pensions in the same way some people wistfully talk about large, gas-guzzling cars – nice but no longer an option. People need good pensions. Our children won't be able to... 2: (Maclean’s) Fact-based postal realities please (Sent) June 14, 2011 - Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) - Letters to the Editor Your editorial of June 10, 2011 paints a picture of overpaid postal workers with outrageous benefits. But this picture is based on some pretty bad information. As evidence of the excess, Maclean's cites a 2008 CFIB study that found postal workers made “a 17 per... 3: (The Fitzhugh - Jasper ) Race Us to the Bottom or Rise to the Top? (Sent) June 13, 2011 - Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) - Letters to the Editor Your editorial of June 9, 2011 argues that a job “where one makes roughly $19-$26 an hour, gets seven weeks of vacation, paid holidays and a regular 9 am to 5 pm shift five days a week” is a “dream job.” We agree, sounds great. We know that... 4: (Ottawa Citizen) The future of Canada Post (Published) June 9, 2011 - Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) - Letters to the Editor Re: Why walk to the bank? June 8. The Citizen's editorial asks everyone to join a conversation about what Canada Post can and should do in the 21st century. But is a postal dispute really the best time to have a national conversation about the future of our public post office?... 5: (Toronto Star) Canada Post’s death march, Editorial, June 6 (Published) June 6, 2011 - Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) - Letters to the Editor Don’t bury Canada Post just yet. The Star’s editorial on the postal strike revs up the rhetoric and rides roughshod over the truth. At the very least, it is misleading. It implies that CUPW is arguing for a postage rate hike. For the record, CUPW has been... 6: Only Good Jobs And Fair Pensions Will Keep Our Economy Going June 6, 2011 - Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) - Opinion-Editorials By Dave Coles and Denis Lemelin The Conservatives talk about “job creation” but what do they really mean by “jobs”? Do they mean good jobs: the type of job that keeps your head above debt and allows you to feed your family healthy meals?... 7: Why We Strike June 3, 2011 - Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) - Opinion-Editorials By Denis Lemelin The year 1997 was the last time the Canadian Union of Postal Workers hit the streets. Fourteen years ago, we put our jobs, our homes, our families and our bodies on the line. Now, we're doing it again, not only for the people we work with, but also... 8: Don’t buy this study – privatization will cost us April 28, 2011 - Canada Post - Letters to the Editor Despite its many inaccuracies, the recent report of the Montreal Economic Institute (Canada Post: Opening Up to Competition) is accurate in one respect. The study confirms that public ownership of Canada Post continues to provide Canadians with postage rates that are much... 9: Letter to the Editor of the National Post in Response to Lorne Gunter April 21, 2011 - Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) - Letters to the Editor The National Post 1450 Don Mills Road, Suite 300 Don Mills, Ontario M3B 3R5 Letter to the Editor: Lorne Gunter argues that we really don’t need the post office and it should be privatized (“If postal workers strike, no one will... 10: Ask your Post Office to Do More For You December 6, 2010 - Canada Post - Opinion-Editorials Canada Post has the largest vehicle fleet in the country and the most extensive coast-to-coast retail presence. It could dramatically expand the range of services it provides. This idea may surprise certain segments of the population who are forecasting “the death... 11: Why do Illegal Mailers Continue to Operate? Ask those “Tough on Crime” Conservatives May 3, 2010 - Canada Post - Opinion-Editorials By Denis Lemelin Did you know that the Conservative minority government is smuggling certain controversial measures into its upcoming federal budget Bill C-9? While all eyes are on the Rahim Jaffer/Helena Guergis scandal, some other shady business is getting overlooked. Items... 12: The Selling of Canada Post February 1, 2010 - Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign - Opinion-Editorials Canada Post is not being sold to the private sector just yet, but the Crown corporation is in the midst of selling the public on its view of today and its vision for the future. This vision includes some privatization and more post office closures. In recent months,... 13: High stakes secret review of Canada Post June 24, 2008 - Strategic Review of Canada Post - Opinion-Editorials Over the next few months, our Conservative federal government is conducting a review that will determine the future of universal, public postal service. This review is pretty much a secret review and it could be very bad news for rural communities. The government’s... 14: International mailers want a slice of the public postal pie – Who wins? Who loses? And who the heck are they? November 20, 2007 - Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign - Opinion-Editorials Large international corporations have been salivating at the thought of carving up the public postal pie for years. An obscure bill called C-14 may give them their first slice. If passed, this bill will hand international mailers a carving knife called deregulation. Bill... 15: Did we build our public post office for 200 customers? October 16, 2006 - Our Vision of the Post Office - Opinion-Editorials That's what Canada Post thinks. Canada Post says that it has 200 large customers that make or break the corporation and that it needs to keep its eyes on the people who pay the bills. So what about the rest of us? You know, the 33 million folks who make up this country.... 16: Did we build our public post office for 200 customers? October 16, 2006 - Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign - Opinion-Editorials That's what Canada Post thinks. Canada Post says that it has 200 large customers that make or break the corporation and that it needs to keep its eyes on the people who pay the bills. So what about the rest of us? You know, the 33 million folks who make up this country.... 17: Sorting Through the Rural Mail Dilemma July 20, 2006 - RSMC - Opinion-Editorials Raise your hand if anyone understands Canada Post’s recent decisions about rural mail delivery. Rural residents from Fredericton, New Brunswick (NB) to Newmarket, Ontario (ON) have had their mail delivery moved from nearby mailboxes to community boxes or post... 18: Canada Post tries to stifle debate on post office January 10, 2006 - Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure - Opinion-Editorials There's a new gang running Canada Post. They've announced a closure of a mail processing plant in Quebec City as the first step in a review of the national postal network. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) believes the network, which includes post office counters and... 19: Your public post office delivers - for now November 2, 2005 - Your Public Post Office Delivers Campaign - Opinion-Editorials Many people think the battle to save public post offices has been fought and won. The bad news is that the battle is again upon us. Over a decade ago, Canada Post closed 1,442 rural and 93 urban post offices. A moratorium announced by the Liberal federal government in 1994... 20: Oops - there goes your post office. Again January 14, 2002 - Free Trade - Opinion-Editorials Many years ago, the Tories tried to close down public post offices. They were stopped in their tracks by public outrage and an election defeat in 1993, but only after about 1,500 rural offices had been closed. In 1994, the newly elected Liberal government put an end to post...

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