The union representing 50,000 locked-out postal workers is blasting Canada Post's decision to suspend operations and halt mail service across the country as "irresponsible" following 12 days of rotating strikes.Canada Post announced the move to suspend operations in a statement late Tuesday, saying it had no choice when faced with an "accelerating" decline in volumes and revenue, combined with an "inability to deliver mail on a timely and safe basis."
"We believe that a lockout is the best way to bring a timely resolution to this impasse and force the union to seriously consider proposals that address the declining mail volumes and the $3.2-billion pension deficit," the Crown corporation said.
But in a statement Wednesday morning, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Canada Post is "reneging on its responsibility to the public to deliver mail that has been paid for."
Meanwhile, federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt's office said Wednesday "the game has changed" with the national lockout, and that back-to-work legislation similar to what the government is introducing to end the Air Canada strike is now a consideration.
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