Locked-out Canadian postal workers hoped to win more public support across Canada Friday, but it looked like an uphill climb.The Canadian Union of Postal Workers planned to begin a series of rallies, with the first events held Friday in Toronto and Vancouver.
Canada Post — which locked out the 48,000 workers and ceased most services Tuesday after 12 days of walkouts that rotated among major cities — is continuing talks with the union, but says it has seen little headway. The union also said there has been little progress as the two sides face the prospect of government intervention.
On that, Labour Minister Lisa Raitt agrees. She told CBC News Friday the government expects to go ahead with plans to introduce back-to-work legislation in Parliament next week. A bill could be passed and signed into law as early as Thursday.
"There has not been significant movement in the past 15 days on the issues of short-term disability and sick bank, or on the issue of how to deal with pensions or on the issue of workplace methods," she said.
"Those three things are continuously at the table, and we are not seeing a whole lot of progress on them."
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