POSTAL STRIKES HIT MORE CITIES
Vancouver and Niagara Falls, Ont., were added to the list of cities hit by postal disruptions this week as more Canadian Union of Postal Workers members walked off the job as part of rotating strikes. About 3,400 CUPW members in Vancouver walked off the job early Friday, joining Canada Post staff in the Niagara and Sudbury regions of Ontario, and Saint John, N.B., who launched job action to back contract demands. CUPW members have been conducting rotating walkouts across the country as a special mediator tries to bring the labour dispute to an end. On Tuesday, Labour Minister Patty Hajdu appointed Morton Mitchnick, a former chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, to help the two parties resolve their contract differences. Canada Post said it would work with the mediator in hopes of reaching a settlement and indicated it would remain at the bargaining table.