Canada PostB次元官网网址檚 distribution centre on Glanford Avenue was busy on Tuesday morning as the postal workers rotating strikes came to an end.

David Hibbert, a Victoria postal worker of 12 years, laments the Liberal governmentB次元官网网址檚 reaction to force the unionized members back to work, calling it a masterfully played game by Canada Post administration.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers obliged, asking all workers to return to regular duty as of noon. The last time this happened was 2011 and before that, 1997.

Noon Eastern Time, 27 November 2018. All locals taking the fight for justice back to the work floor. We will remember this day,

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B次元官网网址淭his whole situation was engineered by the corporation,B次元官网网址� Hibbert said. B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檝e been out of a contract for a year, and they could have negotiated ahead of that. There wasnB次元官网网址檛 an offer until we started the rotating strike, this is engineered to get us forced back to work, itB次元官网网址檚 a plotted-out plan to get the public against us, they need to show itB次元官网网址檚 a crisis situation to legislate us back to work. ItB次元官网网址檚 all part of a master plan.B次元官网网址�

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That B次元官网网址減lanB次元官网网址� uses the hectic holiday season, and the modern day spike in parcel deliveries from online purchases, that comes with it, Hibbert said.

B次元官网网址淲e used to have mail service couriers handling the parcels, about 80 a day, now we have letter carriers doing more than 100 parcels a day plus their route,B次元官网网址� Hibbert said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 twice the work than what we used to do, all pushed into one.B次元官网网址�

On top of that, parcels are getting heavier, and working beyond an eight-hour day has become commonplace, Hibbert added.

Jessica Dempster, president of the CUPW local 850, said the union is extremely disappointed.

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Dempster said the union expected a different approach from the Liberal government, one which cancelled the Conservative governmentB次元官网网址檚 conversion of door-to-door service in 2015.

B次元官网网址淲e were happy that they saved the end of door-to-door delivery, but we werenB次元官网网址檛 happy they didnB次元官网网址檛 turn around and restore the regions that had been converted [such as Sidney], which they said they would do,B次元官网网址� she said.

In the meantime, there is little evidence that the local post offices are behind.

B次元官网网址淚 heard someone in the senate saying thereB次元官网网址檚 trailers just sitting there, but any trailers we have sitting there are from Nov. 22,B次元官网网址� Dempster said. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 not seeing piles of overdue mail.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淲e striked to put Canada Post on its toes. WeB次元官网网址檙e not hurting small businesses.B次元官网网址�

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