Dear Editor:
RE: Canada Post strike, Dec. 5.
Colleen Telford seemed to be attempting to rationalize the recent strike by mail workers. She does not say if she is a mail worker or a student, but I found the last few lines saying, “Let’s support our families, friends and neighbours in our community by not spreading misinformation,” rather strange.
The mail strike, as a whole, was a direct attack on Canada Post, at a vulnerable time, to extract as much wage and benefit increases as they could. They took small business, charities, gifts from family abroad, persons waiting for documents, letters to Santa, etc. as hostages.
They also endangered their own people by a total lack of concern for the future of Canada Post as a service that could be trusted and continue to employ them. In fact, they acted like a dangerous virus with intent to harm the host entity, if necessary, to get what they wanted.
It took the Liberal government way too long to step in, as they need the backing of the NDP to get anything done and they usually refuse to tangle with unions. Even they eventually decided that the Grinch was stealing Christmas, but too little, too late.
The response from the union was disgraceful, really, as it clearly showed their total lack of respect for their customers. If their case was as strong as they indicated, they could have waited until after Christmas and gave plenty of warning to their customers and maybe had some support from them.
It will take a long time to heal this insulting behaviour and we will remember.
Malcolm McCulloch,
Centre Wellington