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NEWS

ABOUT 30 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers delivered union information leaflets instead of mail at North Vancouver's Lynn Valley Centre mail
Monday. The leaflets explained why the union is conducting rotating strikes against the Canada Post Corp. All North Shore residential mail delivery was cancelled
on Tuesday.

Posties protest in Lynn Valley Centre;
residential mail cut on North Shore

ALL RESIDENTIAL mail delivery on the
was cancelled Tuesday as the Canadian Union

North Shore
of Postal

Workers (CUPW) and the Canada Post Corp. dug their
heels in for what could be a lengtiay labor dispute.

And the union has accused the
Crown corporation of renting
space at North Vancouver's Lynn
Valley Centre mall for a distribu-
tion centre while the union con-
ducts rotating strikes against
Canada Post.

On Monday, about 30 CUPW
members walked through the mall,
handing out leaflets to customers
and shop owners explaining why

By Surj Rattan

News Reporter

the union is on strike.

Led by CUPW Vancouver local
president) Brian Charlton, the
group gathered in front of a cetail
outlet that was advertised us being
for rent.

Charlton put his fingers through
an opening in the wire gate cover-
ing the entrance to the outlet: and
said:

“Take a look everyone. This is
their (Canada Post's) scab
distribution centre."*

Charlton said it, was important
for the union to make the mall
and its merchants aware of what
he clated was a Canada Post
distribution centre.

“We know there's a distribution
centre here and we're here to tell!
them (the mall and its merchants)
that we're not happy about it. b's

"said

strike.
Chartton, **ht's a scab place.’

just there for the

The union members watked
through the mall chanting ‘tno
seab mail."’

But Canada Post spokesman fi-
ona Beiks would pot) confirm
Tuesday whether there is a
distribution centre in the mall, She
added that all) residential mail
delivery to the North Shore had
been cancelled on Tuesday. but
that efforts were being made to
deliver business mail.

“The North Shore is out now.
As a consequence of the strike, we
have put together a contingency
plan te deliver business mail,
said Beiks. HP it looks like a set-
Hement will not be reached, we
have a plan in place to make sure
all customers receive mail. 1 can't
reveal any information about the

ite

plan."’

Canada Post has urged CUPW
to take its latest contract offer **to
the membership and tet them
decide.°”

The Canada Post offer includes:
© full job security for all regular
employces upon signing the con-
tractand a no-layoft guarantee:
® wage increases of 9.3% retrouc-
tive to Aug. 1, 199) and 3.2% on
Aug. 1, 1992;

* signing bonuses of $3,600 for
full-time employees and $1,800 far
part-time employees;

ea cost-of-living formula
estimated to add 28.5 cents an
hour to wages during the life of
the contract;

eand a half-hour paid lunch for
fetier carriers and maintenance

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