Thousands of workers are wondering what will happen to their jobs at rural post offices after the feds recently lifted a ban that prevented Canada Post from closing rural post offices.
On top of that, Dwayne Corner, president of Nova Scotia CUPW, says about 215 post offices in the province are considered rural, compared to just 10 considered urban.
Corner says it would be better to know which might close sooner rather than later
“That would also give the communities that are going to be affected time to organize and push back on it, to contact their MPs,” said Corner.
And those rural areas will be the most affected by closures, he says.
“That is going to affect seniors and disabled people more so than arrest, because it will result in them having to travel to somewhere else to get there, get the services that they used to in their own community.”
Workers are currently taking turns striking in different places across the country.
In a statement Thursday, Canada Post promised to protect “access to vital postal services in rural, remote and Indigenous communities” while they create their new plan to impalement the government’s plans, according to a news release.
That plan is due in 45 days.
