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For immediate release                                          January 21 , 2002

OTTAWA - The second week of rotating strikes at Canada Post starts today with a work stoppage of 200 workers at the Ottawa, Winnipeg and Fredericton call centres, as well as workers from the National Philatelic Centre in Antigonish.

These Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) members are following their colleagues from Winnipeg, Fredericton, Saskatoon and Montreal who went out last week.

Meanwhile in Ottawa, the PSAC and Canada Post bargaining teams are still trying to reach an agreement. Negotiations started on January 14 and lasted the whole week.

“Rotating strikes that started in Winnipeg on January 16 show that our members categorically reject offers that do not recognize the value of the work they perform at Canada Post,” said Luc Guevremont, President of the PSAC Union of Postal Communication Employees (UPCE). “We are willing to reach an agreement with the employer, but they have to revisit their discriminatory job evaluation plan. We are committed to maintaining our strike action until the employer understands this.”

The some 2,800 PSAC members at the Canada Post Corporation have been in a legal strike position since January 10. PSAC members at Canada Post provide customer service and perform administrative, financial, technical and professional duties.  Their collective agreement expired on October 30, 2001.

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Information :              Luc Guevremont, National President, UPCE  - (613) 560-4342

                                    Pierre Lebel, Communications Officer, PSAC - (613)560-5482