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Postal workers from Winfield to Peachland, including Kelowna and West Kelowna, are on strike for 24 hours.
According to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers website, CUPW locals are on strike Wednesday in Toronto and Kelowna from 6 a.m. PT to 6 a.m PT Thursday.
Kelowna CUPW local 760 president Matthew Aitken said the strike in Kelowna affects about 250 members of the the union and is part of the CUPW香蕉视频直播檚 rotating strikes across the country.
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In 2012, Canada post reported it had two days where it delivered more than one million packages,said Aitken. In 2017, the number of days when it delivered more than a million packages jumped to 67.
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On the pay equity for rural postal carriers issue, Aitken said an arbitrator has ruled in favour of the union but the corporation has yet to respond.
Mail service in the Central Okanagan is expected to resume Thursday.
The federal government has appointed a special mediator to try and encourage both side to meet and negotiate.
On Oct. 21, The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said its rotating strikes would start in Victoria, Edmonton, Halifax and Windsor, last for 24 hours at each location and then change locations each day going forward.
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