Postal union fights back

Canada’s postal workers are once again fighting for their rights. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is taking the Harper government to court over controversial back-to-work legislation that snuffed out a series of strikes in June.

Union president Denis Lemelin calls the federal government’s actions unjust.  He says the union’s legal action is necessary in order to protect workers' rights to free collective bargaining.

The government countered that a strike during an economic crisis would do more harm than good. This argument is being repeated as Air Canada’s flight attendants consider their own strike.

A government spokesperson claimed the postal strike caused serious harm to small business across the country. However they refused to comment on the Postal Union’s threat of legal action.