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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), which represents more than 50,000 striking postal workers, shifted from a national strike to rotating strikes starting Oct. 11. Following the Thanksgiving holiday, Oct. 14 is the earliest you could see mail and packages delivered.

Where are rotating strikes happening?

According to information provided by , as of Oct. 14, rotating strikes are in effect at Dawson Creek, B.C., Fort St. John, B.C. and St. Anthony, NL. A rotating strike in Timmins, Ont. has ended.

“Canada Post continues to operate across Canada,” the postal service said in a statement. “We are accepting and delivering mail and parcels in all locations, except where there are rotating strikes.”

Impact of rotating strikes

Canada Post CUPW’s decision to conduct rotating strikes will create “uncertainty and instability in the postal service.”

“Shutting down and restarting parts of our integrated national network with rotating strikes has always challenged our ability to provide reliable service to customers. As a result, all service guarantees will be suspended,” Canada Post said.

Canada Post said the most recent strike has heaped further damage on the post office, forcing customers to turn to other couriers.

Canada Post contends it’s losing about $10 million per day during the strike.

Union position

In a  CUPW national president Jan Simpson said the union is defending the public post office against job losses and cost-cutting measures mandated by the federal government.

After federal procurement minister Joël Lightbound announced Canada Post could continue phasing out door-to-door mail, close rural post offices and reduce staffing, CUPW called the restructuring plans an attack on the public service. CUPW has also opposed the latest contract offers from Canada Post, which the union said were worse than the offers members turned down in August. Canada Post and its largest union have been negotiating for new contracts for nearly two years.

“Contract after contract, this employer has sought to chip away at postal services, worker rights and good jobs, and its latest offers are an outright attack on public service,” Simpson said. “We will continue our fight for strong public services, good jobs, and a sustainable public post office for all Canadians.”

CUPW has floated plans to expand services to generate new revenue instead of cutting jobs and delivery standards.

Following an with Lightbound, Simpson said CUPW discussed trends in parcel volumes and pointed to the $376 million in new revenue from the long-awaited postage increase earlier this year.

CUPW also argued Canada Post has added hundreds of supervisor positions over the last five years while cutting unionized maintenance, sorting and delivery positions.

Updates on rotating strike locations

Updates on the location of rotating strikes are available at .