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Postal workers waiting on heat protection more than two years after Dallas carrier’s death
02 Jan 2026 20:56 GMT
WASHINGTON – More than two years after a Dallas postal worker died from heat exposure on the job, letter carriers say the United States Postal Service has yet to take steps required to fully protect them when the temperature and humidity soar.
The 2023 …
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Canada Post and Canadian Union of Postal Workers reach tentative agreement
02 Jan 2026 15:00 GMT
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The tentative deal includes wage increases in the first … employees injured on the job.
The agreement would maintain … at the bargaining table.
Labor disruptions during the dispute … the employer while limiting impacts on the public and postal workers.
The …
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An Post reveals some householders are setting dogs on postal workers
31 Dec 2025 03:36 GMT
… common risks faced by postal workers across the country.
Some … attacks
An Post employs around 5,000 postal workers, delivering to approximately … a disproportionate amount of lost working time.
“Two or … though Lacey said most postal workers do not want dogs …
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2025: The year of mass layoffs—prepare a global working-class counteroffensive in 2026
31 Dec 2025 05:50 GMT
… cost of 1,600 jobs. Job cuts are accelerating in … and profits soar while employment stagnates or declines.
This … into the deaths of postal workers Nick Acker and Russell … working class, and the conversion of military production into socially useful labor …
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CUPW paves way for destruction of tens of thousands of jobs by reaching tentative agreements with Canada Post
29 Dec 2025 02:09 GMT
… job classifications will all but eliminate overtime opportunities that postal workers … bureaucracy, including the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), worked … good jobs come in second to nil.
Postal workers require … being waged by the capitalists on the working class …
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2025 Year in Review: Labour disputes hit Canada Post and Air Canada
28 Dec 2025 23:28 GMT
… and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUP-W) on Nov. 21 … looking to survive.”
The striking postal workers didn’t get much sympathy … flight attendants walked off the job in a labour dispute with their employer.
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Death of the postman? Royal Mail advertises ‘postperson’ jobs
28 Dec 2025 17:17 GMT
The Royal Mail has started advertising for “postpersons” in its recruitment pages.
In a move branded a “nonsense distortion of language”, the postal service appears to have stopped using the common term “postman”.
The job advert reads: “We are reinventing …
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YEAR IN REVIEW (Part 2): Mission from July to December
01 Jan 2026 16:45 GMT
… to help grow inclusive employment opportunities in Mission.
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Meghan Docherty has been working for Canada Post for … contract, job security and safety. She said the postal workers weren’ … t asking to be millionaires, but wanted a wage …
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Year in Review: A look back at some of the stories we covered in Cowichan in 2025
01 Jan 2026 14:11 GMT
… seen during his eight years working in North Cowichan, and … .
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has issued a statement that … at the request of then Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon, ordered strikers … the issues.
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The living wage in the Cowichan Valley has …
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Minnesota new laws effective Jan. 1, 2026: What you need to know
01 Jan 2026 13:03 GMT
… , independent contractors, self-employed workers, postal workers, or railroad employees. … employers are allowed to collect a 0.44% premium from worker wages … of time. What job protections are there? … which have higher minimum wages. READ MORE: Minnesota’ …