Editing Canada Post (section)

=== Labour relations ===
[[File:377 Bank Street.jpg|thumb|The building which houses the headquarters for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in Ottawa.]]
Canada Post has a history of troubled [[labour relations]] with its [[trade union]]s, particularly the [[Canadian Union of Postal Workers]] (CUPW) and the Letter Carriers Union of Canada (which merged with CUPW in 1989), culminating in periodic [[strike action]] that has halted mail service in Canada on different occasions. There were at least 19 strikes, lockouts, and walkouts between 1965 and 1997,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/06/23/keith-beardsley-post-office-pays-the-price-for-mps-summer-vacation/|title=Keith Beardsley: Post Office pays the price for MPs' summer vacation|date=June 23, 2011|access-date=2014-04-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140405141325/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/06/23/keith-beardsley-post-office-pays-the-price-for-mps-summer-vacation/|archive-date=April 5, 2014}}</ref> including several [[wildcat strike]]s. A number of these strikes after the 1970s were countered with [[strikebreaker]]s and back-to-work legislation from the [[Canadian parliament]].

Nearly all Canada Post employees who are not in the CUPW belong to one of three smaller trade unions. The [[Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association]] covers 12,000 rural workers, the Association of Postal Officials of Canada has 3,400 supervisors and the [[Union of Postal Communications Employees]] represents 2,600 technical workers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpaa-acmpa.ca/about_us_en.html|title=About us|publisher=[[CPAA]]|access-date=2010-09-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130050256/http://www.cpaa-acmpa.ca/about_us_en.html|archive-date=2010-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apoc-aopc.com/en_profil.asp|title=About APOC|publisher=Association of Postal Officials of Canada|access-date=2010-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311230619/http://www.apoc-aopc.com/en_profil.asp|archive-date=2011-03-11|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

In 2004, rural route contractors became employees of Canada Post and joined the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW).