MONTREAL — Canada Post trucks, conveyors and mail carriers swung back into motion Tuesday after a month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers left letters and parcels in limbo and a massive backlog to sort through.
Following a ministerial directive, the country's labour board ordered employees back on the job when it determined the two sides stood too far apart to reach a deal by year's end.
She said she needed her passport for a travel visa to the U.S., and she’s also applying for immigration to Canada with a deadline clock ticking down. Canada Post handled nearly 8.5 million letters and 1.1 million parcels per weekday on average last year — and much more of both in the holiday season.Some locations seemed to be accepting them regardless. Don Suppelsa dropped off a gift package at an outlet in Oshawa, Ont., bound for his sister and brother-in-law in Nova Scotia.Suppelsa complained that private carriers had been taking advantage of Canadians in the postal service's absence.
“I feel wonderful to be back at work … to look after my customers, and hopefully get everything moving and going again,” she said in Oshawa.
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