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Picket lines go up as Canada Post administrative workers begin strike
1 hour, 8 minutes ago
By The Canadian Press

TORONTO - Picket lines have appeared outside several Canada Post buildings across the country due to a walkout by non-delivery personnel.

The walkout involves about 2,100 administrative and technical workers represented by the Union of Postal Communications Employees.

A handful of strikers are allowing vehicles to enter the Canada Post headquarters in Ottawa at five minute intervals.

Picket lines are also up in Halifax, Antigonish and Sydney in Nova Scotia, in St. John's, N.L. and in Fredericton and Saint John, N.B.

The strike began after Canada Post made a final four-year-offer of a 2.5 per cent raise in the first two years and 2.75 in the final two years.

Canada Post says employees who collect and deliver mail are members of a separate union and not involved in this work stoppage. But there are reports that some members of other unions are refusing to cross picket lines.