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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Canada Post says about 80 of its employees from a Mississauga, Ont., facility have been ordered to stay home due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Peel Public Health directed the afternoon shift at the Toronto Exchange Office on Tuesday to self-isolate for 10 days after 12 employees at the facility tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past seven days. "We will continue to reinforce our safety protocols with all employees, follow our enhanced cleaning and sanitization mea...

  TORONTO -- Peel Public Health has issued an order to shut down a shift at the Canada Post Gateway West facility, ordering some 90 workers and managers to stay home and self-isolate for 10 days. The move comes as Canada Post facilities have been hit with outbreaks across Toronto and Peel, including the death of a worker at a mail processing plant in Toronto’s east end. In a letter to employees, Canada Post says that the Shift 3 employees in the Toronto Exchange Office on Dixie Road must...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Unions back Biden’s Postal Board nominees April 23, 2021 10:53 AM CDT By PAI From left, nominees for Postal Service Governors Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds and Ronald Stroman, are sworn in at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday. A...

Electric Canada Post vehicles? Thats an idea being suggested by Canadas postal union and supported by Windsor West MP Brian Masse.

For Democrats starving for a villain in post-Trump Washington, Louis DeJoy seemed like an ideal candidate for the role. As postmaster general, he’s the most powerful holdover from the previous administration—a Trump campaign donor and logistics executive hired to run the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service. When DeJoy moved last summer to slow the mail, his critics charged that he was carrying out a Trump plot to help steal the presidential election and degrade a beloved American institut...

Author of the article: Frances Learment Publishing date: Apr 21, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  3 minute read  •  As the biggest chain of retail outlets in the country, Canada Post could do much more than sell stamps and handles packages according to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers that is asking municipalities, including Saugeen Shores, to endorse its Delivering Community Power plan for a renewable and sustainable economy. Article content A campaign for expanded services, finan...

  MONTREAL -- A Montreal mail processing plant is the site of a COVID-19 outbreak, Canada Post and union officials have confirmed. The Leo Blanchette mail processing plant, located on McArthur St. in St-Laurent, has seen over 30 employees test positive for the virus over the past two weeks, according to a Canada Post spokesperson. They noted that the facility employs 3,000 people.  “In each case, the Direction Regionale de Sante Publique (DRSP) de Montreal was informed, and we continue ...

Canada Post worker in Toronto has died from COVID-19, union says The Canadian Press Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer The union representing Canada Post employees says a worker at a Toronto facility has died as a result of COVID-19. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it r...

An employee at Canada Post’s South Central mail processing plant has died of COVID-19, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said Sunday. “Last night, we learned that one of our members in Toronto has died of COVID-19. I know I speak for all CUPW members when I share my deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathies […]

Vaccination Groups Expand in Pa & NY as COVID Cases Grow Getty Images jarun011 New York opens vaccines to people over the age of 16 April 6 while Pennsylvania is now opening Phase 1B of the vaccination plan.  That includes Postal Service Workers, people in congregate settings not otherwise covered, manufacturing workers, clergy and others essential for support for houses of worship, public transit workers and education workers.  Next Monday residents in Phase 1C will be eligible for appoint...