Other Documents

Presentation to Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates
(June 9, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Speeches)

By Deborah Bourque President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers On behalf of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, I want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. CUPW represents 54,000 workers in large and small communities from coast to coast to coast. A majority of our members work for Canada Post. I think it is fair to say that this union knows, better than most, what it takes to make Canada Post work. CUPW...

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Chronology of Events
(April 4, 2006 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Backgrounders)

Plant and Post Office Closures July 14, 2005 – Canada Post informed the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) it would be reviewing the national network, including all mechanized mail processing plants, and that the plant in Quebec City would be the first facility to be reviewed. The corporation did not mention anything about closing the plant in Quebec City. August 3, 2005 – Without any consultation with CUPW, the community or large volume mailers, Canada Post announced...

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Deborah's Bourque's Speech for the 24th Anniversary of Canada Post
(October 17, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Speeches)

On the twenty fourth anniversary of Canada Post Corporation, our gift to Canada Post comes in the form of advice...and cake. We want Canada Post to invest its profits in the future of public postal service and postal workers. We want Canada Post to say no to closures, yes to first-rate service, and yes to well-paying and stable jobs! Closing one of two mail processing plants in Quebec is not good for service and it is not good for workers. It makes no sense, no sense at all, to put...

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Questions and Answers: Quebec City Postal Plant Closure, Post Office Closures, Problems, Profits and Dividends
(September 26, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Questions and Answers)

QUEBEC CITY PLANT CLOSURE Q: When was the decision to close the Quebec City mail processing plant made public? A: On August 3, 2005, Canada Post announced its intention to close the mail processing plant in Quebec City and transfer mail processing to Montreal. On July 14th, Canada Post had informed the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) that it would be reviewing the national network, including all mechanized mail processing plants, and that the mail processing plant in Quebec City...

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Speech by Deborah Bourque, National President to Quebec City Local Membership Meeting
(September 1, 2005 / Campaign Against Quebec City Plant Closure / Speeches)

First I want to thank all of you for being here today. This meeting will go down in history as a very important event. Because today is the beginning of our struggle to save more than 300 jobs in Quebec City.and perhaps many more thousands of jobs in other communities. We will save these jobs for ourselves.because we are the workers who have made the immense profits for Canada Post Corporation and we deserve to share in the benefits instead of having our jobs destroyed. And we will save...

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