Article content Santa has supported unions since the Great Elven Uprising of 1884. That’s what I like to think, anyway. And that’s why I’m certain that while he’s respecting the striking workers at Canada Post, Santa will have pen and paper at hand when all the mail from Canadian children starts to arrive.
Letters addressed to the North Pole usually start to fly in mid- to late November, Canada Post spokesperson Lisa Liu says. That corresponds exactly with when postal workers went on strike Nov. 15 , demanding better wages, working conditions and pensions, among other issues.
Postal strikes held in 2011 and 2018 ended when the federal government passed legislation sending employees back to work. The last postal work stoppage took place starting in late October 2018, when employees carried out rotating strikes lasting 31 days . Because of the current strike, “we are unable to get mail to and from Santa in the North Pole,” Liu said.
Postal workers who volunteer their time to help Santa write letters aren’t happy about it, either. “We are disappointed that negotiations with Canada Post have impacted this program, as it is a tradition cherished by CUPW members,” the Canadian Union of Postal Workers told The Gazette. Santa’s helpers got letters out to 1.
4 million children worldwide last year, Lui said. Since the program began more than 40 years ago, Santa’s North Pole Post Office has delivered replies for more than 45 million letters. “Postal workers love t.
