Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are back on the picket lines after the federal government yesterday announced that it had accepted all the recommendations of the Kaplan Report.

The means that Ottawa is lifting bans on the installation of new community mail boxes in areas where door-to-door delivery still takes place, and will allow Canada Post to close some post offices.

Within minutes of the federal minister’s announcement, CUPW members in this provinces returned to the picket line.

Among them is Mike Browne, a forklift operator at the main postal sorting station on Kenmount Road, and Vice President of the union local in St. John’s. For Browne, working at Canada Post is a family affair, as his wife also works at the corporation.

He echoes concerns about CEO Doug Etting

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