OTTAWA — Canada Post workers are on a countrywide strike in response to what the union calls the federal government’s “direct attack” on the future of the postal service.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers launched the strike late Thursday after Ottawa announced it would allow the Crown corporation to take bold steps to shore up its struggling finances, including terminating daily door-to-door delivery.

“Instead of supporting good, stable jobs and protecting universal mail service for all Canadians, the government has chosen to side with Canada Post’s corporate plan — a plan that the union has long warned was designed to erode services, undermine workers, and pave the way for privatization,” CUPW spokesperson Emilie Tobin said in a media statement Friday.

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