A Canada Post proposal to truck mail from Victoria to Vancouver for sorting and then bring it back here for delivery will lead to job losses and service delays on Vancouver Island, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers warned yesterday.
Union spokesman John Bail urged the public and elected representatives to speak out against the "convoluted" plan.
"If the people on Vancouver Island don't protest, we won't be able to stop them," Bail said, following a meeting in Ottawa with Victoria MP Denise Savoie. "It's only the public, who depend on Canada Post, that can stop Canada Post from cutting service."
Canada Post declined interviews yesterday, but issued a statement acknowledging that it's considering trucking letters and ad mail to its processing plant in Vancouver as a way to consolidate operations. The company is spending $2 billion to modernize across the country and become more self-sufficient as e-mail eats away at its traditional letter-delivery business.
The corporation denied that moving mail-sorting operations to Vancouver will lead to reduced service in Victoria and on the Island.
"This change will allow us to sort the mail faster and maintain our local delivery standards," the statement said.
Union spokesman John Bail urged the public and elected representatives to speak out against the "convoluted" plan.
"If the people on Vancouver Island don't protest, we won't be able to stop them," Bail said, following a meeting in Ottawa with Victoria MP Denise Savoie. "It's only the public, who depend on Canada Post, that can stop Canada Post from cutting service."
Canada Post declined interviews yesterday, but issued a statement acknowledging that it's considering trucking letters and ad mail to its processing plant in Vancouver as a way to consolidate operations. The company is spending $2 billion to modernize across the country and become more self-sufficient as e-mail eats away at its traditional letter-delivery business.
The corporation denied that moving mail-sorting operations to Vancouver will lead to reduced service in Victoria and on the Island.
"This change will allow us to sort the mail faster and maintain our local delivery standards," the statement said.