The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) launched its rotating strike action early Saturday morning, with workers in four communities across the country walking off the job.

According to to an email from CUPW , strikes are currently underway in:

St. Anthony, N.L.

Timmins, Ont.

Fort St. John, B.C.

Dawson Creek, B.C.

The rotating strikes follow CUPW’s decision to scale back from a nationwide walkout and instead target select locations.

The union says this approach is meant to apply pressure on Canada Post while allowing some mail and parcel delivery to continue.

CUPW national president Jan Simpson issued a release early this morning saying that, “We could not stand by as the Government announced its plans to allow Canada Post to gut our postal service and slash thousands of ou

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