Canada Post defends punishment for walkout - Globe and Mail
Trail -- Canada Post is defending its stand on penalizing letter carriers for walking off the job in support of teachers Oct. 19.
Spokesman Bob Taylor said workers who refused to cross picket lines that day will be suspended for five days and lose pay.
'It was not a sanctioned event,' he said. '[Postal workers] have a contract to report for work.'
The Kootenay walkout, in which workers from many trades left their jobs to support teachers, was not authorized strike action, he said.