Posties shut down mail in Ottawa as debate starts on back-to-work legislation

OTTAWA — Striking Canada Post workers are shutting down the mail in Ottawa today as the House of Commons takes up legislation that would force them back to work.

The capital, as well as smaller towns in Ontario and British Columbia, and Sherbrooke, Que., are all being targeted by rotating strikes by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

 Workers in Kamloops have returned to the job after two days of being on strike but surrounding areas like Salmon Arm, Williams Lake and Quesnel are still affected.

Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have held rotating walkouts for a month, causing massive backlogs of unsorted mail and packages at postal depots.