Readers are split 60:40 on the Canada Post strike, with 60 per cent favouring the company and 40 per cent favouring the union, an online poll showed this week.
Contract talks between the post office and the union have been going on for more than a year.
Canada Post is on track to lose close to a billion dollars in 2024. Among the issues: the company's proposal to hire part-time workers for weekend parcel delivery, and move new hires to a defined-contribution pension plan.
Men were somewhat more inclined to side with Canada Post:
There is a sharp party difference, showing more or less the pattern you might expect, with Conservatives at one end and New Democrats at the other:
Older readers are slightly more inclined to side with the union:
There is a very mild association with income:
There is a very strong correlation with a history of union membership:
And there is a strong connection with views of the LCBO strike: