CUPW has long been one of the most progressive unions in the province. They have been active in many of the most important labour struggles.
Ramon Antipan: After coming to Canada as a refugee of the Chilean coup, Ramon Antipan, whose roots are among the Mapuche Indigenous people, worked for Canada Post and became President of CUPW Local 730.
Mikhail Bjorge: Dr. Mikhail Bjorge discusses the causes and outcomes of the general strikes in Alberta in 1919 in local, national, and international contexts.
Lynn Bue: Lynn Bue, lifelong feminist activist, was the first woman to be the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ first vice-president, first chief national negotiator, and first openly LGBTQ2S+ member of the national executive.
Laura Lee: Laura Lee worked in various postal roles through the 1980s, making use of her experience in the cooperative movement and cooperative living to help shift sexist perspectives in the workplace.
Jennifer Rading: Jennifer Rading is a former postal clerk who, along with the Edmonton local of CUPW, has fought for systemic changes at Canada Post to end persistent sexism in its operations.
Rashpal Sehmby: Rashpal Sehmby, a long-time CUPW activist, also served for several years as an interim organizer for Service Employees International Union, focusing on elderly Punjabi-origin janitors at Bee Clean in Edmonton.