An official with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is worried that Canada Post’s plans to end door to door mail delivery will hurt seniors and the disabled, not to mention 8,000 postal workers who will lose their jobs in the name of cost-cutting.

The plan to phase out delivery to peoples' homes over five years will be coupled with a hike in stamp prices.  The Crown Corporation, which runs Canada’s postal service, says the moves are necessary to deal with an increasingly digital age.

Union officials were told late Tuesday that there would be changes to the postal workers’ pension fund.  But they were not told about the sweeping changes to Canada Post’s service announced Wednesday morning.  With as many as 8,000 members facing unemployment, the union is calling on the Canadian public to support them.

“Enough is enough,” said Denis Lemelin, the national president of Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), “We’re cutting the public service, we’re cutting the health services, we’re cutting public servants and people are losing their jobs everywhere.  Now it’s 6,000 to 8,000 jobs in the postal service.”