This is from the union's web site http://www.cupw.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/1301/la_id/1.htm Postal workers hadn’t seen much of a wage increase for years. They strike even though public sector workers do not have the legal right to strike. The strike produces a significant increase in salary. It also leads to a Royal Commission into working conditions and an interesting union convention in 1965. Delegates to the 1965 National Convention replace leaders who failed to back the strike. They adopt rules providing membership control over strike votes. This is part of a move to increase democracy within the union. Delegates also change the name of their organization from the Canadian Postal Employees Association (CPEA) to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Part-timers are paid less than full-timers. They have little in the way of benefits and no control over their work. Full-time workers see part-time workers as a threat to their wages and job security because management uses them as a cheap, easily manipulated workforce. Part-timers are expelled from CUPW at the 1965 convention because many crossed picket lines during the 1965 strike.