Windsor-Essex residents continue to support local postal workers.
A day of action rally was held Wednesday afternoon outside of the mailing plant on Walker Rd.
It was put on by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers Local 630.
About two dozen people attended including local labour officials and new city councillor Kieran McKenzie.
The union held the rally as arbitration begins in the wake of the five week long rotating strikes by postal workers.
Back to work legislation forced an end to the strikes in late November.
Michelle Johnson is a retired postal worker.
She retired last year and says the workers are looking for a fair collective agreement.
"I'm kind of use to being in the mix here and Canada Post just refused to negotiate once the back to work legislation started so that's kind of why our allies and retirees across the country have been participating in blockades and so on and so forth," says Johnson.
CUPW holds a rally outside of the Walker Rd. mailing plant, January 16, 2019 (Photo by AM800's Rob Hindi)
Johnson adds it has not been easy for local postal workers.
"The Town of Tecumseh has been hit the hardest where you will see letter carriers delivering in the dark and that's not just in the winter time when it's darker earlier, when it's dark at 9 or 10 o'clock there are people out there delivering." says Johnson.
The union also highlighted its 'Delivering Community Power' business proposal.
There are 500 mail carriers in Windsor.
The workers contract expired in December 2017.