Christmas is less than two weeks away and there are no signs that the postal strike is any closer to being resolved.

Rallies in support of striking CUP-W members are taking place today over the lunch hour outside the offices of metro-area MPs Joanne Thompson and Seamus O’Regan.

The President of the union’s St. John’s local, Craig Dyer, says the federal government, including MPs Thompson and O’Regan, “need to step up and tell Canada Post to negotiate a fair deal.”

Dyer accuses Canada Post executives of “lying” to the public, and that “they need to check the books and stop the mismanagement of the service.”

Today’s rallies get underway at noon.