Canada Post workers are on strike across the country.

The union representing about 55-thousand postal workers announced the strike action yesterday.

It’s in response to the federal government announcing massive changes in service, including ending door to door delivery and closing some rural postal outlets.

CUPW says the move, without full public consultation, is an insult to the public and to postal workers.

In its own statement released to media Thursday night, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said the reform of Canada Post is long overdue, and it urged Ottawa to "push forward with the needed changes" despite the strike.