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<blockquote data-quote="Big Babooba" data-source="post: 336546" data-attributes="member: 5402"><p>Purolator Courier pulled out of the US in the 80's. They are no longer associated with the filter company. From Wikipedia:</p><p><strong>Purolator Courier</strong> is a Canadian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier" target="_blank">courier</a> that is 97% owned by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Post" target="_blank">Canada Post</a>.</p><p> The company was originally organized as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. In 1967 it was acquired by the US manufacturer of oil and air filters <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purolator" target="_blank">Purolator</a>: the name was originally an abbreviated form of "pure oil later". In 1987 the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has since had no connection with the oil filter business.</p><p> Purolator has partnered with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHL" target="_blank">DHL</a> for deliveries worldwide.</p><p> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna_Flightcraft" target="_blank">Kelowna Flightcraft</a> operates <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_727" target="_blank">Boeing 727</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_240" target="_blank">Convair 580</a> cargo aircraft for Purolator.</p><p></p><p> As of April 28th 2008, the official union of Purolator, Teamsters gave employees a 72 hour strike warning. The reason was due to the fact that Purolator employees rejected the tentative agreement upheld. Purolator and its union are currently getting help from a federal mediator and since have reached a 2nd tentative agreement on April 30th, around 24 hours before the strike deadline.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Babooba, post: 336546, member: 5402"] Purolator Courier pulled out of the US in the 80's. They are no longer associated with the filter company. From Wikipedia: [B]Purolator Courier[/B] is a Canadian [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier"]courier[/URL] that is 97% owned by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Post"]Canada Post[/URL]. The company was originally organized as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. In 1967 it was acquired by the US manufacturer of oil and air filters [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purolator"]Purolator[/URL]: the name was originally an abbreviated form of "pure oil later". In 1987 the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has since had no connection with the oil filter business. Purolator has partnered with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHL"]DHL[/URL] for deliveries worldwide. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna_Flightcraft"]Kelowna Flightcraft[/URL] operates [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_727"]Boeing 727[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_240"]Convair 580[/URL] cargo aircraft for Purolator. As of April 28th 2008, the official union of Purolator, Teamsters gave employees a 72 hour strike warning. The reason was due to the fact that Purolator employees rejected the tentative agreement upheld. Purolator and its union are currently getting help from a federal mediator and since have reached a 2nd tentative agreement on April 30th, around 24 hours before the strike deadline. [/QUOTE]
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