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Canada Post workers got a show of support Monday morning in Ottawa from an unusual source: communists.

About a dozen protesters were at a mail-processing plant near Terminal Avenue, with a barrel that had a fire lit inside and a red banner calling on workers to unite and strike down capitalism, colonialism and imperialism.

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The protest was organized by the Revolutionary Communist Party Ottawa branch and the International Workers of the World, said protest spokesperson Alex Miller.

“We’re picketing the mail sorting facility in solidarity with the Canada Post workers who were legislated back to work. We want to show they are not on their own in this struggle, that we think they should not be forced to go to work when they are striking for better working conditions.”

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Canada Post said the demonstrators illegally delayed the movement of mail at its processing plant. There is a court injunction against blockades of its Ontario facilities. The Senate passed back-to-work legislation a week ago as rotating strikes entered their sixth week.