Parrot, Jean-Claude
Jean-Claude Parrot, trade union leader (b at Montréal, Qué 24 July 1936). He was the longtime leader of the militant, 23 000-member-strong Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). As chief union negotiator (since 1975) and union president (since 1977) Parrot, a former postal clerk who began his post office career in Montréal in 1954, has led CUPW through contentious contract negotiations and long national strikes.