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Stress is building to find a way toward ending a nationwide hit by Canada Post staff nearly two weeks after it began, as the coalition prepared to meet with national authorities on Wednesday. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers ( CUPW) said it would be meeting with Government Transformation Minister Joël Lightbound, who oversees Canada Post, for the first time since he announced changes to the company’s mail delivery business. CUPW employees went to the picket lines hours after Lightbound’s statement, saying the proposed changes — including phasing out door-to-door distribution and closing some article offices deemed unnecessary — had “gut” the postal services and direct to layoffs. The coalition has even slammed Canada Post for presenting new commitment provides last week that CUPW called “even worse” than the company’s ideas in May, which were overwhelmingly rejected by staff this summer. ” The parties have to sort it out”, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu told reporters while heading into a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday. ” If the union is not satisfied with the offer, they should table a counter-offer. That is how mediation works “.CUPW has said it will take time to thoroughly review Canada Post’s offers before responding in detail. 0: 37
Canada Post’s latest offer’ worse’ than before: unionThe union on Monday said Lightbound’s announced changes to Canada Post is the latest example in a “downward spiral of government intervention” that has” completely ruined” the prospect of securing a contract in the current negotiations. Trending Now
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The rejection of Canada Post’s May offers came after a week-long vote held by the Canada Labour Relations Board this summer at Hajdu’s request. Last year, the government stepped in to end a month-long strike by postal workers. Hajdu’s office on Tuesday pointed out that CUPW requested federal mediation last August to help in the negotiations, which have dragged on since November 2023. The current strike has halted mail delivery across the country and caused anxiety for small businesses ahead of the busy holiday shopping season. The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses says nearly two-thirds of its small business members have indicated they will stop using Canada Post altogether due to the labour uncertainty. Following last year’s strike, which cost small businesses more than$ 1 billion, 13 % of business clients reacted in this way, according to the CFIB. Additionally, the strike has affected local elections in Alberta and the upcoming Newfoundland and Labrador election, as well as political advertising. &, copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
