US EditionCanada Post union set for meeting with Ottawa as strike stretches on
Canada Post workers continue a nationwide strike against government-mandated cuts amid $5 billion losses since 2018, with no resolution expected soon, union says.
- Canada Post union workers have been on strike for nearly two weeks after the federal government announced sweeping changes to Canada Post's mandate, allowing it to overhaul operations amid negotiations.
- The union wants the government to roll back changes that would permit ending daily mail delivery, expanding community mailboxes, and closing some rural post offices.
- The union says the government's intervention has been unhelpful nearly two years into bargaining and will meet with the minister to discuss the mandate changes and Canada Post's latest contract proposals.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Canada Post union set for meeting with Ottawa as strike stretches on
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Canada Post’s latest “offer” marks a further escalation in the Liberal government-led war on striking postal workers
Canada Post presented provocative new offers last Friday that translate the Liberal government’s plans to restructure the post office at workers' expense, through the elimination of tens of thousands of full-time jobs, into contract language.
This is the first time that the STTP will meet with Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement, since the latter announced several changes in the operation of Canada Post. Joël Lightbound had decided, among other things, to lift the moratorium on the transition to community post boxes, and he had also withdrawn the obligation to deliver to each address five days a week. In response to these decisions, th…
TMU students worried about Canada Post strike
By Moyo Lawuyi The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) began a nationwide strike on Sept. 25, raising concerns among Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) students who depend on their services. The strike comes after Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, announced new regulations for Canada Post aimed at making the delivery service more “financially sustainable,” including ending home mail delivery, which the corporation ac…
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