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Union president asks Canada Post workers to reject tentative agreement
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is split on a five-year deal with 60% favoring acceptance while leadership minority demands further bargaining if rejected.
- National president of the Postal Workers Jan Simpson is calling on 55,000 members to reject a tentative contract, breaking from the majority of the national executive board recommending acceptance.
- Canada Post and the Canadian Union have sparred over wages and structural changes for more than two years, with The Crown corporation facing more than $5 billion in losses since 2018.
- Simpson and four other union leaders issued a minority report dismissing the offer as "inferior" and stating "These agreements are a huge victory for the employer, the tentative agreements contain major changes, concessions and rollbacks."
- Voting is set for April 20 to May 30, with 60 per cent of the board recommending approval; simultaneously, members are voting to authorize a strike mandate if the contract is rejected.
- The proposed five-year contract includes wage increases of 6.5 per cent and 3 per cent in the first two years, though critics argue it falls short of membership demands.
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Canada Post union head breaks ranks to urge rejection of tentative deal. What happens if postal workers vote no?
Signed by national president Jan Simpson and other union officials, the minority report argues the employer’s wage offers still lag behind other delivery services and come with few incentives beyond contract offers members rejected in a 2025 vote.
·New Hamburg, Canada
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Dissenting union executives urge Canada Post workers to reject tentative deals
The tentative agreements presented to Canada Post employees “abandon” the original demands unanimously endorsed by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ national executive board, dissenting officials said as they called for their membership to reject the “inferior” deals.
·Toronto, Canada
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STTP leaders, including the National President, call on members to reject the agreement in principle, supported by 60% of the National Executive Committee.
·Montreal, Canada
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Leaning Left28Leaning Right1Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution74% Left
Bias Distribution
- 74% of the sources lean Left
74% Left
L 74%
C 24%
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