US EditionGovernment orders vote on Canada Post contract offer
- Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu ordered a vote on Canada Post's latest contract offers to unionized postal workers on June 12 in Ottawa.
- This vote follows 18 months of stalled negotiations and over 200 meetings between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, with the union opposing a vote and calling for arbitration.
- Canada Post stated the offers are final amid worsening financial strain, including a 65% drop in parcel volumes since last year and a strike-related overtime ban since May 23.
- Hajdu said it is in the "public interest" that CUPW members have an opportunity to vote, while CUPW warned forced deals will not bring labor peace and urged members to reject the offers.
- The vote aims to break a long-standing impasse but raises concerns about setting a precedent for government intervention amidst significant economic and labor tensions.
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Liberal government to force Canada Post workers to vote on company’s “best and final” offer
If the Liberal government can intervene so brazenly on the side of the employer, it is above all due to sabotage of the CUPW bureaucracy, which has done everything to isolate and demobilize the postal workers.
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Ottawa Puts Latest Canada Post Offer up to a Vote by Union Members
Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Thursday she’s putting Canada Post’s latest offers to unionized postal workers up for a vote in the hope of breaking a long-standing impasse between the parties. She said in a social media post it’s in the “public interest” to give members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers an opportunity to vote on the offers, which Canada Post said are its “final” proposals. Hajdu said the Canada Industrial Relations…
The Record
Canada Post workers to vote on ‘final offers’ after jobs minister forces vote
In a statement posted to social media on Thursday (June 12), federal Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu confirmed she plans to use her authority under the Canada Labour Code to direct a final vote on offers presented to postal workers on May 28.
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