TORONTO — Staff at Canada’s nationwide postal service are on strike after failing to achieve a negotiated settlement with Canada Put up.
The Canadian Union of Postal Staff stated early Friday roughly 55,000 employees are placing, claiming little progress has been made within the bargaining course of. The work stoppage will disrupt mail service forward of the busy vacation season.
The union issued a 72-hour strike discover earlier within the week, saying it’s been asking for truthful wages, safer working circumstances and different enhancements over almost a yr of bargaining.
“We nonetheless consider we will obtain negotiated collective agreements, however Canada Put up should be keen to resolve our new and excellent points,” CUPW stated in a press release.
Canada Put up served the union with the lockout discover not lengthy after however had stated it didn’t intend to lock employees out.
The federal government company launched a press release early Friday morning confirming that clients will expertise delays. Mail and parcels is not going to be delivered at some stage in the strike, and a few publish places of work will likely be closed.
Canada Put up says shutting down services will have an effect on its nationwide community, with processing and supply of mail presumably needing time to return to regular as soon as the strike is over.
Forward of the strike deadline, federal Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon stated he formally appointed the director common of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Companies as a particular mediator to assist in the talks.
“We’re ensuring that these two teams have every thing they should attain a deal,” he stated in a publish on X.
