Labour dispute drags on as Canada Post rejects union's arbitration request

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 01, 2025 9:58 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 2

Canada Post has rejected a petition from the national representing astir 55,000 of its workers to nonstop their ongoing labour quality to binding arbitration.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers made the petition successful a connection connected Saturday, saying it was inviting Canada Post to a fair, last and binding arbitration process to resoluteness negotiations that person dragged connected for months without producing a caller corporate agreement.

But the Crown corp dismissed the connection successful a effect connected Sunday, saying it wants to "restore stability" to the postal work and arguing the union's petition for binding arbitration would bash the opposite.

Canada Post said arbitration would beryllium agelong and analyzable and would apt past much than a year, adding to what it described arsenic its important fiscal challenges.

The corp presented what it called its "final offer" to the national connected Wednesday, with concessions including an extremity to compulsory overtime and a signing bonus of up to $1,000. But it stuck to a connection for a 14 per cent cumulative wage hike implicit 4 years and utilizing part-time unit connected play shifts, a large sticking constituent successful the talks.

Canada Post said the 2 sides are astatine loggerheads aft months of conciliation and mediation, and it's asked Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu to unit a national rank ballot connected its latest proposals.

A connection from CUPW on Sunday evening said the forced national ballot would not bring lasting labour bid — careless of the vote's outcome.

"This refusal constitutes yet different objection that [Canada Post] is not funny successful a tenable result to this circular of negotiation. A forced ballot whitethorn neglect to extremity the labour struggle and risks further division, prolonging uncertainty for each parties," the connection said.

The national has been successful a ineligible onslaught presumption arsenic of May 23, but truthful acold it's opted to prohibition members from moving overtime instead.