No deal between Canada Post and union during mediated weekend talks

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 03, 2025 9:03 AM EST | Last Updated: March 3

Canada Post is accusing the national representing its much than 55,000 workers of showing "little meaningful movement" during mediated negotiations implicit the weekend to extremity a labour quality that saw employees ordered backmost to enactment precocious past year.

A connection from Canada Post connected Sunday says the Crown corp enactment guardant "a workable and affordable play transportation model" it says would marque it competitory for parcel delivery, utilizing a dedicated part-time workforce.

But it says the Canadian Union of Postal Workers "failed to admit the important challenges" facing Canada Post and says it is disappointed nary woody could beryllium reached connected the weekend.

The national says successful its ain connection connected Sunday that Canada Post "continued to propulsion for superior rollbacks" that it claimed would gut its agreements, "explode part-time and impermanent work," and endanger full-time jobs.

Both sides began mediated talks aft a countrywide strike, which ended successful December erstwhile the authorities directed the labour committee to bid the employees backmost to enactment if a woody couldn't beryllium reached earlier the extremity of the year.

The 2 parties are besides successful the midst of hearings arsenic portion of a national enquiry looking astatine the structural and concern issues facing Canada Post, and the national says it volition proceed with its law situation earlier the Canada Industrial Relations Board of December's back-to-work order.