The Federal Jobs minister is urging Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to kickstart negotiations with mediators.
Patty Hajdu is asking both parties to seek negotiating terms for an arbitration process and to have the union table its response to the last offer made by the corporation.
She added that while arbitration is not the preferred path to an agreement for either side, each will have priorities it wants recognized.
The union’s 55-thousand workers (including about 200 in the PG area) have been in a legal strike position for roughly two weeks but, so far, have only instituted a ban on overtime.
The corporation added the arbitration process could take as long as a year adding to its already-precarious financial position.
Arbitration is not the preferred path to an agreement for either side, and each will have priorities it wants recognized. And for that reason, attempts to negotiate a settlement must continue. Canadians expect the parties to resolve this dispute one way or another.
— Patty Hajdu (@PattyHajdu) June 4, 2025
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