Prince George postal workers are back on the job!
The local CUPW ended its 24-hour strike notice this morning in the Northern capital.
Around 7AM on Tuesday, more than 150 employees walked out due to current contract talks with Canada Post, claiming to be ignored and left behind at the table.
The corporation asked for a cooling period for two months during the height of holiday shopping season, but the union didn’t agree to those terms.
Right now, Canada Post lists December 18th as the deadline for national parcel shipping and December 21st for local and regional shipping, but that could change if negotiations continue to end in a stalemate.
This is Canada Post’s statement on the Tuesday walkout:
With all efforts exhausted to restore operations while the labour dispute continues, Canada Post is taking the extraordinary measure of advising customers and Canadians that they should expect potentially long and unpredictable delays this holiday season. With current backlogs, this is likely to be the situation for the next several weeks, including the peak holiday season and through January 2019.
The postal service remains operational, but the prolonged and on-going strike activity has not only caused significant backlogs, it continues to greatly reduce our ability to process and deliver mail and parcels across the country. Our focus across the country is to process and deliver as much as possible on a first-in, first-out basis.
The backlogs also affect mail and parcels entering Canada from other countries. Currently, our facilities in Vancouver, Edmonton and Montréal are also experiencing severe backlogs. International items will require screening by the Canada Border Services Agency and we are working in partnership with them to manage the significant existing backlog.
We will continue to provide service updates to help Canadians make important decisions this holiday season.
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