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OTTAWA — Canada Post was set to meet with negotiators from its union Sunday amid warnings of mail delivery delays tied to a national ban on overtime for postal workers.
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Sunday’s meeting will be the first of the weekend, a spokesperson for the Crown corporation said.
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A mediator will be on hand to work with the parties who have been deadlocked for months in efforts to secure a new collective bargaining agreement.
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Canada Post presented its latest offers to the union on Wednesday, which included a hike in pay and plans to roll out a fleet of part-time workers.
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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has yet to offer a formal response to the proposals, but its request for a two-week “truce” to consider the deal was rejected by the employer.
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The most recent agreement between the parties, which was extended by the industrial relations board after Ottawa intervened in the month-long holiday season strike late last year, expired Thursday.
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While CUPW issued a 72-hour strike notice earlier in the week that could have seen workers walk off the job first thing on Friday morning, the union instead issued a national ban on taking overtime work while it considered the latest deal.
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The union said in a bulletin to members last week that the offers “fall short” on wages and other key sticking points in the negotiations.
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Canada Post said the most recent offers reflect its financial realities.
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An Industrial Inquiry Commission set up by the federal government found the postal service was effectively “bankrupt” and recommended a series of structural changes in a report released earlier this month.
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That included recommendations to phase out daily door-to-door delivery and implement a “dynamic routing” system that could see mail carriers’ routes change on a daily basis.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 25, 2025.
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