Government orders vote on Canada Post contract offer

Delivering Canada Post’s future: Less support for privatization, but appetite exists for big changes

Canadians support reduced mail delivery, hiring of non-union ‘gig’ mail delivery workers June 18, 2025 – Labour strife has become the norm in the relationship between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers over the past several years, evidenced by rotating strikes in 2018, a nationwide strike last November, and the ongoing conflict,... The post Delivering Canada Post’s future: Less support for privatization, but appetite exists for…

What pending Canada Post union vote means for commercial insureds

iStock.com/Iryna Tolmachova With a vote on more Canada Post service disruptions pending, small businesses relying on mail delivery could face business losses or insurance complications.  Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu announced Thursday she’d send the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) for a vote on Canada Post’s final offer in the parties’ ongoing labour disagreement regarding contract negotiations. CUPW and the crown corporation remain…

Liberal government to force Canada Post workers to vote on company’s “best and final” offer

If the Liberal government can intervene so brazenly on the side of the employer, it is above all due to sabotage of the CUPW bureaucracy, which has done everything to isolate and demobilize the postal workers.

Report on B.C. port strike says right-to-strike should be preserved

VANCOUVER — Labour experts tasked with studying a days-long labour dispute at British Columbia’s ports say the right to strike or be locked out should be preserved for the longshore industry in Canada. Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers say laws should be changed to allow the government to bring in a special mediator during disputes,

Ottawa orders vote on Canada Post's offer as union warns against 'forced deals'

Ottawa is forcing Canada Post’s workers to vote on an employment contract that the Crown corporation said is its final offer. Find out more.

Postal union ‘disappointed’ at minister’s decision to force vote in labour dispute

Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu says she will exercise her authority to force a vote on Canada Post’s final offers to the mail carriers’ union.