Overview

• More than 53,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers members in Urban and RSMC units will cast private ballots online or by phone on Canada Post’s final offers.
• The proposals include a 13.59% compounded wage increase over four years and a signing bonus of $1,000 for full-time employees and $500 for others.
• The agreement would maintain defined benefit pensions and job security while introducing part-time positions for weekend parcel delivery and phased route changes.
• Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu directed the CIRB vote after 19 months of stalled talks and a federal inquiry declaring Canada Post effectively insolvent.
• The CUPW has urged members to reject the deal and will maintain its national overtime ban while Canada Post endures about $10 million in average daily losses.