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Canada Post Workers Overwhelmingly Reject Latest Contract Offer

Ottawa is weighing back-to-work measures against the union’s call for new negotiations.

Unionized workers at Canada Post are entering their final day to vote on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer. A Canada Post employee prepares to check a street letter box while delivering mail, in White Rock, B.C., on Monday, July 28, 2025. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging they reject the proposal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The exterior of a Canada Post office is shown in Toronto on Friday. Unionized workers at Canada Post have voted against the Crown corporation’s latest contract offer.

Overview

  • The Canada Industrial Relations Board said 23,440 of 34,200 ballots (68.5%) cast by unionized employees rejected the offer in a vote that closed August 1 with an 80.4% turnout.
  • The proposal combined approximately 13% wage increases over four years with expanded part-time roles that Canada Post argues are essential to stem mounting operating losses.
  • The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, representing about 55,000 members and holding an overtime ban since May, led a campaign warning that greater part-time hiring undermines full-time job security.
  • Union president Jan Simpson described the vote as a defence of collective bargaining rights and has formally invited Canada Post to return to the bargaining table.
  • Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu triggered the binding vote under the Canada Labour Code and Ottawa says it may impose back-to-work legislation or binding arbitration if talks stall again.