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Postal Union to Meet Federal Minister as Canada Post Strike Enters Second Week

Government-ordered modernization after an insolvency finding triggered proposals for job cuts, reduced delivery, post office closures.

Overview

  • CUPW says it will hold its first in-person meeting with Minister Joël Lightbound this evening to press for a rollback of Ottawa’s mandate changes.
  • Canada Post’s latest offers keep a 13.6% four-year wage increase but add attrition-based reductions, departure incentives, and removal of urban job-security provisions.
  • Signing bonuses have been dropped and the company seeks flexibility to close up to 493 urban and suburban post offices after the federal moratorium was lifted.
  • The union calls the proposals worse than those rejected in August, blames repeated government intervention for derailing talks, and has not tabled a counter-offer.
  • Mail and parcels remain halted nationwide as Canada Post cites more than C$5 billion in losses since 2018 and a C$1 billion federal loan, with Ottawa warning of roughly C$10 million in daily losses.