Overview

• The union and Canada Post will convene in Ottawa on Friday and Monday after meeting federal mediators this week.
• CUPW’s national overtime ban, in place since late May, continues to limit extra shifts and affect delivery capacity.
• Postal workers rejected Canada Post’s offer of about a 13 percent wage increase package over four years that included new part-time positions.
• Negotiations have stretched for more than 18 months amid disputes over pay, benefits, staffing classifications and operational reforms.
• Canada Post has called for a detailed union response addressing its ongoing multi-billion-dollar losses when talks resume.