Looming Canada Post strike raises national concerns
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 7:21 am
With strike warnings issued for 55,000 Canada Post employees, concerns are mounting over widespread business and service disruptions. The potential walkout, marking a second major postal strike in six months, looms large as negotiations teeter on a knife’s edge, leaving the nation to wonder if postal normals are drawing near.
How Edmontonians can receive notices and pay their 2025 property taxes should a Canada Post strike interrupt regular mail service.
DO NOT SHUTTER CANADA POST How ridiculous talking about shutting down Canada Post. First of all, everyone does not have computers, although I can send this letter on the laptop I have, it is not used for accounts of any kind or bill payments; in fact, nothing to do with other than emails,…
'We've switched to other carriers, just out of an abundance of caution,' said one Lethbridge store manager
Canada Post spokesperson on decision to decline union's two-week extension offer CP24
The union said its decision to strike was made as the collective agreements for its bargaining units are set to expire on May 23 at midnight
OTTAWA — Canada Post has put a fresh set of offers on the table in its negotiations with the postal workers’ union, but there are no guarantees a deal will land before mail carriers are set to strike at the end of the week. Seeking to avert another job action, the Crown corporation’s latest…
Le syndicat avait diffusé un avis de grève qui pourrait amener les employés à reprendre le piquet de grève vendredi.
On Wednesday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said it will consider a fresh offer from Canada Post just two days before a looming strike.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says its negotiating team is set to examine the proposals this afternoon
'Our negotiating committee is currently on the way to receive the proposals,' said the union's national president Jan Simpson
With a strike looming, Canada Post will present a new offer to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) on Wednesday. Canada Post employees have threatened to walk off the job Friday in what would be their second strike in less than six months amid an “existential crisis” for the institution.…
Another strike won't solve the Crown corporation's deep problems
Many Saskatchewan-based businesses are now preparing to pivot operations if the potential Canada Post strike becomes a reality on Friday.
A recent report strongly recommended Canada Post end door-to-door delivery in Canada
The union representing Canada’s postal workers has served strike notice to Canada Post, meaning 55,000 employees at the Crown corporation could walk off the job on Friday. Unless a last minute deal is reached, it will be the second time in roughly six months that Canadians will lose access to our…
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