Canada Post Overtime Ban Sparks Contract Standoff
Friday, May 23, 2025, 12:20 am
Frustrated postal workers, fed up with stalled contract talks over wages, benefits, and weekend deliveries, have decided enough is enough by imposing an overtime ban. With the strike deadline long overdue, both sides seem to be playing hardball, leaving the future operations of Canada Post in a precarious limbo.
Canada Post’s union, which represents about 55,000 workers, has called for a nationwide overtime stoppage after a midnight deadline for a new contract came and went without any movement. That means workers are being told to refuse any work beyond eight hours a day, and 40 hours a week. This is…
Is Canada Post sending the wrong message to customers? CP24
Canada Post workers aren't holding rotating or nationwide strikes yet, but they are taking job action, with the union calling on employees to refuse overtime.
'The Union has decided to proceed with an overtime ban to minimize disruptions to the public, and lost days to members,' says union's national president
Canada Post union imposes overtime ban as strike deadline passes without a deal CP24
Le STTP dit vouloir «minimiser les perturbations pour la population et les pertes de salaire pour (ses) membres».
For those of us concerned about the Canada Post labour dispute, May 15 was an important day. It was the day we received the recommendations of the industrial inquiry headed […]
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the national postal service remain divided over wages, benefits and weekend delivery
Cette nouvelle survient alors que le syndicat est en position de grève légale depuis minuit vendredi.
Il n’y aura que des perdants si les décisions difficiles ne sont pas prises dès maintenant.
Canada Post union imposes overtime ban as strike deadline passes without a deal CP24
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