About 55,000 Canada Post workers are on strike nationwide as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, after failing to reach an agreement with their employer.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) says little progress has been made after nearly a year of bargaining.
The union issued their 72 hour strike notice earlier this week, putting pressure on for a deal to be reached.
The strike comes at a crucial time with holiday shipments beginning to ramp up and was described by the union as a “last resort.”
The local postal worker’s union president Tracey Langille told CHCH News that the parties are still in negotiations.
The main sticking points revolve around wage increases, safe working conditions, pensions and expansion of post office services.
“Canada Post is at a critical juncture, losing $3 Billion since 2018 with losses continuing to mount,” the corporation told CHCH News. “We’ve offered competitive wage increases – 11.5 per cent over four years – and additional paid leave, while protecting their defined benefit pension and job security provisions.”
Canada Post says that the national operations shut down will affect millions of Canadians and businesses across the country.
This strike is similar to the strike that last occurred in 2018, where rotating strikes across the country disrupted but did not stop all delivery services.
Mail and packages will not be delivered for the duration of the strike and some offices will be closed.
The retail council of Canada says that many businesses who rely on Canada Post have already switched to different suppliers in anticipation of a strike, which will likely drive up costs.
The union representing Purolator says that its members will respect the picket line and not handle packages that originated from Canada Post.
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A Canadian sign that Christmas must be coming, again, and again.
IT IS TIME TO CLOSE THE cps.
I used them as a courier and I had to pick up the package at thier post office. What?
Of course they are on stick , it the postal unions screw you Christmas annual strike, if it's Christmas they strike. Over paid and a waste of money hope they stay out for ever, never use them
Why do companies even use Canada Post anyways. Just use another carrier…your more likely to have them not go on strike.
The average consumer is still dealing with inflationary prices, diminished product quality, and reduced service levels. Any of these unions like the Port workers or Postal workers that leverage supply chain pressures or seasonal consumer demand to enrich themselves at the expense of the average Canadian, well, they are in effect tarnishing the values and principles of unionism, and they are turning Canadians against unions.
No kidding the customer is always gonna pay regardless try sending a package yesterday through UPS because it’s going into a rural area. They were going to charge me over $200. I said no I’m not paying that to send that package yet when I go to Canada Post. I can buy a prepackaged box as long as it doesn’t exceed over 5 kg. I can send it for $34 and a few cents.
What a bunch of fools! Haven't received an important piece of mail in forever!!
Typical, not surprised.
unskilled workers making demands, I will make sure to do everything online. LCBO Strike wasn't all that successful now was it?
Lay off all of them😅
The negotiater had to know can post employees would have pulled this stunt at Christmas time
They are hard workers, they go out in all weather conditions, and deliver people’s mail. It’s not a cushy job.
How much do you pay for someone to put paper into a box and citizens have to pick it up later
You mean I won’t get weekly flyers ?
So two majoe ports on strike, plus Canada Post. Someone trying to ruin logistics again?
Public servants striking. Disgusting!
Always right at Christmas
We stayed in Myrtle Beach and they have 7 Day per week mail delivery. What’s wrong with Canada Post?
We're so grateful to have Justin Trudeau as our Prime Minister of Canada it really puts a smile on our faces! ~ Keith & Judy from Waterloo Ontario
Want more pay for less service ..bring in the scabs retire this sad bunch
Retire these losers shut Canada post down garbage
Last 3 packages I had delivered went to the wrong apartment number. Horrible service. Unfortunate for small business. I’ll be using alternate services.
When your employer is losing Extinction,000 million dollars a year, you might not want to hit him for a raise,
Let the carriers stand around and do nothing. Thats their forte anyway. Ugh! Canada Post is heading the way of Pony Express…..Extinction!
I'm sick of being bullied by nafarious union bosses.
Hamilton is a dump, keep voting NDP Hamilton
canadian industrial relations system is not working
excluded staff and management will continue working as usual?
striking their way out of jobs ,time to get rid of CP
Replace them all with minimum wage immigrants
A FRIEND OF MINE WORKS FROM HOME FOR CANADA POST AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE IN WINNIPEG, HE MAKES 35$ PER HOUR ANSWERING A MAXIMUM OF 10 PHONE CALLS A DAY. HE SPEND MOST OF HIS DAY PLAYING VIDEO GAME WHILE GETTING PAID.
ISN'T THAT GOOD ENOUGH???
Leave them out until after christmas save 50 mil per week
The top heavy highly paid management team at Canada Post are only trying to stay relevant for their non-jobs , so the real workiing Postal workers are getting the short end of the stick to deflect from an audit and redo of the postal system in it's current outdated form . The strike benefits management to fund their bloated salaries .
Canada post has locked out the employees.
Swipe cards not working.
This changes things legally
Damn I was looking forward to my junk mail il miss all that damn
They should be happy to have a good job, Greed never sleeps.
Canada Post 📫 is the most expensive and slowest to ship !
DHL , Purolator , FedEx , and UPS are all cheaper and faster to ship …..
The way Canada is operating is not sustainable , Government is aware of this too .
It's operating on borrowed time ….
😕😕
Oh well,the worst postal service there is,no one cares
Get back to work greedy Canada post ! Throwing junk mail into boxes isn’t that hard smh 🤦♀️
They are already overpaid, wild benefits and job security. Compare this to how small business struggle. Compare their fat packages to what private citizens earn for similar work. Entitled and selfish people.
That lady with the purple hair can't keep her eyes open.
All the letter couriers do is deliver "delivery notices" and i need to pick it up myself. Oh, but they're always nice enough to fill my mailbox with junk coupons. CPost should fire all letter couriers. They dont deliver anything anyways.
they already have pensions and good wages so this is wrong!