Canada Post workers called on to refuse overtime work as union continues to review latest offers
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Instead of a strike, a nationwide overtime ban came into effect on Friday by the union representing more than 55,000 Canada Post workers. Postal workers are now being called on to refuse to work more than eight hours a day and more than 40 hours in a week as the union reviews latest offers from the Crown Corporation.
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