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Cision Canada
30-05-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
Statement from Canada Post - Canada Post requests a vote by CUPW-represented employees on the Corporation's final offers
OTTAWA, ON, May 30, 2025 /CNW/ - Canada Post has asked the Minister of Jobs and Families to exercise her authority, under section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code, to direct that a vote take place, administered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), on the final offers submitted by Canada Post to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) on May 28, 2025. Canada Post and CUPW have been engaged in collective bargaining for the Urban and RSMC (Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers) bargaining units since November 2023. Despite months of conciliation and mediation, the parties remain unable to reach new agreements at the table. The parties have attempted new and traditional bargaining methods and tested out some issues through an integrative process, which was developed between the parties to encourage more open discussions at the table. Unfortunately, even with these efforts, and the completion of the Industrial Inquiry Commission (IIC) and release of its final report in May, the parties remain at an impasse. A path forward Canada Post agrees with the IIC's finding that "the best possible collective agreement … is the one that the parties themselves have fashioned rather than one imposed by a third party through interest arbitration." However, given the level of the impasse and CUPW's negotiating position, it is not possible to reach tentative agreements in the normal course. After more than 18 months of collective bargaining, we believe the best hope of achieving freely negotiated collective agreements is an employee vote administered by the CIRB under section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code. In these circumstances, employees in each bargaining unit would have the opportunity to voice their decision by voting on Canada Post's final offers. Continued and wide-ranging impacts of the impasse The impasse, and CUPW's strike activity, have had a significant impact on the country, the Corporation and our employees. The impact of the 32-day strike at the end of 2024 on small businesses, charities and rural and remote communities has been well documented. For the Corporation, it's estimated the labour disruption contributed a net negative impact of $208 million toward its $841-million loss before tax in 2024. The company's business has continued to drop significantly since CUPW resumed strike activity in May 2025, with our parcel business already down by two-thirds compared to this time last year. The need to change for today's economy The IIC report concludes that "Canada Post is facing an existential crisis: It is effectively insolvent, or bankrupt. Without thoughtful, measured, staged, but immediate changes, its fiscal situation will continue to deteriorate." The seven recommendations contained in the IIC's final report chart a path to a negotiated resolution that allows Canada Post to meet the needs of Canadians and businesses in today's economy, help address the company's financial sustainability, and maintain good jobs. Canada Post's final offers reflect these recommendations entirely. We have also made key concessions in a serious attempt to reach new collective agreements. However, CUPW's negotiating position remains entirely at odds with the findings and recommendations of the IIC. Furthermore, CUPW has recently retracted its tentative agreement on key issues reached earlier this year. The vote process At this point, Canada Post has made the request to the Minister of Jobs and Families to exercise her authority, under section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code, to direct that a vote take place, administered by the CIRB, on the final offers submitted by Canada Post to CUPW on May 28, 2025. Therefore, there is nothing further to share regarding a potential vote other than the fact that we will respect the Minister's decision.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Statement from Canada Post - Canada Post requests a vote by CUPW-represented employees on the Corporation's final offers
OTTAWA, ON, May 30, 2025 /CNW/ - Canada Post has asked the Minister of Jobs and Families to exercise her authority, under section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code, to direct that a vote take place, administered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), on the final offers submitted by Canada Post to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) on May 28, 2025. Canada Post and CUPW have been engaged in collective bargaining for the Urban and RSMC (Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers) bargaining units since November 2023. Despite months of conciliation and mediation, the parties remain unable to reach new agreements at the table. The parties have attempted new and traditional bargaining methods and tested out some issues through an integrative process, which was developed between the parties to encourage more open discussions at the table. Unfortunately, even with these efforts, and the completion of the Industrial Inquiry Commission (IIC) and release of its final report in May, the parties remain at an impasse. A path forward Canada Post agrees with the IIC's finding that "the best possible collective agreement … is the one that the parties themselves have fashioned rather than one imposed by a third party through interest arbitration." However, given the level of the impasse and CUPW's negotiating position, it is not possible to reach tentative agreements in the normal course. After more than 18 months of collective bargaining, we believe the best hope of achieving freely negotiated collective agreements is an employee vote administered by the CIRB under section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code. In these circumstances, employees in each bargaining unit would have the opportunity to voice their decision by voting on Canada Post's final offers. Continued and wide-ranging impacts of the impasse The impasse, and CUPW's strike activity, have had a significant impact on the country, the Corporation and our employees. The impact of the 32-day strike at the end of 2024 on small businesses, charities and rural and remote communities has been well documented. For the Corporation, it's estimated the labour disruption contributed a net negative impact of $208 million toward its $841-million loss before tax in 2024. The company's business has continued to drop significantly since CUPW resumed strike activity in May 2025, with our parcel business already down by two-thirds compared to this time last year. The need to change for today's economy The IIC report concludes that "Canada Post is facing an existential crisis: It is effectively insolvent, or bankrupt. Without thoughtful, measured, staged, but immediate changes, its fiscal situation will continue to deteriorate." The seven recommendations contained in the IIC's final report chart a path to a negotiated resolution that allows Canada Post to meet the needs of Canadians and businesses in today's economy, help address the company's financial sustainability, and maintain good jobs. Canada Post's final offers reflect these recommendations entirely. We have also made key concessions in a serious attempt to reach new collective agreements. However, CUPW's negotiating position remains entirely at odds with the findings and recommendations of the IIC. Furthermore, CUPW has recently retracted its tentative agreement on key issues reached earlier this year. The vote process At this point, Canada Post has made the request to the Minister of Jobs and Families to exercise her authority, under section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code, to direct that a vote take place, administered by the CIRB, on the final offers submitted by Canada Post to CUPW on May 28, 2025. Therefore, there is nothing further to share regarding a potential vote other than the fact that we will respect the Minister's decision. Canada Post's final offers Details about Canada Post's final offers for the Urban and RSMC bargaining units are available at SOURCE Canada Post View original content: Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Terence Corcoran: Money-losing, strike-prone Canada Post needs a Royal resolution
Nobody expected King Charles would have to stoop so low in delivering the Carney government's load of political pamphlets and glossy flyers that he would have to mention Canada Post in his speech from the throne. And so the King did not refer to the strike-prone and technically bankrupt Crown corporation, reflecting the deeply held view within the Liberal government that, politically, the Canadian postal service is a taboo subject. In Mark Carney's great crusade to build and rebuild Canada, Canada Post is not on the 'very, very busy' public agenda. No political party wants to take on the national money-losing mail and parcel delivery corporation, which means that the management and union regime that make up the corporate structure are left to wrangle through an absurd negotiating ritual to try to achieve an impossible objective. Canada Post needs a complete top-to-bottom review of its existing legal and corporate mandate, including a full examination of its reasons for existence, with a view to replacing the Canada Post Corporation Act, an outdated legislated straitjacket. Under the law, Canada Post is told that while 'maintaining basic customary postal service' the corporation shall also improve and extend 'its products and services in the light of developments in the field of communications.' It also needs to do so on a 'self-sustaining financial basis' that includes 'utilizing the human resources of the Corporation in a manner that will both attain the objects of the Corporation and ensure the commitment and dedication of its employees to the attainment of those objects.' That's just the beginning of a 50+ run of detailed paragraphs that essentially lock key aspects of Canada Post's operations behind a legal wall. The corporation is in a financial crisis that cannot be solved through union negotiations or management manoeuvres. It has lost $3.3 billion over the past seven years and early this year received a $1.034-billion so-called 'repayable loan' from Ottawa to maintain operations. Ideas for Canada Post reform abound. Media columnists, academic economists and business strategists are full of recommendations, many of which seem to make sense. Carleton University economist Ian Lee last year produced a research paper calling for a series of reforms that would turn Canada Post into a radically reduced but competitive enterprise with 15,000 employees instead of 55,000. No politician is going to wrap that parcel up for delivery to the public. As part of a reality dodge, last year the Trudeau government established an 'Industrial Inquiry Commission' under the Canada Labour Code. But it was not a fully objective or comprehensive review. It involved talking to Canada Post management and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and holding a couple of days of hearings last January. The commission report, released May 15, is a 157-page rehash of management versus union versions of reality, bolstered by a few submissions from business and other organizations. The industrial commission effort, while professionally conducted, is not worth reviewing no matter how sound some if its proposals may be. As the inquiry's commissioner, veteran mediation lawyer William Kaplan, noted, the post office has been 'studied to death' — nice phrase — with more than half a dozen reports going back to 2008. 'All these studies and reports concluded that Canada Post was heading for a fiscal cliff,' said Kaplan. As it sails over the cliff, the only reference to the post office in the Liberal election platform was this: 'Amend the Canada Post Corporation Act to allow police to search for and seize fentanyl and other contraband in Canada Post mail with a general warrant.' The Carney government cannot continue the decades of government evasion surrounding Canada Post. Imagine the positive potential for change if King Charles in his throne speech Tuesday had said: 'As King, I promise that our government will appoint a new and true Royal Commission with a full mandate to review the future of Canada Post and objectively propose a new, viable structure for the organization.' Terence Corcoran: Is a plan to build an all-Canadian EV the key to our auto industry's future? Terence Corcoran: Why BE$$ may not be the best electricity plan But as the old business joke put it, the Royal plan is in the mail. • Email: tcorcoran@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
National Observer
22-05-2025
- Business
- National Observer
Canada Post offers 'fall short' as strike deadline looms
The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees said the latest offers from the postal service "fall short" with hours to go until a looming strike deadline. Canada Post, meanwhile, said Thursday it's already seeing mail volumes decline ahead of another possible labour disruption and is pushing for an urgent resolution. Spokesperson Lisa Liu said Canada Post hasn't yet received a response from the union about its proposals issued a day earlier. The postal service is ready to resume bargaining "as soon as possible" with a mediator at the table, she said. "We remain hopeful that negotiations can resume," Liu said. "Further delays or another strike would have a major impact on employees, small businesses and the millions of Canadians who rely on the postal system." In a bulletin posted late Wednesday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said it is still reviewing proposals tabled by the Crown corporation earlier in the day. But it identified a number of areas where the offers disappoint, namely on wages and cost-of-living adjustments. The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees said the latest offers from the postal service "fall short" with hours to go until a looming strike deadline. Canada Post, meanwhile, said Thursday it's already seeing mail volumes decline. Canada Post's offers amount to a little more than 13 per cent in wage increases over four years, where the union was looking for closer to 19 per cent to catch up after years of rampant inflation. The union also raised concerns about Canada Post's pitch to include more part-time staff and introduce "dynamic routing" — a model that could see mail delivery routes change on a daily basis to adjust to varying conditions — without established rules governing the system. CUPW also argued that the six extra personal days on offer are "window dressing" and already allotted in the Canada Labour Code. The union also took issue with a pitch to remove workers' "five-minute wash-up time." Without an agreement in place by the end of Thursday, CUPW members are set to go on strike shortly after midnight. Canada Post rejected CUPW's call for a two-week "truce" that would have given the union time to review the new offers in detail. If postal workers do walk off the job, it would be the second time in less than six months. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is overseeing the file jointly with John Zerucelli, secretary of state for labour, Hajdu's spokesman John Fragos said Thursday. Hajdu last spoke with the two parties on May 16, when they discussed a newly released report — commissioned by the federal government and written by arbitrator William Kaplan — outlining the "existential crisis" facing the Crown corporation along with recommendations, Fragos said. Federal mediators are in touch with both sides daily, he said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 22, 2025.
Toronto Star
22-05-2025
- Business
- Toronto Star
Union says Canada Post offers ‘fall short' as strike deadline nears
OTTAWA - The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees said the latest offers from the postal service 'fall short' with hours to go until a looming strike deadline. In a bulletin posted late Wednesday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said it is still reviewing proposals tabled by the Crown corporation earlier in the day. But it identified a number of areas where the offers disappoint, namely on wages and cost-of-living adjustments. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Canada Post's offers amount to a little more than 13 per cent in wage increases over four years, where the union was looking for closer to 19 per cent to catch up after years of rampant inflation. The union also raised concerns about Canada Post's pitch to include more part-time staff and introduce 'dynamic routing' — a model that could see mail delivery routes change on a daily basis to adjust to varying conditions — without established rules governing the system. CUPW also argued that the six extra personal days on offer are 'window dressing' and already allotted in the Canada Labour Code. The union also took issue with a pitch to remove workers' 'five-minute wash-up time.' Without an agreement in place by the end of Thursday, CUPW members are set to go on strike shortly after midnight. Canada Post rejected CUPW's call for a two-week 'truce' that would have given the union time to review the new offers in detail. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW 'After two years of discussions, a lengthy strike and a five month pause for the Industrial Inquiry Commission, our employees, customers and Canadians are looking for the certainty that only agreements can provide. Further delay is in no one's interest,' Canada Post spokesperson Lisa Liu said in a statement Wednesday. If postal workers do walk off the job, it would be their second strike in less than six months. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 22, 2025. Politics Headlines Newsletter Get the latest news and unmatched insights in your inbox every evening Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. Please enter a valid email address. Sign Up Yes, I'd also like to receive customized content suggestions and promotional messages from the Star. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Politics Headlines Newsletter You're signed up! You'll start getting Politics Headlines in your inbox soon. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page.
