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Jobs minister asks Canada Post, union back to the bargaining table
Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu takes part in a panel during the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on December 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Federal Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu has asked Canada Post and the union representing its workers back to the bargaining table, alongside federal mediators.
In a statement Wednesday, Hajdu wrote that the resuming negotiations will have two goals: To seek terms for arbitration and for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) to respond to the postal carrier's last global offer.
'Arbitration is not the preferred path to an agreement for either side, and each will have priorities it wants recognized,' the statement reads. 'And for that reason, attempts to negotiate a settlement must continue.'
Hajdu said urgency is needed to reach a resolution.
'Federal mediators are waiting to engage with the parties,' the statement concludes.
