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National Post
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- National Post
What the final offer from Canada Post includes, and why the union wants workers to vote no
Unionized postal workers are voting from July 21 to Aug. 1 on the final offer presented by Canada Post. Article content The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is encouraging workers to vote against it, as it calls it a forced vote that harms the 'foundation of free and fair collective bargaining.' Canada Post says the offer protects what is important to workers while reflecting the company's current reality. Article content Article content Article content Article content They also said the cost of living allowance (COLA), a benefit to employees that is paid when consumer prices increase, will have payments at a lower inflation threshold. If inflation rates exceed 7.16 per cent between Feb. 1, 2025 to Jan. 31, 2028, payments from COLA will be made. Article content The schedule for wage increases over the next four years remained unchanged from the May 21 offer. The first year would see a six per cent increase, the second year, three per cent, and two per cent in each of the third and fourth years. The increases will be retroactive to Feb. 1, 2024. Article content There were also changes to the short-term disability program, where employees will receive up to 80 per cent of their regular wages for up to 30 weeks, a benefit that before paid 70 per cent of regular wages for up to 17 weeks. Article content Article content To maintain the already existing benefits for current employees, new hires after the agreement is signed will need to work for six consecutive months before being added to the defined benefit component of the pension plan, which guarantees a set income for the employee's retirement years. Article content Article content There were also adjustments to the number of personal days, where employees will have 13 multi-use personal days a year, with seven paid out days a year, and up to five personal days being carried over every year. Article content For urban workers the agreement also allows for dynamic routing, a new system that would update delivery routes daily based on mail volume and delivery points. Letter carriers will still receive per-piece payments for neighbourhood mail on top of the actual time value until 2030, and compulsory overtime will be removed. Dynamic routing would ultimately put an end to fixed routes created by the letter carrier route measurement system manual (LCRMS) that was built to assess and adjust equitable workloads for individual letter carrier routes. For the regions that won't have that implemented, a load-levelling of the work should happen, aiming to make predictable and balanced routes for employees.
CTV News
21-07-2025
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- CTV News
Unionized workers at Canada Post to start voting on contract offer
Canada Post mail trucks are seen parked in their distribution centre in Montreal, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi OTTAWA — Unionized workers at Canada Post begin voting on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer today. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging they reject the proposal. Canada Post is at an impasse with the union representing roughly 55,000 postal service workers after more than a year and a half of talks. The vote comes after federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to step in and put the Crown corporation's latest offer to a vote. The offer includes wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years but also adds part-time workers Canada Post says are necessary to keep the postal service afloat. Union national president Jan Simpson has said a strong no vote would not only reject the offer, but also protect the integrity of the bargaining process. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 21, 2025. The Canadian Press
Yahoo
21-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Unionized workers at Canada Post to start voting on contract offer
OTTAWA — Unionized workers at Canada Post begin voting on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer today. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging they reject the proposal. Canada Post is at an impasse with the union representing roughly 55,000 postal service workers after more than a year and a half of talks. The vote comes after federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to step in and put the Crown corporation's latest offer to a vote. The offer includes wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years but also adds part-time workers Canada Post says are necessary to keep the postal service afloat. Union national president Jan Simpson has said a strong no vote would not only reject the offer, but also protect the integrity of the bargaining process. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 21, 2025. The Canadian Press 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
CTV News
20-07-2025
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- CTV News
Canadians weigh in on Canada Post usage as crucial vote nears
A Canada Post employee returns to a delivery depot in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Fifty-five thousand Canada Post employees are set to vote this week on the latest offer for a new collective bargaining agreement. The potential new deal would see wages jump more than 13 per cent while adding more part-time workers. Negotiations between the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have been ongoing for more than 18 months. 'We put forward the offers. We hope they see it as a reasonable path forward that provides certainty,' said Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton. But the union sees things differently. 'We feel like we are dealing with a mugger, and the post office is trying to take a whole bunch of stuff from us,' said CUPW negotiator Jim Gallant. As the impasse continues, CTV asked Canadians how much they rely on Canada Post. 'I don't send any mail or anything, so I don't really use it,' said Gurpreet Singh, a student at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. Judith Boyce, a senior who also lives in Halifax, still sends and receives mail regularly. 'I use it for maybe paying bills,' Boyce said. She wasn't alone. 'Our family mails letters and parcels to family and friends weekly,' said John Clark. Others like Pat McDonell, appreciate the old-school nostalgia and tradition that Canada Post has to offer. 'I have to admit I like to receive things from Canada Post,' said McDonell. 'As opposed to electronically.' Canada Post has served communities across the country since 1867. But how people use the service often depends on where they live, said Ed McHugh, a marketing professor at Mount Saint Vincent University. 'The hard part about this story is that I fear for rural Canadians,' said McHugh. 'There are a lot of delivery companies that won't deliver to rural Newfoundland, or rural Alberta, or rural British Columbia.' He added that Canada Post has seen a decline in use among younger Canadians. 'I'm sure they know what Amazon Prime is, but they don't know what Canada Post is,' said McHugh. Ashleigh Marshall, who is in her 20s, admitted she doesn't use the postal service at all. 'I feel like some demographics use it more than others,' said Marshall. 'I would say it's not super relevant to my everyday life.' Still, there are those who remain loyal to Canada Post. 'We get a lot of junk mail basically,' said Boyce. 'But still, I would hate to see it disappear.' She hopes Canada Post and the union avoid a strike and work toward strengthening the role of a service that dates back to Confederation.
CTV News
19-07-2025
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- CTV News
ADVERTISEMENT Watch ‘We need to make some changes': Canada Post spokesperson on how delivery model affects union talks Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton says part-time staffing is a key sticking point in ongoing talks with the postal workers' union.
Watch Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton says part-time staffing is a key sticking point in ongoing talks with the postal workers' union.
