News archive - 2016

Friday, August 26, 2016

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers files 72-hour notices to strike

OTTAWA – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has provided Canada Post with 72-hour strike notices. The union will be in a legal position to commence strike action on August 28, 2016.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Canada Post Negotiations Update

Negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) continue and unfortunately we are no closer to a resolution. Over the next ten days, we do expect to see some activity from the union as they attempt to address the expiration of their strike mandate.

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Canada Post Review

Canada Post Task Force

The federal government has ordered a full review of Canada Post. This is not an unusual action; Canada Post’s mandate is supposed to be reviewed every 5 years and the last one was in 2008. The following is a summary of the review process:

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Mailing and shipping recommendations in advance of potential work disruption

Canada Post update on the current labour negotiations with CUPW. While we are all hopeful that an agreement will be reached, there is a possibility that a labour disruption may occur.

Thursday, June 23, 2016

USA, International & IUTS mail will NOT be affected if Canada Post goes on Strike

Please Note: If Canada Post does go on strike, USA and International mail will NOT be affected and will still go out daily. IUTS will move as usual. For Canadian mail that needs to go out, it will need to go by courier. Please log into the Agile system.

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