Canada Post’s New Global Offers Fall Short

As you've likely seen online or heard from the Employer, Canada Post presented two comprehensive offers to CUPW negotiators between 18:00h and 19:00h (EST) last night. Each offer came in a 3-inch binder and contained proposed language that Canada Post wants included in a new collective agreement. The negotiators were given only a brief overview of these offers.

At 20:18h, Canada Post released a three-page summary highlighting their version of the offer. Presenting it to negotiators after business hours shows their strategy—talking directly to you first and framing the narrative. It’s crucial not to take their words at face value; instead, question what they say and, more importantly, what they choose not to mention.

Our negotiators and the National Executive Board are carefully reviewing the detailed language of the offers – close to 500 pages – in both official languages for both units. This thorough examination will allow us to report back to you with a complete understanding of the proposal. As soon as we have a clear grasp of the changes, we will issue additional bulletins.

From our initial review of the new offer, it’s evident that Canada Post is focused on pushing many of their issues to binding arbitration. This approach would delay the finalization of a complete collective agreement and redirect funds toward lawyers and arbitrators rather than investing directly in you.

These offers contain some of the same language as the previous Global Offers, including the attack on our pension plan, inferior benefits for future employees, more part-time jobs and fewer full-time opportunities, as well as huge changes to the way letter carriers work, are scheduled, and are entitled to overtime. Canada Post has not removed its Separate Sort and Delivery (SSD) model, leaving no solutions for many overburdened workers.

Canada Post has raised the wage offer by 1.5% in 2024 to a compounded 11.97% over four years, which is far from what we are demanding and deserve.

Canada Post states, “both parties must urgently focus their energies on resolving outstanding issues to reach negotiated agreements.” Union negotiators have been at the table for close to a year doing just that, but Canada Post continues to push for massive rollbacks that won’t help the Corporation, and that the Union can never accept. Canada Post is asking to gut the collective agreements and for us to trust them to do the right thing.

In solidarity,