The CIRB Dismisses Our Unfair Labour Practice Complaint

It is with great disappointment that we received yesterday a “bottom-line” decision from the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) dismissing the Unfair Labour Practice (ULP) that we filed on June 3^rd, 2025. This “bottom-line” decision was issued  by the CIRB given the upcoming votes and the CIRB will issue full reasons at a later date.

The Union filed this complaint following a series of unprecedented actions taken by Canada Post. Some of these actions are surrounding the publication of their May 21^st and May 28^th, 2025 offers, leading up to the Corporation asking the Minister of Jobs and Families to exercise her powers under section 108.1 and to direct that a vote on Canada Post’s last offers.

The Union felt and still feels that Canada Post is negotiating directly with our members and does not respect CUPW as the sole and exclusive bargaining Agent for the RSMC and Urban bargaining units. This is an unprecedented and outrageous insult to CUPW and will definitively not help the parties move forward in a collaborative way.

The CIRB, by a unanimous decision found that:

“…the employer communications did not contain anti-union statements or deprecating references to the union or its positions and did not have the effect of undermining the union in the eyes of bargaining unit employees.”

The CIRB further wrote that:

“…the Board does not find that the CUPW was placed in a vulnerable position with respect to its ability to represent its members.”

While this is not the outcome we had hoped for, we must remain strong and send a clear message to CPC during the upcoming government-imposed vote on their last offers:

• You will not divide us and set aside our Union.
  
  
• WE VOTE NO!

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In solidarity,