Negotations Update: CUPW Returns to the Bargaining Table

Today, June 5, the negotiating committees returned to the bargaining table. With the help of federal mediators, the Union is ready to bring these negotiations to a successful conclusion. Our goal has remained the same from day one: to reach new collective agreements that meet the needs of postal workers, while ensuring a strengthened public post office.

Through the mediators, we started to exchange proposals today for the Terms of Reference for an interest binding arbitration process.

The Terms of Reference would include:

• the issues the parties could bring to arbitration;
• the criteria that would help guide the arbitrator in making a decision; and
• the timelines for when a final decision would have to be made.

We will provide more updates as talks continue.

The negotiating committees thank all members for their support and solidarity. 

Although we have returned to the table, the national overtime ban remains in effect.

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In solidarity,