Negotations Update: Minister Calls for Return to Table for Dual Track Negotiations

Wednesday, June 4, Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families, called on both the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Canada Post to return to the bargaining table. Today June 5, we have started that process, meetings are now underway. The Minister has requested both parties to focus on two key priorities: working with federal mediators to negotiate terms for an arbitration process, and continuing efforts to reach settlements for new collective agreements.

Once Canada Post announced its request for a forced vote, we mobilized a rapid response, pressuring the Government to stay out of our bargaining process. Our actions and voices matter. They are the source of our power.

As our negotiating committees return to the bargaining table today, we need to stay mobilized and keep the pressure up. The negotiators are counting on all of our support and solidarity as they continue to bargain for our demands.

Canada Post played its hand. Once again, the Employer is hoping the Government will step in and undermine our bargaining power, all in an attempt to gut our collective agreements and effectively rewrite them by themselves. 

We can’t let them get away with it. This fight is far from over.

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In solidarity,