CUPW postpones update on negotiations with Canada Post
Posted Aug 25, 2016 11:02:34 AM.
Last Updated Aug 25, 2016 02:39:09 PM.
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OTTAWA — The postal union has postponed, until further notice, a planned 10 a.m. news conference on the status of negotiations with Canada Post.
A strike mandate for more than 51,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is set to expire. The postal agency’s biggest union has until midnight Thursday to serve the Crown corporation with a 72-hour strike notice.
Less than an hour before the news conference, CUPW announced it was postponing the update until further notice.
An employee at the union’s downtown Ottawa office told 1310 NEWS, the update was postponed at Canada Post’s request, that morning.
If talks break down, there could be disruptions to mail delivery by Monday, although it wasn’t clear Wednesday what action would be taken.
Once the strike mandate expires, Canada Post employees would likely have to vote again on an extension. That vote could take upwards of two months to complete, setting the timeline for a potential delivery disruption at the start of the busy Christmas mailing season.
The Crown corporation also has the option to lock out workers after Thursday.
–with files from The Canadian Press
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