This article is written by the team of The Canadian Press and was published on 3rd March 2025.

The Canadian Post, a Crown corporation, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), which represents its 55,000 plus employees. The corporation claims that the union has demonstrated little progress during the recent mediations aimed at resolving a labor dispute. The dispute resulted in employees being directed to resume work late last year.

The Canadian Post has tabled a proposed model for weekend deliveries. They believe this model, which relies on a dedicated part-time workforce, is both feasible and affordable, and would make the corporation competitive in the parcel delivery market.

However, the Canadian Post alleges that the CUPW has failed to recognize the significant challenges that the corporation is currently facing. The corporation has expressed disappointment over the fact that no agreement could be reached over the past weekend.

The CUPW, meanwhile, issued its own statement. The union accuses the Canadian Post of insisting on significant rollbacks that it claims would undermine the union’s agreements, increase part-time and temporary work, and pose a threat to full-time jobs.

The two parties were engaged in mediated discussions following a nationwide strike that ended in December. The government had directed the labor board to order the employees to resume work if an agreement could not be reached by year-end.

The parties are also in the midst of hearings as part of a federal inquiry examining the structural and business issues that the Canadian Post is facing. The union has stated that it will continue with its constitutional challenge before the Canada Industrial Relations Board of the back-to-work order issued in December.

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