Negotiations between Canada Post and its postal workers’ union broke down this weekend with both sides blaming the other for the impasse.
The talks were the first time Canada Post bosses and representatives of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) had met since a national month-long strike caused major disruption to postal services in the country late last year.
In a statement Canada Post accused the union representing its more than 55,000 workers of showing “little meaningful movement” during the mediated negotiations. For its part, CUPW issued its own statement blaming Canada Post for the failure of the talks, saying that the postal carrier had “continued to push for serious rollbacks that would gut our agreements, explode part-time and temporary work, and undermine our full-time jobs.”
The union claimed it had offered “meaningful proposals to help Canada Post expand into weekend parcel deliveries, while protecting full-time jobs.” However, Canada Post accused the union of putting forward proposals “that would create more rigidity in our delivery model, add significant costs, and accelerate the company’s declining financial position.”
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