Late on Tuesday, Canada Post Corporation and the Union of Canadian Postal Workers (CUPW) reached a negotiated settlement. The tentative labour agreements, which still need to be ratified by CUPW’s membership, put to an end the threat of service disruptions and ensure that Canadian buyers and sellers no longer need to deal with the resulting […]

As you may be aware, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has again amended its job action notice. If there is no negotiated settlement, the rotating elimination of overtime work is scheduled to start at midnight on Tuesday, August 30th. It is not clear if this limited job action will have any impact on normal […]

Today, eBay Canada is asking Canadian sellers to sign a letter to the Prime Minister of Canada to request that he take action to restore confidence in Canada’s postal service. For months, Canadian businesses like yours have had to deal with the implications of the ongoing negotiations between Canada Post Corporation and the Canadian Union […]

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has announced that it has amended its job action notice. Rotating job action (primarily the elimination of overtime work) will start in Alberta and the Northwest Territories at midnight on Monday, August 29th, should there be no negotiated settlement. It is not clear if this limited action will have […]

Yesterday, the Canadian Union of Postal Employees (CUPW) issued a 72-hour job action notice to Canada Post. As of this morning, the 72-hour notice remains in place meaning that CUPW workers will be in a position to take job action as of 11:59 pm ET Sunday, August 28, 2016. CUPW leadership has stated that their job […]

On Sunday, Canada Post announced that it had retracted its lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), effectively removing the possibility of a strike or lockout until another 72 hour notice is issued by either party. At this time, Canada Post is accepting and delivering packages and mail as usual. In response […]

Canada Post has published a statement to inform their customers that they have issued a 72-hour notice to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). While providing this notice puts Canada Post in a legal position to lock out its workers as early as Monday, July 11th, 2016, it isn’t immediately clear whether Canada Post […]