Ottawa – Union Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the proposals of the employer for a new collective agreement starting on Monday.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board will run votes between July 21 and August 1.
A simple majority vote will decide whether the proposal has been accepted or rejected.
The Canada Post is in a deadlock with the union representing around 55,000 postal service workers after 19 months talks.
Federal Job Minister Patty Hazdu asked the board to step into a vote last month and voted himself for one vote from the workers for the latest proposal of Crown Corporation.
The Canada Post asked Hazdu for an employee-directed vote, dismissed the minister’s push for arbitration, which the postal service termed the “long” process.
From the end of May, the proposal of the employer will show a 13.59 percent wage increase for post workers in four years, as well as bonus signing $ 1,000.
It also includes fundamental changes such as adding part -time workers who say Canada posts are required to maintain the postal service amid increasing losses.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers have urged the members that they are not on the proposal, arguing the deal as it does not meet the needs of the workers.
Union President Jan Simpson said in a bulletin on Tuesday that if the latest proposal is rejected, the Sangh is prepared to return to the bargaining table to deal.
He also said that the union will not rolling or complete strike, while the conversation is going on, but will maintain a national ban on overtime.
The Canada Post said in a statement on Wednesday that Canadians are avoiding using postal service because due to uncertainty related uncertainty.
The Crown Corporation said that in more than twice the daily loss since June last year, the cost of postal service in the last month’s operational deficit is $ 10 million in a day.
A strike and lockout lasted for more than a month in November and December, when the then Labor Minister Steven McCinone declared a deadlock in the talks and asked Canada’s Industrial Relations Board to end the work stop. The board agreed and extended the conditions of the existing contract and gave more time to negotiate a new deal by May.
McKinon also requested a report to investigate the structural issues faced by the Crown Corporation that was contributing to the dispute. The report published in Spring found that the Canada post was “effectively bankrupt” and required structural changes to stay in business.
The latest proposals of Canada Post will add a duct of part-time workers to support plans for seven-day delivery, as well as new dynamic routing models that aim for more efficient service.
This report of Canadian Press was first published on 16 July 2025.
Craig Lord, Canadian Press
