Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu
is calling on
Canada Post
and its union to return to the bargaining table to hash out terms for binding arbitration.
In a social media statemen
t Wednesday, the minister also asked the Crown corporation and the
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
to continue to work toward a deal outside of that process.
She says arbitration is not the preferred path, but suggested the stage would be set for an imposed settlement if the two sides could not find common ground themselves.
Today I asked Canada Post and CUPW to return to the bargaining table with federal mediators to do two things: to seek to negotiate terms for an arbitration process to conclude this round of bargaining, and to have the union table its response to Canada Post’s last global offers.
— Patty Hajdu (@PattyHajdu) June 4, 2025
The minister says Canadians expect the parties to resolve the impasse and that federal mediators are standing by to help.
On Friday, Canada Post asked Hajdu to force a union vote on
its “final offers,”
while the union requested binding arbitration, which the employer rejected.
After a month-long strike last fall, the union has again been in a legal strike position since May 23, but has instead opted to ban members from working overtime while negotiations continued.
Jobs minister presses Canada Post, workers to reach a deal
2025-06-04 14:50:12
