{"id":53949,"date":"2024-12-13T14:56:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2024\/12\/13\/federal-minister-asks-labour-board-to-intervene-in-canada-post-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:56:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:56:59","slug":"federal-minister-asks-labour-board-to-intervene-in-canada-post-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2024\/12\/13\/federal-minister-asks-labour-board-to-intervene-in-canada-post-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal minister asks labour board to intervene in Canada Post strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">OTTAWA \u2014 Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is \u201ccalling a timeout\u201d in the Canada Post strike, and asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to send about 55,000 employees back to work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Mackinnon says the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are at an impasse after a nearly month-long work stoppage, and negotiations are actually going in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<p>He says if the board agrees the two sides are at an impasse, it has been asked to order union members to return to work until May.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government is establishing an inquiry to determine why the two sides cannot come to an agreement.<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel3657339960183330879416788309770240\" class=\"more-topic\" data-aqa=\"embed-more-topic\" data-carousel-component=\"\" data-carousel-icon-button=\"\" data-carousel-type=\"list\">\n<p>Recommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-prev\" data-carousel-prev=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"previous\" type=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<ol class=\"more-topic__items list-unstyled\" 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remote communities and Indigenous people _ have suffered greatly as a result of the strike.<\/p>\n<p>He says he\u2019s asked the board to make a decision quickly and hopes the mail will be delivered again starting next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/>Federal minister asks labour board to intervene in Canada Post strike<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2024-12-13 14:56:59<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article content OTTAWA \u2014 Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is \u201ccalling a timeout\u201d in the Canada Post strike, and asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to send 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