{"id":74826,"date":"2026-06-19T13:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/06\/19\/canada-post-signs-agreements-with-workers-ending-years-long-battle\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:46:37","slug":"canada-post-signs-agreements-with-workers-ending-years-long-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/06\/19\/canada-post-signs-agreements-with-workers-ending-years-long-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Post signs agreements with workers, ending years-long battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Labour crunch looms for Canada\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qe6vySdmW_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> Canada Post and its postal workers have officially signed new collective agreements, ending a two-year-long bargaining process that included seven weeks of nationwide strikes. <\/p>\n<p> The contracts remain in effect until Jan. 31, 2029. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cWith the stability of new agreements in place, we look forward to working with our employees and bargaining agents to rebuild the business , restore confidence in the postal service and better serve the country,\u201d the Crown corporation said in a statement Thursday. <\/p>\n<p> Earlier this month, Canadian Union of Postal Workers ( CUPW ), which represents 55,000 employees , voted to ratify the tentative agreements reached by the parties back in December. <\/p>\n<p> As part of the new contracts, the parties have agreed to wage increases of 6.5 per cent in year one, including five per cent already received, and a three per cent increase in year two. For years three to five, annual wage increases would match the inflation rate of the Consumer Price Index. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"related_links\">\n<li>Canada Post workers vote to ratify new collective agreement<\/li>\n<li>Canada Post is beginning the work to axe home delivery. How will it affect Canadians and businesses?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> \u201cHaving these new agreements in place is critical as we move ahead with a multi-year transformation to return to financial sustainability and better meet the modern needs of the country,\u201d Canada Post said. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt\u2019s important that we move forward in a timely manner, while continuing to work closely with our bargaining agents and the Government of Canada.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> <em>\u2022 Email: dpaglinawan@postmedia.com<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Construction on Alberta data centres could start this year\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4CGrpPMHcqE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Canada Post signs agreements with workers, ending years-long battle<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-06-19 13:46:37<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada Post and its postal workers have officially signed new collective agreements, ending a two-year-long bargaining process that included seven weeks of nationwide strikes. The contracts remain in effect until&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/74827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}