Canada Post says no ‘major breakthrough’ in talks as strike enters 2nd week
Canada Post said Saturday there’s been no “major breakthrough” in talks with the postal workers’ union as the ongoing strike entered its second week and the two sides remain far apart at the negotiating table.Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) kept negotiating over the weekend, along with the support of a special mediator.Jon Hamilton, Canada Post’s vice-president of strategic communications, told Global News the struggling company wants to reach a fair deal with the union that addresses their needs, but said fully meeting all the CUPW’s demands could limit its ability to grow its business.“Obviously, we want to continue to ensure that we have good paying jobs for our people, but there’s only so far we can go,” Hamilton said.The Crown corporation said Friday it lost $315 million before tax in the third quarter, larger than its $290-million loss a year earlier.The financial results put Canada Post on track for “another significant loss” in 2024, which would mark the seventh year in a row in the red.CUPW national president Jan Simpson told Global News that although “morale is up” among picketing postal workers, some layoffs and benefit cancellations have begun as the company tries to save its bottom line.“You can’t expect to negotiate a contract and save your company on the backs of workers,” she said in an interview.“We went to the bargaining table over a year ago with them. … This could have been done a long time ago.”Canada Post said Saturday it has seen a shortage of more than eight million parcels amid the ongoing strike compared with the same period in 2023.More than 55,000 workers across the country walked off the job on Nov.
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