Canada Post contract negotiations stall week before CUPW strike mandate expires
TORONTO — With one week left before the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ strike mandate expires, a spokesman for the union says negotiating with Canada Post without the mandate is not an option.
Both sides say little progress has been made on major contract negotiation issues as the country’s largest postal union nears the end of their 60-day mandate.
CUPW national president Mike Palecek said Thursday that the union needs the mandate, which allows them to call for a strike, to keep them on equal footing through the talks.
Rather than ask the union membership for another strike vote, Palecek said one option is a freeze on the negotiation timeline, which would require mutual agreement from both sides.