42 h. ago Canada Post tables new offers to union that include job cut provisions

Canada Post’s latest contract offers to striking postal workers has many of the same terms as its “final offers” in May, but removes a signing bonus and now has provisions related to job cuts expected ahead. The offers presented Friday come a little over a week after the federal government announced plans to transform the […]

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69 h. ago A postman, his family, and a chair: Van Gogh museum’s surprising reunion exhibition

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Van Gogh museum is bringing a scattered family back together this fall to honor a postal worker, his wife and their children who sat as models for the Dutch master at at time when he was struggling to make friends in a French town. Portraits from the late 1880s of the […]

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3 d. ago Canada Post CEO says he supports Ottawa’s plan to shore up shaky finances

OTTAWA — The CEO of Canada Post says he supports the government’s plans to shore up the Crown corporation’s finances. Doug Ettinger’s comments came in an open letter published Wednesday, as a nationwide postal workers’ strike launched in response to the federal government’s planned overhaul of Canada Post continued. In the letter, Ettinger said the […]

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5 d. ago Canada Post must table new offers quickly amid strike, minister urges

Canada Post is being urged by the federal jobs minister to table a new offer to the striking union of postal workers and quickly end the labour disruptions.

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5 d. ago Jobs minister urges Canada Post to table new offer to striking union

OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is urging Canada Post to quickly table an offer to the union of striking postal workers. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers took to the picket lines Thursday after Ottawa announced sweeping changes to the Crown corporation’s operations to address its troubled financial situation. Those changes include ending daily […]

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8 d. ago Striking Canada Post union urges Ottawa to walk back sweeping mandate changes

OTTAWA — The union representing Canada Post workers is urging Ottawa to walk back sweeping changes to the postal service’s mandate as mail carriers take to picket lines across the country. The federal government’s Thursday announcement clearing Canada Post to end daily door-to-door delivery for millions and shutter some post offices has changed the nature […]

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8 d. ago How the Canada Post strike affects your mail, from passports to cheques

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has been in a legal strike position since May, but had opted instead for bans on overtime and delivering business flyers.

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8 d. ago 'We felt betrayed': Postal workers take to picket lines following Thursday strike notice

The strike follows an announcement from the federal government outlining changes to Canada Post's service

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8 d. ago Winnipeg postal union president calls for negotiations to end strike

Unionized postal workers are striking, which means a temporary stop to letter and package delivery across the country, including in Winnipeg.

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8 d. ago Business groups warn of ‘massive’ impact from another Canada Post strike

Business groups expect a “massive” hit to small company’s operations after unionized postal workers began a countrywide strike on Thursday evening. But the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Ottawa must still push forward with announced changes to Canada Post’s business model, such as the eventual end to door-to-door mail delivery for nearly all Canadian […]

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8 d. ago Canada Post workers on strike and here's what you need to know

Canada Post workers are now on strike following the government's announcement of major cost-cutting measures.The Canada Post strike is in protest of the government's decision to implement sweeping changes to the Crown corporation. Minister Joël Lightbound outlined these changes during a press conference on Sept. 25.On the same day, Jan Simpson, national president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), released a statement saying that Lightbound gave "no indication" that he would announce these changes after meeting with the union last week."The minister said he had the 'utmost respect' for postal workers. This is no way to show it," said Simpson.Changes coming to Canada PostLightbound stated that to cut costs, Canada Post will be transitioning to community mailboxes by converting four million addresses and closing rural post offices. Canada Post will also be able to adjust its delivery standards and raise stamp rates more freque...

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9 d. ago Canada Post strike: What we know as postal workers walk off the job

CUPW announced their members would be going on strike with immediate effect, adding that the “future of the post office is on the line.”

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9 d. ago Postal workers announce countrywide strike, effective immediately

'Canada Post is now facing an existential crisis,' said a statement from Joël Lightbound, Canada's minister of government transformation, public works and procurement

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9 d. ago Postal Workers Strike in Canada as Government Plots Major Overhaul

Workers at Canada’s national postal company are on strike for the second time in less than a year, shutting down a delivery service for millions of households and businesses.

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9 d. ago Canada Post union launches strike after Ottawa announces delivery changes

Canadian Union of Postal Workers negotiator Jim Gallant told Global News that workers in the Atlantic provinces have already gone onto picket lines, with other provinces to follow.

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9 d. ago Postal workers on strike after federal government announces end to door

Lightbound said the only other option would be for the government to continually bail out the Crown corporation to the tune of billions of dollars

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2 w. ago Canada Post says it is sending new offer to the union for postal workers

Canada Post said the union’s August offer 'added significant new costs and restrictions at a challenging time for the Corporation.'

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2 w. ago Canada Post sending new offers to union with aim to move talks forward

OTTAWA — Canada Post says it will be sending new offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in an effort to move negotiations forward. The Crown corporation says the new terms will allow the two sides to return to the bargaining table next week, with work already under way to make that happen. In […]

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3 w. ago Canada Post union says it will end overtime ban, but stop delivering flyers

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it plans to lift its overtime ban for workers with Canada Post as of Monday, and instead will implement a ban on some flyer deliveries.

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3 w. ago Canada Post union to lift overtime ban, stop delivering flyers

OTTAWA — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will lift its overtime ban as of Monday at 12:01 am ET, and instead implement a ban on commercial flyer delivery. CUPW president Jan Simpson is calling on Canada Post to get back to the bargaining table in hopes of wrapping up the ongoing dispute […]

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