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Canada Post urging postal union back to table after news of rotating strikes

Port Hawkesbury, NS, Canada / 101.5 The Hawk
Caitlin Snow
Oct 10, 2025 | 4:47 PM
Canada Post urging postal union back to table after news of rotating strikes

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Canada Post is welcoming employees back on the job after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced members would go back to work Saturday; however, uncertainty remains.

Instead of a nationwide strike, members will move to rotating strikes.

In a news release, Friday afternoon, the Crown corporation says they are urging CUPW back to the table, as rotating strikes has always “challenged our ability to provide reliable service to customers.”

“As a result, all service guarantees will be suspended.”

CUPW members have been off the job since Sept. 25. They walked out after the federal government announced reforms to Canada Post to stabilize the corporation’s finances.

Union President Jan Simpson says the union couldn’t stand by as the government authorized Canada Post to “gut our postal service and slash thousands of our jobs.”She also said the Sept. 25 announcement let Canada Post make a mockery of the negotiating process.

Simpson said union leadership will meet with Minister Joël Lightbound next week. Lightbound is the minister responsible for Canada Post.