Canada Post, union still at odds as strike nears 1 month
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Canada Post says the latest offer from the union representing its striking workers is 'unaffordable and unsustainable' as a nationwide postal disruption nears one month
Canada Post says the latest offer from the union representing its striking workers is “unaffordable and unsustainable” as a nationwide postal disruption nears the one-month mark.
In a statement on Wednesday, Canada Post said that upon a careful review of the most recent proposals from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), meeting the union’s demands would cost the company more than $3 billion over four years.
The Crown corporation added that CUPW’s latest offer is “far from where we need to be” and is “widening the gap in negotiations.”
On Tuesday, the union refuted Canada Post’s claims that the union’s latest offer “takes major steps backwards” in the labour dispute.
“In our most recent proposals to Canada Post, the Union addressed many issues the Employer had first brought to the bargaining table,” CUPW said in a published statement.
“Far from trying to ‘widen the gap in negotiations,’ the Union’s intention is to help the parties come to negotiated agreements. CUPW wants nothing more than for its members to have good collective agreements, with their rights protected.”
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