Canada Post and the union representing roughly 55,000 employees reach a new contract after workers vote to accept the deal. Multiple outlets report that more than four in five employees cast ballots in favour, with an approval rate cited at about 85 per cent. The agreement is described as a five-year contract covering wages and other employment terms. The vote follows a history of labour disputes between the employer and the union, including prior periods where workers have taken to picket lines amid disagreements over compensation and structural changes to the postal service. According to one report, the contract includes wage increases of 6.5 per cent and additional increases of 3 per cent in the first two years. The outlets frame the vote as a resolution to ongoing bargaining tensions and as an end point for negotiations that have at times led to work stoppages. Canada Post and the union move forward under the terms of the new deal, which spans five years.
Canada Post workers vote to accept new five-year contract with 85% approval
Canada Post and the union representing roughly 55,000 employees reach a new contract after workers vote to accept the deal. Multiple outlets report that more than four in five employees cast ballots i...
- Workers represented by the union for about 55,000 Canada Post employees vote to accept a new contract.
- Approval is reported at about 85 per cent (more than four in five voters).
- The contract is for five years.
- The deal includes wage increases, with one report citing 6.5 per cent and 3 per cent in the first two years.
- Negotiations follow a history of disputes between Canada Post and the union, including picketing during earlier disagreements.
More than four in five workers in the union representing some 55,000 Canada Post employees voted in favour of the five-year deal, which includes wage increases of 6.5 per cent and three per cent in the first two years.
2 months agoCanada Post and the union have long sparred over wages and structural changes to the postal service, with workers taking to the picket line on multiple occasions.
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