Canada Post, workers restart talks in longstanding labour dispute

Canada Post and its postal workers are restarting talks in their longstanding labour dispute.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers — the union representing 55,000 postal workers — says it has agreed to meet with Canada Post Friday and Monday.

The talks come after workers rejected the national postal service’s latest proposal, which would have seen wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years and restructuring to add part-time workers.

The union says its national overtime ban remains in effect.

Negotiations for a new collective agreement have been ongoing for more than a year and a half.

Canada Post says it looks forward to receiving a comprehensive response from the union that addresses the significant and increasing challenges faced by the postal service when it meets tomorrow.

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