Post by Mia on Nov 17, 2024 16:24:42 GMT
From Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-post-workers-go-nationwide-strike-ahead-holiday-season-2024-11-15/
TORONTO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - About 55,000 Canada Post workers went on strike for the second time in six years on Friday after their union said it had failed to reach a pay deal with the postal operator in the run-up to the holiday season.
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon, who has twice this year moved to end work disputes in other sectors, made clear he was not considering another intervention for the time being.
The union is demanding wage increases in line with inflation, cost-of-living adjustment payments to be rolled into the basic wage rate, and safe working conditions. The union had issued a three-day strike notice earlier this week.
"After a year of bargaining with little progress, postal workers made the difficult decision to strike, opens new tab," the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said in a statement.
Separately, Canada Post said operations would shut down, opens new tab during the strike.
"It's very hard with rent and groceries and a lot of other things that just keep going up and up and up around us," said Reagan Johnston, who has been working at Canada Post for eight years. "We want a real contract that we can go home and be proud of."
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon, who has twice this year moved to end work disputes in other sectors, made clear he was not considering another intervention for the time being.
The union is demanding wage increases in line with inflation, cost-of-living adjustment payments to be rolled into the basic wage rate, and safe working conditions. The union had issued a three-day strike notice earlier this week.
"After a year of bargaining with little progress, postal workers made the difficult decision to strike, opens new tab," the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said in a statement.
Separately, Canada Post said operations would shut down, opens new tab during the strike.
"It's very hard with rent and groceries and a lot of other things that just keep going up and up and up around us," said Reagan Johnston, who has been working at Canada Post for eight years. "We want a real contract that we can go home and be proud of."
