“Canada Post is considering its options to advance negotiations with greater urgency,” the Crown corporation wrote to Right.
The employer assures, however, that it is “still determined to conclude new collective agreements through negotiation”, and that it knows that “many people in the country are feeling the repercussions of the national CUPW strike.”
Thursday, the representative of the Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Yannick Scott affirmed that “the union side is ready to negotiate.”
“It remains to be seen whether society is willing to follow suit,” he told Right during a demonstration bringing together hundreds of mail carriers in front of Canada Post headquarters in Ottawa.
Hundreds of Canada Post employees gathered Thursday in front of Canada Post headquarters in Ottawa. Some drove more than five hours to participate. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press Archives)
The day before, federal Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon summoned Canada Post and CUPW to express his “frustration” after the special mediator informed him that negotiations were at a “dead end.” “.
“These two parties had access to the best mediation services available,” he recalled. Mr. MacKinnon also criticized them for not wanting to “compromise”.
“It’s a criticism that we take seriously,” Mr. Scott responded Thursday.
“The minister was very clear that he was not considering any special law and that both parties needed to be more attentive to one side and the other, and, in this spirit, we are ready to come back to the table now.”
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