This means that package delivery is back to normal for all Canadian regions, including rural and remote ones.
However, the state-owned company claims to have to process “high volumes of mail.”
Also, we should expect “a delivery delay of several days for international arrival items.”
A month of strike paralyzed most services at Canada Post, which saw its 55,000 employees forced to return to work under a ministerial directive.
The pressure tactic had left a large number of letters and packages in limbo.
The main issues include salary increases and Canada Post’s desire to extend parcel delivery on weekends — the two parties do not agree on how to staff the necessary staff for this new service offering.
-The loss-making Crown corporation touted the expansion as a way to increase revenue and compete with other carriers, arguing that a mix of part-time and full-time shifts would create flexibility while reducing costs . The union believes this approach threatens full-time positions.
The government has appointed a commission of inquiry into labor relations at the Post Office, which will have to look “also at the structural questions of the conflict” and publish a report by May 15 on how to conclude a new agreement.
With information from the Canadian Press
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