First off is the Union statement
CUPW Issues 72-Hour Strike Notice: A Call for Fair Negotiation
Tuesday May 20 2025
2023-2027/251
No. 83 - AMENDED
On Monday, May 19, CUPW issued a 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post. This action was not taken lightly, but it was done for several reasons.
The collective agreements for the Urban Postal Operations and the Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers bargaining units, which were extended by the Government in December 2024, are set to expire Friday, May 23 at midnight.
CUPW negotiators met with Canada Post over several days at the end of April and early May, with the goal of resolving our bargaining dispute and achieving new collective agreements for both bargaining units.
Last week, Canada Post walked away from the bargaining table for the third time, telling the Union it would return with new comprehensive offers. A week has passed. With the expiry of our collective agreements drawing closer by the day, we are still waiting. The clock is ticking, and so far, Canada Post has yet to deliver.
The day after Canada Post walked away and paused bargaining, it fired another shot, by threatening to unilaterally change your working conditions and suspend employee benefits if new agreements aren’t reached. This aggressive move undermines good faith bargaining and the stability of our public postal service. It had to be met with strong resistance. Postal workers won’t be threatened or coerced into accepting offers that will gut our collective agreements and undermine good, stable jobs.
Our right to strike was taken away from us and put on “a time out” by former Minister of Labour Steven MacKinnon’s orders and the Canada Industrial Relations Board in December 2024. By issuing this notice, we are simply announcing our intention to continue our legal strike that was put on pause by the CIRB.
The Work Continues
Although we have served notices, there is still time for negotiations to take place. We remain committed to achieving negotiated collective agreements. Your National Executive Board and Negotiating Committees urge Canada Post to return to the bargaining table with real offers that protect the health and well-being of postal workers, support the communities we serve, and ensure a strong and sustainable public postal service for all.
In solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President
Day of Action: Support Your Negotiating Committee!
Tuesday August 19 2025
2023-2027 / Bulletin #315
Tomorrow, August 20, your Negotiating Committee will return to the bargaining table to present new global offers for both postal bargaining units to Canada Post.
As they head back to the table, the committees are counting on all of our support! That’s why we’re asking members to take part in tomorrow’s Day of Action!
We’ve already shown Canada Post its “best and final offers” weren’t good enough. Now let’s show the Corporation we’re united behind our negotiators and our demands! Tomorrow, we’re asking members to:
- Wear a Union t-shirt
- Take a coffee break with your co-workers
- Download and post our “Negotiate Now!” signs
- Get creative! Make a train like Montreal does! Make some noise!
- Take pictures of your workfloor’s action and share them with National Office at: [email protected]
As bargaining resumes, our national overtime ban remains in effect.
In solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President
20-08-2025
Negotiations Update: CUPW & Canada Post Return to the Bargaining Table
Today, Wednesday, August 20, 2025, the negotiating committees tabled global offers for both postal bargaining units.
With the forced vote behind us, postal workers have now spoken and told Canada Post loud and clear: the Corporation’s last offers did not cut it.
Our global offers reflect the demands that were ratified before this round of negotiations started. Our proposals deliver the improvements postal workers need in their collective agreements.
To see what’s included in our global offers visit this website: https://www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-global-offers.
From the start of bargaining, we’ve said postal workers need ratifiable collective agreements. These offers get us there.
Our national overtime ban remains in effect.
In solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President
Canada Post receives CUPW’s response to its May 28 final offers
Today, Canada Post met with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and resumed discussions with the assistance of federal mediators. At this meeting, the Corporation received CUPW’s response to its best and final offers that were presented on May 28.
The company is currently reviewing the union’s response and will be seeking further clarification as needed. Further meetings are scheduled for Friday and Monday.
Canada Post is committed to reaching new collective agreements through the bargaining process.
NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: MEETING POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY
Yesterday, August 20, CUPW’s Negotiating Committees returned to the bargaining table to present comprehensive global offers for both the RSMC and Urban bargaining units.
While we had planned to meet again tomorrow, Canada Post has told us today that it needs more time to review our offers.
As a result, tomorrow’s meeting has been postponed. Instead, we will return to the table to hear Canada Post’s response next Monday, August 25.
Where We Stand
The message from postal workers is clear: the Corporation’s "best and final” offers didn’t meet our needs. Our global offers are built to secure ratifiable collective agreements that respect workers’ rights and ensure good services for the community.
To review the contents of our global offers visit: https://www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-global-offers.
Support Your Negotiating Committees!
As your Negotiating Committees returns to the table next week, we’re asking you to continue to show your support by taking part in another Day of Action next Monday!
- Wear a Union T-shirt
- Take a coffee break with your co-workers
- Download and post our “Negotiate Now!” signs
- Get creative! Make a train like Montreal does! Make some noise!
- Take pictures of your work floor actions and share them with National Office at: [email protected]
Our national overtime ban remains in effect.
Jan Simpson
National President
2025-08-25
Negotiations Update: Monday Meeting Cancelled
The Federal mediators advised us that Canada Post has cancelled today’s (August 25) planned meeting. The Corporation says it needs more time to review our latest global offers. We are expecting to receive more questions from Canada Post about our offers through the Federal mediators.
We will provide an update once we have re-scheduled our meeting.
Day of Action Today: August 25
While our meeting with CPC is not happening, our Day of Action is still on!
Let’s show the Employer we’re united behind our negotiators and our demands!
- Wear a Union T-shirt
- Take a coffee break with your co-workers
- Download and post our “Negotiate Now!” signs
- Get creative! Make a train like Montreal does! Make some noise!
- Take pictures of your work floor actions and share them with National Office at: [email protected]
Our national overtime ban remains in effect.
In solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President
2025-08-27
Negotiations Update: Return to the Table, Wednesday, August 27
After reaching out to Canada Post through the Federal mediators to schedule a meeting, the Negotiating Committees will return to the bargaining table today, Wednesday, August 27.
The Committees will provide answers to a series of questions that Canada Post asked after reviewing our comprehensive offers tabled on August 20. We should point out that during our time away from the table, CPC should have been working on revising their proposals to address our two offers. Hopefully, at this meeting, we’ll finally see some responses from them.
Your negotiators remain committed to reaching ratifiable collective agreements at the bargaining table and thank members for their ongoing support!
We will provide another update once more information is available.
Our national overtime ban remains in effect.
In solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President
Canada Post urges CUPW to revisit its offers to align with the company’s realities
For the last 21 months, Canada Post has negotiated in good faith with CUPW to reach new collective agreements that begin to address the company’s challenges while minimizing the impact on its employees. On August 20, Canada Post received counter-offers from CUPW in response to the company’s best and final offers of May 28, 2025.
The company and CUPW met today at the bargaining table. After many months of difficult negotiations and mounting losses, the Corporation was looking for workable solutions to be brought to the table that would get the parties closer to a resolution and end the uncertainty for employees and customers.
Unfortunately, CUPW has either maintained or hardened its position on many items and added new demands, and the gap between the parties remains substantial. Several proposed items would increase the Corporation’s operational costs. While the union’s offers included some part-time employee component to address weekend delivery, CUPW’s proposed approach remains unaffordable, problematic and complex to manage.
After carefully reviewing CUPW’s comprehensive offers over the past few days, the Corporation today urged the union to revisit its offers to align with the realities confronting the company. We remain open to reviewing and discussing amended proposals.
Both parties need to agree on an approach that addresses the Corporation’s challenges, supports its people, and starts to secure the company for employees and customers. We are ready to make Canada Post an organization that better meets the needs of all Canadians, while building a financially sustainable future for the company. At the Industrial Inquiry Commission, Canada Post shared urgent changes needed to help put the organization on a solid path for future success.
Canada Post remains committed to reaching new collective agreements through the bargaining process. We’ll continue to keep our employees and all Canadians informed about the negotiations and the urgent need to respond to the company’s challenges.
Stay informed
We’ll continue to keep you and all Canadians informed about the negotiations and the urgent need to respond to the company’s challenges. Stay tuned for further updates.
2025-08-28
NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: MANAGEMENT DEMANDS CONCESSIONS INSTEAD OF NEGOTIATING
Canada Post has shown us once again that it is not serious about bargaining in good faith.
Despite members’ decisive rejection of Canada Post’s “best and final offers,” the Corporation has refused to move from its so-called “final offers” of May 28, 2025. The Employer has not even bothered to provide a meaningful response to the comprehensive proposals submitted by CUPW on August 20.
Instead, Canada Post demands concessions from postal workers, while ignoring solutions CUPW has put forward that would address service needs, improve working conditions, and secure the future of the postal service for the public.
Postal workers have been clear: we are not here to make concessions that erode jobs, rights, or the public service.
If Canada Post is serious about reaching agreements, it must stop insisting that only CUPW move and begin engaging seriously with the Union’s proposals. Negotiations require both parties at the table, not one side dictating terms and demanding that workers pay the price for Management’s failures.
CUPW remains committed to achieving negotiated collective agreements that strengthen the postal service and respect postal workers. We call on Canada Post to finally engage in genuine bargaining rather than simply issuing press releases that misrepresent the reality at the table.
In solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President
Canada Post Releases Q2 Report
Tuesday August 26 2025
2023-2027 / Bulletin #319
Today, August 26, Canada Post released its financial report for the second quarter of 2025.
Results
There is no doubt: the report makes clear Canada Post needs to grow its revenues. That’s why CUPW has been campaigning for service expansion projects to build the public post office, including in this most recent round of bargaining.
For the quarter, the Corporation reported a loss from operations of $396 million and a loss before tax of $407 million.
The January 2025 stamp rate increase continues to have a positive impact on Canada Post’s finances. Mail revenues were up $153 million, or 28.4% compared to the same time last year. As Canada Post has admitted many times, including in the summary of its 2025-2029 corporate plan, its failure to raise stamp prices appropriately “has had a substantial negative financial impact on ... the Corporation as a whole.”
These results, like the first quarter results, show once again that Canada Post should have raised its stamp rates earlier. Canada Post dug itself into a big hole it didn’t need to. When every other postal operator in the world was raising its rates, Canada Post keep its rates flat.
After the end of the quarter, Canada Post notes it repaid a $500 million bond in July 2025, which created “significant cash flow pressure.” But if Canada Post had raised stamp rates earlier it would have been in a far stronger financial position.
Parcel volumes and revenue are down. But let’s not forget CPC is pushing business away to its subsidiary Purolator.
Focused on Our Goal: Negotiated Agreements
Canada Post continues to pin the blame for its financial performance on its workers. For the Corporation, “labour uncertainty” was the primary cause of its losses this quarter.
But Canada Post is the one that cancelled the last two meetings. And the Corporation refuses to take accountability for the continued “uncertainty” that both it and its backers in Government have caused: delaying negotiations for more than 8 months now after a Section 107 return to work order and a forced vote under Section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code.
While Canada Post is already trying to use its latest financial report to spin the public narrative in its favour, CUPW remains focused above all on securing ratifiable collective agreements at the bargaining table. We won’t let this report distract us from that goal.
In solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President
@john_koenig99 wrote:Is it really necessary to keep posting the Union's diatribe on this dispute? We already know about their stubbornness.
More impartial views on the situation need to be shared, IMO.
I am simply showing what both sides are saying, as my heading shows. Canada Post is not posting very much detail on the subject. Personally, I am not in favour of the Union's views, and only showing what's publicly posted.
@marnotom! wrote:I don’t think we’re getting anything like an impartial perspective from the mainstream media, which seem to be largely regurgitating Canada Post media releases.
I don’t see anything biased or “propaganda”-like when the union states that Canada Post could have done and could be more to increase revenues. I think that’s pretty self-evident. Besides, the union is just reminding us of what Canada Post itself has reported!
It's cheap talk (again, my opinion) to ask a company to do more and "be" more to increase revenue, when labour costs and employee benefits make up 68% of total operating costs (15% of it is benefits alone):
