I will post here what Canada Post & Postal Union positions are.

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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

[byto253]

In Ottawa Shoppers and other outlets carry the load so they are open on the weekends - but parcels are not picked up until Monday other than a short window at peak Christmas demand. 

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Tentative Agreements versus Canada Post’s October 3 Global Offers

Tuesday December 23 2025

2023-2027/380

No.172

Compared to Canada Post’s October 3 Global Offers, we have secured improvements in our tentative agreements.

Changes for both Urban and RSMC Members

Tentative Agreements	CPC’s October 3 Global Offers
Duration of the Collective Agreements 5 years, expiring January 2029.	Duration of the Collective Agreements 4 years, expiring January 2028.
Wages Year 1: 6.5% Year 2: 3% Year 3: Indexed to CPI Year 4: Indexed to CPI Year 5: Indexed to CPI	Wages Year 1: 6% Year 2: 3% Year 3: 2% Year 4: 2%
Defined Benefit Pension (future employees) No changes.	Defined Benefit Pension (future employees) Must work 6 consecutive months as a regular employee before being enrolled.
EHCP Improvements to health benefits plan take effect from the date of the signing of the collective agreements. No change to cost-sharing contributions.	EHCP Improvements to health benefits plan take effect 90 days after the signing of the collective agreements. Raise the employee contribution of the cost-sharing contributions to the “Medical” portion of the plan from 5% to 15%.
Short-Term Disability Program (approvals) Employee absence will not be managed by the Disability Management Provider (Canada Life) for the first 28 days in case of illness. 7-day qualifying period in case of illness. 0-day qualifying period in case of hospitalization or non-work-related accident from the date medical sought.	Short-Term Disability Program (approvals) Approval for STD benefits determined by Disability Management Provider (Canada Life) in all cases. 7-day qualifying period in all cases.
Injury on Duty Leave To be paid at 80%	Injury on Duty Leave No change: to be paid at 75%

RSMC Specific

Tentative Agreement	CPC’s October 3 Global Offer
Load-levelling of Work No load levelling.	Load-levelling of Work Management right to reallocate collection and delivery activities between routes.
Absence Coverage Absences of less than 10 days “shall” be covered as per the following order: PFEs, OCREs, Route holders, other means.	Absence Coverage Absences of less than 10 days “may” be covered.
Appendix A Traditional Model (TM) Defines and clarifies who is eligible to perform weekend work.	Appendix A Traditional Model (TM) CPC added “eligible” to define who is able to perform weekend work, without clarifying what eligible means.
Overtime Rates Route holders and flex will be paid double time for all hours worked on a day of rest. For schedules with less than 5 days of work, the days of rest will be identified. Hours worked on the 6th or 7th day will be paid at double time.	Overtime Rates When an employee works more than five (5) days in the same week, they shall be paid at the rate of double time for all hours worked on the sixth (6th) and seventh (7th) days of that week.
Appendix F Any route coverage will be structured work.	Appendix F With the exception of full route coverage, work may be unstructured.
Bidding Following Annual Assessment A bid shall not be conducted if the restructuring of the office is scheduled to be implemented within the next six (6) months.	Bidding Following Annual Assessment A bid shall not be conducted if the restructuring of the office is scheduled to start within the next six (6) months.

Urban Specific

Tentative Agreement	CPC’s October 3 Global Offer
Job Security Full application of Article 53	Job Security No application of Article 53 for “workforce adjustments” resulting from implementation of “Government-directed measures” (e.g., CMB conversion). CPC “discretion” to offer “departure incentives.”
Retail Counters Must keep at least 393 retail counters staffed by CUPW members open.	Retail Counters Management right to close all retail counters staffed by CUPW members.
Separate Sort from Delivery (SSD) 60% of full-time LC routes start at or before 10:30 am and 40% no later than 12 PM. Prep time for Neighbourhood Mail may be scheduled at any time within the workday, depending on operational needs.	Separate Sort from Delivery (SSD) LC start times “will reflect network needs and efficiency objectives.” Neighbourhood Mail “work centre prep will be reviewed and necessary changes” made.
Dynamic Routing No dynamic routing.	Dynamic Routing CPC to “soft launch” a maximum of 10 locations during the life of the collective agreement.
Load-levelling of Work No load levelling.	Load-levelling of Work Management right to reallocate collection and delivery activities between routes with no additional compensation for letter carriers.
Part-Time Unstructured There will not be a Part-Time Flex function. A new letter carrier function called Part-Time Unstructured (PTU). All extensions will be voluntary. Maximum of 8% of full-time LC assignments nationally and 12% per installation (minimum 1 per installation).	Flex Staffing A new letter carrier function called Part-Time Flex (PTF). Forced extensions up to 30 hours per week. Maximum of 15% of full-time LC assignments per installation.
Weekend Delivery 18-month moratorium on restructures after introduction of weekend delivery to protect Monday-Friday routes. No weekend delivery to large volume commercial customers.	Weekend Delivery No moratorium on restructures after introduction of weekend delivery to protect Monday-Friday routes.
Volume Updates Make Appendix QQ permanent only after there is an agreement or arbitrator’s decision on the percentage of coverage formula under Appendix KK.	Volume Updates Make Appendix QQ permanent and let CPC use it to adjust routes up or down.
Wash-up Time Maintain current five-minute wash-up time.	Wash-up Time Delete the five-minute wash-up time.

In Solidarity,

Lana Smidt

Lead Negotiator, Urban Operations Unit

François Senneville

Lead Negotiator, RSMC Unit

[flipistics]

Apparently Denmark, as of Tuesday, will be shuttering it's lettermail service entirely. It'll be slower to happen here due to the sheer size of the country and remoteness of a lot of communities (questionable internet), but it is rather interesting. I'd bet that will happen in a lot of countries over the next 10 years or so.

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@flipistics wrote:

Apparently Denmark, as of Tuesday, will be shuttering it's lettermail service entirely. 

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My understanding is that letters will still
be a thing in Denmark, but their delivery will be outsourced or contracted out to the private sector.