Updates on the Canada Post strike and what’s happening with mail for the holidays
People who applied for a new passport and chose to receive it by mail will get it once Canada Post resumes service. If you mailed in a passport application before the strike started, there’s a chance that Service Canada did not receive it and will not be able to process the application until the dispute is over.
End Canada Post strike now, chambers of commerce urge feds
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says the Canada Post strike has had a 'disproportionate impact' to entrepreneurs and small businesses engaged in e-commerce.
Canada Post using 'upsetting' tactics amid strike: union rep
We will not have a Christmas, for the vast majority of us,' laments local postal worker who understands people's frustration over strike
What happened to Michael Kovrig’s old diplomatic posting + Canada Post lays off striking workers
Ottawa’s move of Michael Kovrig’s old diplomatic posting, why Canada Post is laying off striking workers and the progress of the Eglinton LRT.
Canada Post laying off postal workers amid strike, but says it’s temporary
The CUPW says Canada Post has been calling workers across the country to lay them off, and claimed some of the layoffs were permanent, which Canada Post denies.
Canada Post temporarily laying off striking workers, union says
In a notice to members posted Monday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers called the layoffs a 'scare tactic' and said it's looking into the situation. The union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation has been laying off striking employees as the labour action by more than 55,000 workers approaches the two-week mark.
Canada Post Strike impacts local businesses during a busy season
The ongoing Canada Post strike is significantly impacting local businesses, especially those reliant on shipping. Tracy Loewen, owner of Olive Grace Co. says they started out online almost three years ago and have now been located in the Clearspring Mall since last August.
Canada Post says it has been temporarily laying off striking workers
The union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation has been laying striking employees off as the labour action by more than 55,000 workers approaches the two-week mark.
Federal government will not send Canada Post strike to arbitration, minister says
The federal government says it is not planning to intervene to resolve the labour dispute at Canada Post, even with less than a month to go before Christmas.
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Frustrations rise as Canada Post strike enters third week, hampering holiday shipments
Frustrations are mounting among consumers and small business owners as a countrywide strike of Canada Post workers enters ...
Canada Post strike marks 2 weeks during busy Black Friday shopping weekend
Tyler McCombs has about 500 pairs of underwear stuck in the mail.The packages are trapped in Canada Post's delivery network ...
Canada Post confirms it is laying off striking workers, union accuses management of ‘scare tactic’
Management said "a limited number of employees" have been impacted and employees who "have been laid off have been contacted ...
Canada Post negotiations suspended
Negotiations between Canada Post and its worker union have been suspended after "several intensive days" of talks, Labour ...
'His life is in danger': Striking Canada Post worker's family struggling to afford his cancer drugs
The family of a Canada Post employee with cancer says they're struggling to pay thousands of dollars a day for medication ...
Canada Post strike keeping woman stuck in Ottawa as she waits for U.S. visa
A Canadian woman who applied for a special visa to accept a job in the U.S. says she's been stuck in Ottawa for two weeks, ...
Canada Post contract talks break off amid 11M undelivered parcels
A federally appointed mediator has ordered Canada Post and the union representing its 55,000 postal workers to take a ...