Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu
is asking on
Canada Submit
and its union to return to the bargaining desk to hash out phrases for binding arbitration.
In a social media statemen
t Wednesday, the minister additionally requested the Crown company and the
Canadian Union of Postal Employees
to proceed to work towards a deal outdoors of that course of.
She says arbitration shouldn’t be the popular path, however urged the stage could be set for an imposed settlement if the 2 sides couldn’t discover widespread floor themselves.
Right now I requested Canada Submit and CUPW to return to the bargaining desk with federal mediators to do two issues: to hunt to barter phrases for an arbitration course of to conclude this spherical of bargaining, and to have the union desk its response to Canada Submit’s final world presents.
— Patty Hajdu (@PattyHajdu) June 4, 2025
The minister says Canadians anticipate the events to resolve the deadlock and that federal mediators are standing by to assist.
On Friday, Canada Submit requested Hajdu to pressure a union vote on
its “ultimate presents,”
whereas the union requested binding arbitration, which the employer rejected.
After a month-long strike final fall, the union has once more been in a authorized strike place since Might 23, however has as a substitute opted to ban members from working extra time whereas negotiations continued.
