Over 100 of Canada Put up staff held a rally exterior of the Crown company’s head workplace in Ottawa on Thursday, because the strike job motion by 55,000 postal staff nears the tip of its second week.
The Canadian Union of Postal Employees (CUPW) organized the rally from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. within the space of Riverside Drive and Heron Street.
CUPW’s rally comes after negotiations stalled Wednesday. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon mentioned the particular federal mediator has quickly suspended mediation as a result of Canada Put up and CUPW stay too far aside on crucial points. MacKinnon later mentioned the federal authorities doesn’t plan to drive a consequence by binding arbitration.
“We’re prepared to return to the desk. We have now been on the desk.” mentioned Peter Denley, nationwide director of the centre area workplace of the union of postal staff. “We’ve been trying to set realistic solutions to their problems that grow their business, but also provide safe and good working conditions for our workers. And it’s time for Canada Post to start listening to the people that do the work.”
Denley says Canada Put up opted to withdraw from the desk as an alternative of offering a response to the provides the union had offered. Nonetheless, Denley stays optimistic about discovering options.
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“We’re making an attempt to create good jobs. Minister McKinnon mentioned yesterday that the Canada Put up would not need to be worthwhile, must be sustainable, and it has to supply good jobs for Canadians and supply good service to each particular person on this nation, not like every other supply service,” Denley added.
The union says Canada Put up has been shedding placing staff, calling the layoffs a “scare tactic.” A Canada Put up spokeswoman instructed the Canadian Press the layoffs are short-term.
On Nov. 15, staff went on strike after negotiations failed to succeed in a brand new collective settlement between CUPW and Canada Put up, disrupting mail supply within the lead as much as the busy vacation season.
The union says it desires salaries introduced in keeping with inflation, a rise in paid medical days, higher advantages, and to stop the corporate from utilizing personal contractors. Canada Put up, in the meantime, mentioned in an announcement to Ontario Chronicle Wednesday that it should make modifications to its “outdated, mail-based supply mannequin” and evaluated its losses at greater than $3 billion since 2018.
Putting Canada Put up staff maintain a rally exterior of the Crown company’s head workplace in Ottawa on Thursday. (Tyler Fleming/ Ontario Chronicle Ottawa)
On Thursday, Canada Put up mentioned in an announcement to Newstalk 580 CFRA it understands the impression the strike is having on Canadians, declaring its dedication to barter new agreements that profit its members, with out including extra fastened prices that would hamper the corporate’s future.
“Canada Put up is contemplating its choices to maneuver negotiations ahead with better urgency and stays dedicated to negotiating new collective agreements,” reads the assertion.
“With mounting monetary losses within the billions, Canada Put up requires better flexibility to its outdated, mail-based supply mannequin. That is about the way forward for the postal service and rising revenues by higher serving Canadians.”
With recordsdata from Ontario Chronicle Ottawa’s Tyler Fleming, Ted Raymond and Ontario Chronicle
