“We do have some distributors in Canada that we buy from and, of course, some of them use the post office”, explained Perry.
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On Sunday, the union said its initial plans for job action would have little effect on Canada Post customers.
“Nobody should be forced to stay at work once they’ve done their hours. We’ll still be delivering mail every day”, according to Mike Palecek, national president of the CUPW.
While CUPW members could walk off the job, the plan was to rotate overtime bans from province-to-province on a daily basis beginning Monday in Alberta and the North West Territories. This means all job action is postponed until 00:01AM on Tuesday, August 30.
However, a federal mediator requested that talks continue for another 24 hours – which both sides agreed to.
Pensions may be the hot-button issue of the ongoing labour dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, but union representatives argue a gender pay gap is also at its heart. “If they were to file 72-hour notice, we would be changing the terms and conditions”, Hamilton said.
“Despite our best efforts and the assistance of the two mediators, we have not yet managed to achieve agreements in principle for either bargaining unit”.
“But we do need the corporation to negotiate meaningful”.
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Tuesday’s letter was signed by 200 women primarily from English-speaking Canada, including actress Sarah Polley, author Naomi Klein and social activists Maude Barlow and Judy Rebick.
