“Our action will cause little to no disruption for the public”.
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“We simply want to draw attention to our negotiation issues by asking our full-time members across the country to work only their scheduled hours”, said Mike Palecek, national president of CUPW, in a press release. Part-timers will be permitted to extend to eight hours but not into overtime.
Cran adds Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) aren’t doing themselves any favours by keeping their customers uncertain. Postal workers can be forced back and severely disciplined for refusing overtime.
The union plans to alternate its overtime ban between different provinces and territories each day. They also said Canada Post would “cut off maternity and adoption leave as well as insurance and other benefits, and cancel the workers’ vacations”.
Hamilton would not comment on the state of the negotiations, but said Canada Post is “committed to that process and working through that”.
The two sides have been deadlocked for months on the issues of pay scales for rural letter carriers and proposed changes to pensions for future employees.
Contract talks continued between Canada Post and its largest union Sunday afternoon, with neither side hinting as to whether any progress had been made.
However, on Thursday, CUPW issued a 72-hour strike notice, which comes into effect Sunday at midnight if a deal is not reached.
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The Crown corporation says postal workers are not adapting to a “new reality as Canadians lead increasingly digital lives”.
