By Rosalind Russell – Mail is set to begin moving again today after a month-long strike by Canada Post employees comes to a close, even as the union representing postal workers challenges the intervention in the labour dispute.
Canada Post has warned Canadians should expect delays into the new year as it resumes operations.
Though operations will technically resume today, Canada Post said it will take more time to clear the backlog of packages and letters that were paused when the strike began. It will not receive or pick up new products until Thursday and will start accepting new international mail on Dec. 23.
Canada Post said Canadians should expect delays into January, and added post office hours of operation may vary while service guarantees will be suspended as the company ramps up operations.
After a two-day hearing, The Canada Industrial Relations Board declared the union and Crown corporation were at an impasse. It ordered the postal workers back on the job, with a deal to be hammered out in the coming year.
However, the key issues at the centre of the dispute remain heading into the next phase of negotiations.
More than 55,000 workers went on strike Nov. 15 after negotiations between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post failed to produce a deal.
Photo: Canada Post workers including those in Espanola are back to work today, although they were forced to do so. Meanwhile, talks continue in an effort to break the impasse between the Crown Corporation and the postal workers union. Photo by Rosalind Russell
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