Canada Post, union to meet as threat of larger nationwide strike looms – National [Video]

Canada Post was set to meet with negotiators from its union Sunday amid warnings of mail delivery delays tied to a national ban on overtime for postal workers.

Sunday’s meeting will be the first of the weekend, a spokesperson for the Crown corporation said.

A mediator will be on hand to work with the parties who have been deadlocked for months in efforts to secure a new collective bargaining agreement.

Canada Post presented its latest offers to the union on Wednesday, which included a hike in pay and plans to roll out a fleet of part-time workers.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has yet to offer a formal response to the proposals, but its request for a two-week “truce” to consider the deal was rejected by the employer.

The most recent agreement between the parties, which was extended by the industrial relations board after Ottawa intervened in the month-long holiday season strike late last year, expired Thursday.