Published December 16, 2024 at 6:21 am
Last Updated December 16, 2024 at 1:14 pm
While mail is set to begin moving again on Tuesday as Canada Post employees return to work, key “structural issues” at the centre of the month-long strike remain outstanding heading into the next phase of negotiations.
The federal government pushed to end the work stoppage last week, when Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the 55,000 picketing employees back to work within days if it determined a deal isn’t doable before the end of the year.
Canada Post said Sunday night that after two days of hearings over the weekend, an impasse was declared by the board. It said union members have been ordered back to work under their existing contracts, which have been extended until May to allow the bargaining process to resume.
MacKinnon said Friday that negotiations had been “going in the wrong direction” …