Canada Post strike update: Workers to return to work Tuesday [Video]

Operations at Canada Post will resume at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the company said, after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered a return to work.

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon on Friday directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the 55,000 picketing employees back to work if a deal wasn’t doable before the end of the year.

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After two days of hearings over the weekend, Canada Post said the board determined negotiations between the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are at an impasse.

As directed by the minister, the labour board has extended the union contracts through May to allow additional time for the bargaining process to unfold.

In the meantime, Canada Post says it has agreed with the union to implement a five per cent wage …