Canada Post workers issue 72-hour strike notice [Video]

CUPW National President Jan Simpson attends a demonstration outside the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa last week.

Blair Gable for the Toronto Star

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) issued a 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post early Tuesday morning, allowing postal workers to legally strike as of Friday if a settlement is not reached. Canada Post, in turn, served the union with a 72-hour lockout notice, CUPW said Tuesday afternoon.

In a statement, CUPW said that Canada Post “claims to be committed to reaching negotiated collective agreements, but its actions show otherwise.”

Hayden Godfrey is a Toronto-based general assignment reporterfor the Star. Reach him via email: [email protected]

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