About 55,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers walked off the job Friday
Canada Post and the postal workers union found slivers of consensus Tuesday amid talks with a special mediator, but “a lot of ground” remains between them on the key concerns as a countrywide strike entered its fifth day.
The union said progress was made due in part to the presence of Ottawa’s top mediator, appointed to the task last week. Peter Simpson, director general of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, spent the beginning of the week at a hotel in Ottawa shuttling between the parties’ conference rooms in a back-and-forth of proposals and potential concessions.
On top of wage hikes to make up for inflation, the union is seeking bumps to short-term disability payouts and ten paid sick days per year. For rural and suburban mail carriers, the union also wants to include corporate vehicles for mail-carriers as well as paid meals and breaks.
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