Canada Post Strike Looms as Workers Prepare Picket Walkout
Monday, May 19, 2025, 4:20 pm
Canada Post faces significant disruption as unionized postal workers have issued multiple strike notices, with plans to hit the picket lines this Friday. Affecting roughly 55,000 employees, the looming walkout threatens nationwide mail operations and intensifies labor tensions as negotiations hang in the balance.
Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing 55,000 postal workers.
The development would mark the second strike in less than a year, and a new work stoppage would affect millions of households and businesses
Selon la société d’État, la grève débuterait le vendredi 23 mai à minuit, heure locale.
Workers for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), for both Urban and RSMC (Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers) bargaining units issued the notice on Monday.
Postes Canada annonce avoir reçu un préavis de grève émanant du Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (STTP). Selon la société d’État, la grève débuterait le vendredi 23 mai à minuit, heure locale.
The Crown corporation says the notices state that employees plan to hit the picket line starting Friday at midnight
Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing 55,000 postal workers.
The Crown corporation says the notices state that employees plan to hit the picket line starting Friday at midnight
MONTREAL — Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing some 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week. The Crown corporation says the union informed it that employees plan to hit the picket line starting Friday morning at…
Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing 55,000 postal workers.
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