{"id":58826,"date":"2025-09-26T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=58826"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:06:00","slug":"canada-post-strike-union-issues-statement-following-federal-governments-changes-to-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=58826","title":{"rendered":"Canada Post strike: Union issues statement following federal government’s changes to mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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OTTAWA:<\/strong> The following is a statement issued by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers following the federal government’s announcement of massive changes to Canada Post’s mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Today (Sept. 25), the Minister responsible for Canada Post, Jo\u00ebl Lightbound, announced massive changes to the Government\u2019s mandate for Canada Post and huge service cutbacks to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This announcement was an outrage. Minister Lightbound gave the Union no indication that he was going to do this when leadership met with him last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Minister said he had the \u201cutmost respect\u201d for postal workers. This is no way to show it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lightbound announced that the Government was accepting and instructing Canada Post to implement the recommendations from William Kaplan\u2019s Industrial Inquiry Commission (IIC) Report from May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Converting 4 million addresses to Community Mailboxes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gutting the rural moratorium on post office closures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Giving Canada Post more \u201cflexibility\u201d in its delivery standards, including by cutting the requirement to deliver 5 days a week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Giving Canada Post the ability to raise stamp rates more frequently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    “The Minister emphasized the importance to serve all Canadians, but these recommendations will only undermine public service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “We have no details on how any of them will be implemented.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    “Converting more addresses to CMBs makes little sense when customers want their parcels to the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “The Government has completely failed to consider the problems it faced a decade ago when CPC last tried to convert door-to-door to CMB delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “The announcement also ignores how changes to delivery standards could impact mail volumes and confidence in service. And it fails to consider the importance of the moratorium on post office closures to help ensure universal service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “These recommendations could result in major job losses. On this, the Minister simply dodged questions from reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “In accepting the Kaplan report, the Government has completely rejected the need to diversify revenue streams and expand services, accepting instead Canada Post\u2019s requests for cuts.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    “Following the announcement, we heard from the federal mediators that Canada Post needs until next week to present new global offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Postal Workers Will Fight Back<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    “This slapdash approach without full public consultation is an insult to the public and to postal workers. The Government may act as the sole shareholder, but the public owns the post office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “There was no indication as to what this means for the planned mandate review \u2013 nor when that will happen given these massive changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “We cannot accept this attack on good jobs and public services.\u00a0 Let\u2019s now turn our efforts to making sure the Government and Canada Post hear us loud and clear. We have done it before. We will do it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Strike Action Update<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    “In response to the Government\u2019s attack on our postal service and workers, effective immediately, all CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nation-wide strike.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The statement was issued by Jan Simpson, National President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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