Overview
- CUPW members, who began voting Monday, are weighing a tentative five-year contract through May 30 while also casting a strike‑mandate ballot under a no‑strike and no‑lockout pledge during the vote.
- Canada Post reported a $1.57‑billion pre‑tax loss for 2025 and blamed sharp parcel declines on labour unrest, with volumes falling 32.6 percent, or about 79 million packages, as customers moved to private carriers.
- The corporation has launched consultations to convert roughly four million door‑to‑door addresses to community mailboxes over about five years, starting with about 136,000 addresses in late 2026 and early 2027 across 13 communities.
- Management says it plans to shrink the workforce by about 30,000 positions through retirements and voluntary departures by 2035, a shift that union locals warn could strain service for seniors, low‑income households and rural residents.
- The proposed deal would raise wages by 6.5 percent and then 3 percent in the first two years, with inflation‑linked increases after that, and the union’s president is urging members to reject it despite a board majority’s endorsement.