{"id":189597,"date":"2018-11-14T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=189597"},"modified":"2018-11-14T05:00:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T10:00:22","slug":"post-office-suspends-service-guarantees-as-more-rotating-strikes-strand-packages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/14\/post-office-suspends-service-guarantees-as-more-rotating-strikes-strand-packages\/","title":{"rendered":"Post office suspends service guarantees as more rotating strikes strand packages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Vancouver and Toronto shutdowns will cause significant service disruptions and add to a backlog of trailers filled with parcels that have yet to be sorted for distribution, Canada Post said. (File Photo By Raysonho\/Wikimedia commons, CC0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OTTAWA \u2014 Canada Post suspended delivery-time guarantees to its customers Tuesday, acknowledging a lack of progress in contract talks with its unionized workforce Tuesday as a fourth week of rotating strikes began.<\/p>\n

The Crown corporation also warned its customers that more delivery delays are inevitable after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers closed two major processing centres in Ontario and British Columbia.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite lengthy discussions and continued proposals by Canada Post to respond to the union’s demands through three rounds of mediation, we are still no closer to a deal,\u201d the agency said in an emailed statement. \u201cUnfortunately, the growing impact of the union’s rotating strikes on postal operations across the country means Canada Post must suspend its service-delivery guarantees until further notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

CUPW members walked off the job early Tuesday in Toronto and at a distribution centre in Scarborough, Ont.<\/p>\n

Rotating strikes also resumed late Monday at locations in Nova Scotia, including Halifax, but ended Tuesday morning at a processing centre near Vancouver.<\/p>\n

The Vancouver and Toronto shutdowns will cause significant service disruptions and add to a backlog of trailers filled with parcels that have yet to be sorted for distribution, Canada Post said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to make best efforts to deliver, but the union’s strike efforts have caused significant backlogs and delays throughout our network.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 180 trailers containing parcels and mail were idled in Toronto alone as of Tuesday, the post office said.<\/p>\n

CUPW national president Mike Palecek said that contract talks made little progress in recent weeks despite the involvement of a special mediator whose mandate expired on the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn spite of the continued assistance of the mediator over the weekend, Canada Post still refuses to address our major issues of health and safety, staffing, over-burdening, job security, a reduction in precarious employment, fair wages for all and a better work-life balance,\u201d Palecek said in a statement. \u201cWhile we remain at the bargaining table, ready to negotiate with Canada Post, we will not sit back in silence. This fight is not over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada Post rejected the union’s claim, repeating that it has made \u201csignificant\u201d wage, benefit and job-security proposals.<\/p>\n

Bargaining for contracts for two groups of employees \u2014 urban carriers and rural and suburban workers \u2014 has been ongoing for nearly a year.<\/p>\n

Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned his government could intervene if progress isn’t made soon in the talks, but did not say what action might be taken.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Labour Minister Patty Hajdu repeated the government’s warning Monday that it might step in ahead of the holiday online shopping rush, but again provided no details.<\/p>\n

There have been rotating postal strikes across Canada since Oct. 22 involving most of the union’s 50,000 members.<\/p>\n

The last time the federal government forced an end to a work dispute at Canada Post was in 2011, when the former Conservative government passed back-to-work legislation to end a two-week lockout by the Crown agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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