Canada Post workers are set to resume work on Tuesday, December 17.
Canada Post has reached an agreement with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to apply a five percent wage increase, retroactive to the day following the expiration of the collective agreements.
On Friday, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to order the 55,000 Canada Post employees back to work if a deal wasn't reached by the end of the year.
Workers will resume work at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Due to the backlog, Canada Post will not receive or pick up any new products until Thursday. Terms of the existing collective agreements will be extended until May 22, 2025, and provisions for striking workers will be paid out before the new year.
