Bulletin #147
October 3, 2025
Today, October 3, Canada Post finally presented its latest global offers to CUPW negotiators.
We had expected that Canada Post would return to the table and make significant movement so that our members could ratify their offers. Instead, it chose to use the Government’s announcement last week to take major steps backwards.
We waited 45 days for offers that are worse than what we rejected in August. Canada Post must have known that there is no way we can accept these and is clearly wasting even more time. So why did they bother?
After the forced vote, Minister Patty Hajdu told the Parties that the next proposals needed to be ratifiable. Canada Post is not listening.
New Lows
Virtually everything from their May offers remains the same, but there are some new rollbacks including the removal of job security, a workforce adjustment zone of 60km for restructure, and straight job cuts.
This Isn’t Bargaining
Canada Post and the Government have repeatedly stressed the urgency of signing new collective agreements, but they are making a mockery of the collective bargaining process with these insulting offers.
Postal workers want ratifiable collective agreements. We want stability for postal workers, our families, and the public who depend on us. But Canada Post seems hell bent on making workers’ pay for the financial crisis it created and trying to turn the public against the very workers who keep this service alive.
Your negotiating committees will now take the time to thoroughly review and analyze the 500-plus pages of each of the latest offers.
In solidarity,
Jan Simpson
National President