This afternoon, members of CUPW’s National Executive Board and our Negotiating Committees are meeting with the office of Joël Lightbound, the Minister responsible for Canada Post.
This meeting is a follow-up to our discussion with the Minister on October 8. During that meeting, we presented a different picture from the one the Corporation has been promoting to the public over the last two years. We highlighted how repeated government interference in our bargaining process has only pushed Canada Post further away from the negotiating table. We informed him of the negative impact that numerous corporate decisions have had on workers and communities over the last several years.
Finally, we told the Minister that allowing Canada Post to make sweeping changes to its mandate will not save our public post office. It will start a downward spiral that will only harm workers, businesses, charities, and the public who rely on Canada Post. We made it clear that this decision needs to be reversed.
Today, we’ll be building on that conversation. We’ll be correcting some of the misinformation that’s been circulating, and making sure the Minister’s office understands what’s really happened at the bargaining table over the last two years and what is happening in workplaces across the country.
We’ll continue to ask the Minister to push Canada Post back to the bargaining table so we can reach ratifiable collective agreements that support strong public services, good jobs, and a sustainable post office.
This is part of our ongoing effort to make sure decision-makers hear directly from postal workers and not just from Canada Post management.
We’ll share more details and an update on how the meeting went tomorrow.
In solidarity,