{"id":300277,"date":"2025-11-22T20:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/300277\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T20:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:03:14","slug":"canada-post-strike-latest-deal-unusual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/300277\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Post strike: Latest deal &#8216;unusual&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employment and labour lawyer Sundeep Gokhale says the deal coming just one day after announcing massive losses may not be a coincidence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An employment and labour lawyer has called the latest tentative deal, reached without a contract between Canada Post and the union \u201cunusual,\u201d after nearly two years of bargaining between the two parties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sundeep Gokhale told CTV News Channel on Saturday that typically, a union and an organization come to a memorandum of agreement, which includes all the details about what this deal will entail. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhat they\u2019ve done is they\u2019ve said, \u2018conceptually, we\u2019ve agreed on the big picture issues. But now we\u2019re going to put pen to paper, and provided that we have an agreement&#8230; we\u2019ll ultimately take it to a ratification vote,\u2019\u201d Gokhale said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to him, the timing of this agreement announcement is \u201cinteresting,\u201d since Canada Post announced a quarterly loss of more than $500 million on Friday and added that they will need a further bailout from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAll of a sudden, then there\u2019s an agreement to ultimately get to a tentative agreement,\u201d Gokhale added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI do believe Canada Post didn\u2019t move off their tenants needing to eliminate some of the rural offices (and) community mailboxes. They needed some of that flexibility, and I think they\u2019re ultimately going to get that through this collective agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Both, Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) confirmed that the deal was moving forward on Friday, with the Crown corporation agreeing to the same terms for any lockout action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe parties have reached agreements in principle but have yet to finalize tentative collective agreements for signing,\u201d Canada Post said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhile we do so, we have agreed that all strike\/lockout activity is suspended. As the parties work to finalize the tentative agreements, we will make no comment on the details of any potential agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The two sides have locked horns over issues like wage increases and structural changes to the workforce for the last few years, including employing more part-time employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Recently, the federal government announced changes to the corporation\u2019s mandate to allow for major changes to its operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Canada Post has declined CTV News\u2019 requests for an interview. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With files from the Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763841794_386_YPLT6ZHTELYULNAYKP4VH4ZYR4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>A Canada Post mailbox is pictured in Richmond B.C. on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Ethan Cairns A Canada Post mailbox is pictured in Richmond B.C. on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. 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