Labour Minister Maryann Mihychuk says Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached tentative agreements, averting the prospect of a labour dispute that has loomed over the talks for months.
In a statement, Mihychuk says the agreements were reached “voluntarily,” but provides no other details about the deals themselves.
The issue of differences in paycheques for rural mail carriers, most of whom are women and urban letter carriers had been at the forefront of protracted contract talks between the two sides.
The negotiations were extended twice since the weekend, when a deadline expired on a 72-hour job action notice issued on August 25th by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
The two sides were in talks nearly around the clock at the request of a special mediator, appointed August 26th, by Mihychuk.
