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By Tanner Smith

"Canadians should be alarmed"

Canada Post union workers’ strike continues

Sep 29, 2025 | 4:40 PM

A nationwide post-strike continues in Canada, as sweeping mandate changes would cut back door-to-door delivery services and close some offices.

Today (Monday, Sept. 29), the federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu urged Canada Post to quickly table an offer to the union; CUPW local 744 President Tamara Morrison agrees with the sentiment, but feels it may be falling on deaf ears.

“2018, we’ve been (under) binding arbitration since then. Canada Post wants it. Now all of a sudden they don’t, and we’ve asked for it. So you just got to look behind the curtain and see what’s happening. Why don’t they want binding arbitration? Because their contract that they’re trying to force on us is just unbelievable.”

Morrison adds when it comes to negotiating, “we’re there, Canada Post isn’t.”

Minister Hajdu also did not rule out the possibility of federal interference to end the latest strike, after a back-to-work order from the federal government ended the first postal strike earlier this year.

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Morrison says as a resident and the wife of another union worker, “Canadians should be alarmed” with how these situations are handled, including other sectors like Alberta teachers and BC Public Services, who are facing similar issues.

“A lot of union workers are on strike and why is it? That’s what you should ask, we haven’t seen this many strikes in so long. Why is it? and it’s because employers aren’t negotiating properly, so yeah we’re gonna be on strike because we should be able to, and our Constitution (says our legal right) is bargain.”

Morrison says the outcome of this strike will impact every other union, and if they do get strong-armed by the government, Canadians should take note, as “that’s not bargaining, that’s bullying.”

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Part of the unresolved bargaining issues centre around Canada Post’s current delivery model and how the Crown Corporation reports that it’s losing upwards of $10 million a day while other delivery services continue to make a profit.

Morrison calls it comparing “apples and oranges” as Canada Post is a government-supplied service and not a business.

“Would you defund the police, right? They’re a public service, they’re not supposed to make money. The fire department’s not supposed to make money, and the same thing with Canada Post, but I think because there are other competitors that make money (profits are used to encourage a different business model), but we’re comparing two different things.”

Morrison added that if you break down the cost per taxpayer to cover the billion dollars Canada Post borrowed at the start of the year, it would equal out to $33; “I’d pay that, so an elderly person in a rural area can get their medication delivered and not drive on these roads in the winter.”

When discussing the profit deficits, Morrison said the current strike “only pushes that towards their other company,” as Canada Post owns majority shares in Purolator, with the Chair of Canada Post’s Board, André Hudon, and the CEO of Canada Post, Doug Ettinger, serving as Board of Directors.

Morrison adds that anyone who would like to keep their local post office and workers in their community can write a letter to their MLA, or join the picket lines at their nearest Canada Post plant.

During the ongoing strike, some post offices will remain open as they belong to a different union; however, they will not be delivering or processing any mail.