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National Post
3 hours ago
- Business
- National Post
Canada Post reaches a deal with second-largest union. Could there still be a strike?
Canada Post and its second-largest union have reached an agreement in the ongoing labour dispute between the postal service and its workers. Article content In a statement released Thursday, the employer said it has a new collective agreement with the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association. As Canada Post's second-largest union, CPAA represents more than 8,500 employees, primarily those responsible for managing post offices in rural Canada. Article content Article content Article content What are the terms of the new agreement? Article content Article content The new agreement includes an 11 per cent wage increase over three years, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024. The increase is split between 6 per cent in 2024, 3 per cent in 2025, and 2 per cent in 2026. The agreement is effective from Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2026. Article content According to a release from the union, the agreement also includes a $1,000 lump-sum payment to all full-time employees on the date of its signing, and $500 to all other employees. Article content No. Canada Post is still trying to reach a deal with CUPW, its largest union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers. It has been in a strike position since May 23, with the union having imposed a ban on overtime since that date. Article content Last week, the corporation received notice that Patty Hajdu, the minister of jobs and families, had approved its request for a vote to take place on the company's final offers to CUPW, which was delivered on May 28. The vote will be administered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board as soon as possible. Article content 'Canada Post welcomes the Minister's decision as it will provide employees with the opportunity to have a voice and to vote on a new collective agreement at a critical point in the company's history,' the company said in a statement. It is still unclear when the vote will take place. Article content
6 hours ago
- Business
Ontario woman distressed Purolator lost her passport. She was offered $100 gift card as goodwill gesture
Début du widget Widget. Passer le widget ? Fin du widget Widget. Retourner au début du widget ? A London, Ont., woman says Purolator lost her former Indian passport while it was en route to a consulate office in Brampton, and after months of not being able to locate it, the courier service closed her case and offered her a $100 Amazon gift card for the inconvenience. Jaya Chevendra, 62, said the document had legal and sentimental value, and its loss has jeopardized her plans of retiring in India and having citizenship rights. She said she turned down the gift certificate offer, and believes Purolator's financial compensation dodges accountability for the distress caused by the error. There was no extension of wanting to help make this right in any shape or form, except throw a few dollars at me because I was out a few dollars, she said. The financial portion is irrelevant in this case. It is a critical document and I have no other document that would replace it. In early 2024, Chevendra — who was born in India and has been a Canadian citizen for decades — applied for an Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) that allows her benefits including the ability to open a bank account and buy property in India, which does not allow dual citizenship. To obtain an OCI, she had to surrender the Indian passport issued to her in 1980. She sent it to BLS India Visa Application Centre's Brampton office using Canada Post's registered mail service, which ensures a signature upon delivery, a mailing receipt and tracking information. BLS sent it back to her, stating it doesn't accept packages from Canada Post and directed Chevendra to use Purolator instead. In September, Chevendra created an OCI application for a friend and sent off both passports together through Purolator. Her friend's package was delivered by Oct. 2, but Chevendra's was last seen in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke and couldn't be tracked after that. Missing packages 'rare occurrence,' says Purolator BLS couldn't be reached for comment, but its website says Purolator is its third-party logistics company and its system platform is integrated with BLS to track any Application's Life Cycle Status from 'Receiving at BLS' to 'Delivery from BLS.' The website said BLS cannot track applications coming through other mail services. In a statement to CBC News, Purolator said it cannot comment on individual customers' packages, but once a customer reaches out to its support team, Purolator initiates a trace investigation and searches its facilities. If a package still isn't found, customers can start a claims process. Purolator makes every effort to ensure that packages are delivered on time. However, issues do at times arise, either because of the way the shipment is tendered by the shipper or during the delivery process, which can prevent a package from being successfully delivered, the statement said. While it is a very rare occurrence, we sincerely regret when a package goes missing. After this article was published, a Purolator representative contacted CBC News to say the gift card was offered as a gesture of goodwill. For months, Chevendra said, she followed up with both BLS and Purolator, but neither company had any idea where the package went. She said she wrote a letter to Purolator expressing concern and asking for more support to help find her passport. There's a lot of identifying information about me, my address, my signature is on every single document in that envelope, and so I'm really concerned about identity theft. I stated my concern about that and it was not addressed in their letter back to me, she said. It's appalling that they can be so dismissive of something so important. They took responsibility for that package when they accepted the money and said they would deliver it. They failed to deliver it and I don't feel they're doing nearly enough to make it right. Chevendra showed CBC an email thread with a Purolator customer relations employee, who apologized to her and explained the company's thorough search, which included a check of its records dating back to September 2024 and BLS's records using her Indian passport, but to no avail. The employee acknowledged Chevendra's frustration and offered to cover the cost of her $51 bank draft, plus a $100 Amazon gift card as a gesture of apology. Shipping important documents 'always risky': expert In using courier services, there's always a chance items can go missing, despite signed contracts and regulations, according to Ken Whitehurst, executive director of Consumers Council of Canada, a volunteer non-profit. Transferring a document that is unique is always going to be risky because things will go wrong in any system that's large scale with documents, he said. The decline of in-person customer services means more people are left to figure out next steps on their own, said Whitehurst, calling it a buyer beware world, with increasing risks. As people flock to convenience, governments reduce their service locations and don't have to offer them face-to-face services, but ultimately that can prove very problematic because of exactly this kind of situation where there's a loss of custody of something very important, he said. Customers in contracts can take action based on the terms or conditions for delivery and compensation for non-delivery. They can also look into taking the merchant to small claims court to seek damages, said Whitehurst. In Chevendra's case, she's calling on Purolator and BLS to locate her passport or find an alternative way for her to get her an OCI. They need to make it right and that means they need to talk to higher-ups and do all the running around because at this point, I don't know what to do. They're the ones that have my passport — it has to be somewhere. Isha Bhargava (new window) · CBC News
The Market Online
6 hours ago
- Business
- The Market Online
TSX Futures Climb as U.S. Holds Off on Mideast Military Move
Canadian equity futures ticked up Friday as markets breathed a temporary sigh of relief, with concerns over potential U.S. military escalation in the Israel-Iran standoff showing signs of easing. Market Numbers (Futures) TSX :Up ( 0.20%) 26,559.01TSXV: Down (0.37%) 715.97DOW: Up (0.11%) 42,234.00NASDAQ: Up (0.17%) 21,758.25 FTSE: Up (0.41%) 8,827.97 In the Headlines: Canada's struggling EV market just got hammered harder, as workers say new tariffs are triggering production cuts and job losses across the industry. And Canada Post locked in a deal with its second-largest union, giving rural workers an 11% raise, while talks with CUPW remain on the table. Currencies Update: (Futures) The Canadian dollar is down 0.08% to $0.7298 U.S., also in the red against the Euro by 0.27% to $0.6314 and Bitcoin is up 1.03% to 145,246.94 Commodities: (Futures) Natural Gas: Up (3.44%), 4.13WTI: Down (2.33%), 73.37Gold: Down (0.70%), 3,347.07 Copper: Up (1.34%) 6.14 To stay up-to-date on all of your market news head to Join the discussion: Find out what everybody's saying check out the rest of Stockhouse's stock forums and message boards. The material provided in this article is for information only and should not be treated as investment advice. For full disclaimer information, please click here
Global News
7 hours ago
- Business
- Global News
Unifor asks feds to reject DHL's request for strike intervention
Unifor sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and cabinet ministers this week decrying a request from package company DHL to intervene in a strike. That request was made by DHL in a letter last week that was shared on the union's website. The letter said the change that takes effect on June 20 to federal labour law banning replacement workers during strikes threatens to 'severely undermine' DHL's operational capabilities. It said the cessation of its operations would lead to the loss of around 2,800 jobs and asks that the government intervene to allow DHL Express to continue operating while it negotiates with the union. The letter said the company saw 'similar interventions' during the ongoing strike at Canada Post and that it thinks such action is warranted in its case given that it provides 'essential logistics services to Canadians.' Story continues below advertisement 4:10 CUPW workers to vote on Canada Post's latest offer Unifor national president Lana Payne argued in the letter to Carney that DHL locked out its workers and forced members to respond with strike action. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy She said the company is asking for a 'free pass' to avoid having to comply with anti-scab legislation which sets a 'dangerous precedent.' She said the use of 'scabs' leads to longer disputes, contributes to higher conflict at picket lines, jeopardizes workplace safety and 'removes the employer incentive to negotiate and settle fair contracts.' With the two sides at an impasse, DHL Express Canada has said it will shut down operations across the country. DHL said it will halt parcel deliveries starting June 20, the day federal legislation banning replacement workers takes full effect. The upcoming shutdown adds to the labour turmoil in the parcel market, as Canada Post remains at loggerheads with 55,000 workers amid strained negotiations and an overtime ban imposed by the union last month. Story continues below advertisement Unifor represents over 2,000 DHL truck drivers, couriers and warehouse and call centre employees across Canada. — With files from Christopher Reynolds
Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Posthaste: Canadians don't want Canada Post sold or privatized despite red ink and strikes, poll finds
Despite all the ongoing labour strife that has rocked Canada Post, many Canadians are opposed to selling or privatizing the struggling service, and a majority of them support an annual $20-per-person subsidy to protect universal delivery, according to a new poll by the Angus Reid Institute. The poll of about 4,000 adults conducted from June 2 to June 8 said 59 per cent opposed selling Canada Post while 29 per cent favoured selling it. The margin narrowed when it came to privatization, with 47 per cent against the idea and 38 per cent for it, though that only related to certain parts of the crown corporation. Nearly two-thirds said it was 'important' that Canada Post remain a public entity. To that end, 61 per cent said they would be willing to pay $20 per year to support Canada Post's mandate to provide universal service, which calls for cross-country mail delivery five days a week. 'Canadians do treasure their postal service, but at the same time, they are open to big changes,' Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute, said. Canada Post has been mired in financial and labour troubles for the past few years. The federal labour minister on June 12 ordered the 55,000 Canada Post employees represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Worker to vote on the latest contract offer from the crown corporation after management and the union could not resolve their issues following 18 months of bargaining. The vote will be held by the Canada Industrial Relations Board, though a date has yet to be set. That decision came following a country-wide strike that started in November and only ended in mid-December when Ottawa intervened. There were also rotating strikes in 2018. On top of that, the crown corporation is bleeding money, having lost $841 million before taxes in 2024, according to its most recent financial report. The last time it turned a profit was in 2017. While a majority of Canadians want Canada Post to stick around, they also think changes are in order. For example, 72 per cent said they would favour cutting back mail service to three days a week, while just over half said that 'gig workers' should be used to help deliver mail and parcels 'if it improves cost and service quality,' and 72 per cent said Canada Post should offer other services, including banking and parcel lockers. A report commissioned by the government following the end of the 2024 strike recommended eliminating daily door-to-door delivery, but maintaining delivery to businesses. A physical mail service may seem antiquated in the digital age, but the poll also uncovered unexpected support among certain age groups. During last year's strike, older Canadians were the focus because they weren't receiving their pension payments and bills via the mail. However, Angus Reid said 57 per cent of people aged 18 to 35 feel Canada Post is important to them compared with 44 per cent of those aged 55 and up. 'The younger generation is really the generation that depends more now on Canada Post than, say, millennials or gen-Xers or baby boomers just because of the frequency of online shopping and the way that we're going in that direction,' Kurl said. Other findings included that 66 per cent said they don't support cutting the pay and benefits of unionized postal workers, despite support for using non-union workers. The urban/rural divide on the importance of Canada Post stood out, too, with 55 per cent of rural Canadians saying the service matters to them and they receive mail regularly compared with 45 per cent of urbanites. Nationally, a bit less than half of Canadians said Canada Post is important to them and receive mail regularly. On Thursday, Canada Post announced it had reached a deal with the union representing more than 8,500 employees primarily responsible for managing post offices in rural Canada. to get Posthaste delivered straight to your Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the federal deficit will hit $46 billion in the 2024-2025 fiscal year because of better-than-expected revenues. Article content The PBO expects the deficit to be $4.3 billion lower than its estimate in its election-costing report and $2.3 billion lower than what was estimated in the fall economic statement, according to its updated economic and fiscal monitor report released Thursday. — Jordan Gowling, Financial Post Read the full story here. Today's Data: U.S. Philadelphia Fed Index, Canada retail sales for April, industrial product and raw materials price index Earnings: Carmax Inc. 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