Canada Post says it has failed to make progress in recent talks with the union representing 55,000 postal workers as an increasingly acrimonious impasse drags on.
The Crown corporation says the two sides cannot find common ground even on the terms for an arbitration process, which Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu asked the parties to work toward.
Canada Post spokeswoman Lisa Liu says the Canadian Union of Postal Workers has effectively refused to recognize a federally commissioned report that called for major reforms to the 158-year-old institution, including more flexible routes and part-time weekend positions with similar pay rates and benefits.
She says the two sides exchanged some information on Thursday and Friday through federal mediators, but managed little contact since….