Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is calling on Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers to return to the bargaining table and hash out terms for binding arbitration.
In a social media statement Wednesday, the minister also asked the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to continue to work toward a deal outside of that process.
She says arbitration is “not the preferred path,” but suggested the stage would be set for an imposed settlement if the two sides could not find common ground themselves.
“Canadians expect the parties to resolve this dispute one way or another. To do that they must meet and pursue these two paths with urgency,” Hajdu said on X, formerly known as Twitter….