With a week to go until Canada Post workers could be back on the picket line, a key report is set to be released Thursday that aims to chart a path for the Crown corporation’s future — and a way to a new contract agreement.
Both sides have until May 22 to reach an agreement or face the prospect of a work stoppage through a strike or lockout.
Thursday, veteran mediator William Kaplan is expected to deliver the official report to the federal government from his Industrial Inquiry Commission. In December, Kaplan was appointed to run the commission by then-federal labour minister Steven MacKinnon.
At the same time, MacKinnon asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to declare an impasse in contract talks. The CIRB did just that, and workers were ordered back on the job Dec. 17, temporarily pausing a month-long strike.
