Negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have “ground to a halt,” the country’s national postal service said Tuesday evening, as the nationwide postal strike entered its 12th day.
Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon confirmed the stalemate in a post on the social media platform X Wednesday morning, writing that the special federal mediator “has decided to temporarily suspend mediation.”
“This pause in mediation activities will hopefully permit the parties to reassess their positions and return to the bargaining table with renewed resolve,” MacKinnon wrote. “As soon as productive bargaining can begin anew, the special mediator will re-engage the parties. Canadians are counting on them to create these conditions quickly.”
In a statement, Canada Post said it is “is considering its options to move negotiations forward” and that no meetings are scheduled with either the union or the federal mediator Wednesday.
