Canada Post Corporation

Bargaining INFO - August 24, 2004

As you know, your PSAC/UPCE Bargaining Team was scheduled to be in negotiations with Canada Post from August 16 to September 3 inclusive. Regrettably, we have had to amend this timeline, to end the bargaining session on August 31 instead. This change is due to the impending strike at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) which could take place as early as September 3. We and the CRA bargaining team share the same negotiator; we support our negotiator and the CRA bargaining team in achieving the best possible collective agreement for the membership.

When establishing the timeline for negotiations, your Team had been upfront with Canada Post from the beginning, alerting the employer that these dates would be subject to the availability of our negotiator. While this change does shorten slightly our bargaining session, your Team is committed to working hard in the hope of addressing as many of your demands as possible. Negotiations are due to resume with Canada Post on September 8. More news on UPCE bargaining will follow with our next Negotiation Update later this week .