Postal union launches nationwide strike after feds announce ‘heavy-handed intervention’ reforms to transform ‘insolvent’ Canada Post

'The Liberals are burning bridges with the labour movement faster than an express-post delivery,' says Brock University professor Larry Savage.

Government Transformation, Public Works, and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced new reforms for Canada Post on Sept. 25, saying the Crown corporation 'is facing an existential crisis.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

September 25, 2025

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers launched a nationwide strike on Sept. 25 in response to the federal government’s sweeping reforms of Canada Post. The union said it is “outraged and appalled” by the new measures, which it argues will hurt the public and postal work...

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