For Immediate Release

The 48,000 members in the urban operations bargaining unit of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have ratified a four year agreement with Canada Post Corporation by a vote of 65.6 per cent.

“Postal workers will see a wage increase of 10.9 per cent over four years, improved benefits and job security, enhanced health and safety provisions and better working conditions,” said CUPW National President Deborah Bourque.

“I think the union negotiated a good collective agreement and so do a majority of members, but no collective agreement is perfect,” cautioned Bourque. “The deal doesn’t solve all of our problems around service expansion, staffing or delivery of unaddressed admail but progress has been made in those areas.”

CUPW represents 54,000 members in rural and urban communities including full-time,
part-time, and temporary workers.

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