What to know
- Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) finalized the remaining point in their tentative agreements for the next five years.
- The two parties have been in negotiations since September 2025.
After months of negotiations, Canada Post has finalized a tentative agreement with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
CUPW, which represents 53,000 postal workers, has been hammering out a deal with Canada Post since the fall of 2025. In November, the two sides reached an “agreement in principle” and in December, “tentative agreements for both the Urban and Rural and Suburban Mail Carrier (RSMC) bargaining units” were reached.
The two parties finally agreed on their last remaining point Wednesday, regarding “contractual language for the Short-Term Disability Program (STDP) and personal days.”
“Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have now finalized the tentative agreements for the Urban and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) bargaining units. After reaching tentative agreements in December, the parties recently worked to finalize some outstanding contractual language. The tentative agreements include higher wage increases, enhanced benefits and a weekend parcel delivery model,” Canada Post said in a statement Thursday morning.
If a majority of CUPW members vote “yes,” then both agreements — for the Urban and RSMC workers — would be in effect for five years, until January 31, 2029.
Among a list of points, the new agreements secure higher wages and yearly wage increases, better income replacement for injury-on-duty leave, a new operating model for better weekend delivery, enhanced job security, and switching the pay structure to hourly wages.
Currently, the CUPW has not yet set a voting period to ratify the new agreements.
