The province is gearing up for a potential work stoppage by Canada Post.
In a media release sent Thursday afternoon, the province said, “In anticipation of a potential postal strike, the Manitoba government has arranged for government cheques and other essential mail to be available for pickup beginning Monday, June 20.”
Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers – the union representing more than 50,000 postal workers – are the midst of intensive contract negotiations. Canada Post filed for conciliation in early April, but negotiators have made little movement towards a new collective agreement.
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About 6,000 rural postal workers have been without a contract since the end of December; the 48,000 or so urban workers have been without a contract since the end of January.
If a work stoppage at Canada Post does not take place, the Manitoba government said mail will resume as quickly as possible.
With files from the Canadian Press