Canada Post workers have stopped delivering flyers amid labour dispute

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A ban on delivering business flyers went into effect Monday morning across Canada, the latest move in a deepening labour dispute between Canada Post and its unionized postal workers.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers announced the move last week in a bid to force the national mail carrier back to the negotiating table, where talks have once again stalled on a new contract.

“Canada Post needs to get back to the table,” CUPW national president Jan Simpson said at a press conference in Ottawa on Friday.

“If Canada Post continues to stall, postal workers will have no choice but to consider stronger actions to move negotiations ahead.”

No new talks have been scheduled as of Monday.
In the meantime, Canada Post says it is no longer accepting so-called “neighbourhood mail” for drop-off at its facilities after 12:01 a.m. Monday, until further notice. Trucks delivering those flyers for mailing will be turned away, it said, and existing materials will be kept in storage.

The company said Monday that it is “disappointed” in CUPW’s decision, and claimed the flyer delivery ban affects unionized postal workers “who are paid to deliver flyers on top of their wage.”

“This decision impacts the thousands of Canadian businesses that reach their customers with information and offers through the mail,” the Crown corporation said in a statement.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses estimates around 20 per cent of small businesses across the country use mailed flyers to promote store openings and sales, particularly to older demographics and rural communities.

“We are getting calls already from small business owners that have had launches that were about to go out, and now learn that those flyers, those pieces of ad mail, may not get to their end consumers as planned,” CFIB president Dan Kelly told Global News in an interview.