After 18 months of negotiating, Canada Post and the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA) have a new collective agreement.
CPAA is Canada Post’s second-largest bargaining agent and represents more than 8,500 employees. Employees represented by CPAA are primarily responsible for managing post offices in rural Canada.
The new collective agreement between the two parties addresses issues that are important to employees, while also reflecting the Corporation’s current realities. It includes an 11% wage increase over three years, retroactive to January 1, 2024 (6% increase in 2024, 3% increase in 2025 and 2% increase in 2026).
In her final award, the arbitrator for these negotiations cited the recent Industrial Inquiry Commission (IIC) report, which was released on May 15. She noted that the IIC report – including its stark conclusions – had an impact on the negotiations and that even under the challenging circumstances that the report outlined, the parties proved collective bargaining can work.
The new collective agreement between Canada Post and CPAA is effective from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026.
(Canada Post)
