The Syndicate of Posts Workers (STTP) urges them to reject this proposal.
Canada Posts is in an impasse with the union which represents around 55,000 postal services after more than a year and a half of negotiations.
This vote occurs after the Federal Minister of Employment, Patty Hajdu, asked the Canadian Council for Industrial Relations to intervene and submit the last offers from the Crown Company to a vote.
The vote will be open until August 1.
The offers include salary increases of approximately 13 % over four years, but also add part -time workers that Post Canada considers as necessary for the maintenance of postal service.
The losses of operating the state company amounted to $ 10 million a day in June, according to Jon Hamilton, spokesperson for Canada Post.
“We hope that our employees will see in these offers a certainty for the future and that they will vote yes to make their new collective conventions,” he said in a declaration.
“If the vote is positive, the offers will become new collective conventions in force until January 31, 2028. Otherwise, Canada Post will not speculate, just say that uncertainty will persist.”
The national president of the union, Jan Simpson, said that a massive negative vote, not only would reject the offer, but would also protect the integrity of the negotiation process.
Survey
A postal strike could push 63 % of companies to permanently abandon Canada Posts, according to a survey published on Monday by the Canadian Federation of the Independent Company.
“If there was a new strike, 25% of SMEs say that it would be the drop that would overcome the vase and that it would be very likely that they turn their backs to Canada Post. While 38% say that it is quite likely that they are seriously planning to move to other service providers, ”detailed the vice-president of national affairs at the FCEI, Jasmin Guénette.
The survey indicates that around 13 % of small and medium -sized enterprises (SMEs) have already stopped using Canada Posts after the 2024 strike.
Mr. Guénette mentions that Posts Canada is no longer the only one in the delivery services market.
“There is a lot of competition in sending parcels,” he said in an interview.
“If SMEs perceive that Canada Posts is less reliable than others because there are possibilities for stopping work that could have financial impacts anyway important (…), well, it encourages companies to work with other package services,” added Mr. Guénette.
The Federation estimates that last year’s strike cost SMEs between $ 75 and $ 100 million per day.
The survey also indicates that 71 % of companies reacted to the disruptions by encouraging their customers to use digital options, that 45 % called on private messaging services and that 27 % delayed mail and packages.