For the second time in a year, Canadian postal workers are on a nationwide strike, fighting back against what could be the final nail in the coffin for the publicly owned postal system.
Following a September 25 announcement from the federal government instructing Canada Post to begin shuttering rural post offices and axing what’s left of door-to-door mail delivery, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) launched coast-to-coast job action.
Now in its second week, the strike marks the latest chapter in a nearly two-year-long saga. The postal workers’ union has been trying in vain to negotiate new collective agreements covering 55,000 members since late 2023. At every turn, the federal government has intervened to do the bidding of an obstinate postal management, buttressing the narrative that the crown corporation is broke and that workers must bear the cost of restructuring.
The struggle is now at an inflection point. It’s no exaggeration to say that the outcome of this strike will determine the future of Canada Post.
Canada Post is a publicly owned crown corporation with a universal service obligation requiring it to provide mail and parcel deliveries at reasonable prices across Canada’s vast geography.
Canada Post’s management has long complained about the corporation’s sorry financial state. In May, Canada Post reported a loss of $1.3 billion for 2024. It then posted its largest loss ever in August, dipping into the red by $407 million in the second quarter of 2025 alone.
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Auteur: Adam D. K. King
