Canada Post warns of delays as workers return after strike
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Canada Post workers are returning to work on Tuesday, but the postal service is warning of delays as it works through the backlog after a month-long strike.
Thousands of Canada Post workers are returning to work on Tuesday, but the postal service is warning of delays as it gradually works through the mountain of backlog after a month-long strike.
Postal operations across the country were set to resume at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday.
The Crown corporation said in a statement on Monday that employees will deliver mail and parcels that were held back due to the strike “on a first-in, first-out basis.”
Canada Post will start accepting new commercial mail on Thursday and new international mail on Dec. 23.
“Canadians should expect delivery delays through the remainder of 2024 and into January 2025,” the company said.
“With a large, integrated network of processing plants, depots and post offices, stabilizing operations will take time and the company asks Canadians for their patience.”
The resumption in services comes after the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), upon a request from the Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon, ordered workers to get back to work.
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