By CBC News, August 30, 2016
Draft collective agreements still need to be ratified by mail carriers
Following marathon bargaining sessions that reached into the wee hours, Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached tentative agreements, averting a possible mail disruption that had loomed for months.
Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk, who had held meetings with both sides and appointed a special mediator last week when the outlook seemed grim, said the proposed collective agreements were reached “voluntarily” but provided no other details about the deals themselves.
