By The Canadian Press, August 16, 2016
Strike mandate authorizes the union to call for a strike
As the clock ticks down on the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ strike mandate, contract talks with Canada Post are going nowhere fast.
Each side blames the other for the stalled negotiations.
The union fears the Crown corporation is trying to run out the clock on the union’s strike mandate, which expires Aug. 25. A strike mandate allows the union to call for a strike.
