After a year of bargaining, more than 55,000 Canada Post workers are on strike.
On Tuesday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers filed their 72 hours of notice ahead of a strike. They went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday.
The union says the company is refusing to negotiate “real solutions” to the issues facing postal workers, according to a news release.
“Our demands are reasonable: fair wages, safe working conditions, the right to retire with dignity, and the expansion of services at the public post office,” the release said.
In response, Canada Post issued a statement Friday morning, saying they will shut down the postal service because of the strike.
Workers won’t finish delivering any mail or packages already in the delivery system, and they won’t accept any new items, either, the company says.
Although it’s unclear when the strike could end, the postal service says there will still be significant delays when things start back up.
When the strike ends, any packages already in the system will be secured and delivered on a first-come basis, meaning the earlier the packages were in the system, the sooner they would arrive.
Correction: A previous version of this story stated that Canada Post would deliver any mail or packages already in the delivery system. In fact, Canada Post says they will not deliver any mail or parcels while the strike is happening.
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