Description: A federally appointed special mediator has helped Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers reach a tentative agreement in a dispute that threatened to stop mail across the country.

Source: The Toronto Star

Date: 08/30/2016

Link: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/08/30/canada-post-postal-union-reach-tentative-deals.html

Related links:

• Timeline of negotiations
• CBC on the underlying issues
• Global News story on the issues
• Mediator appointed
• William Kaplan, mediator
• Canada Post
• CUPW

Questions for discussion:

• Consult your text. What is ratification?
• What is the role of a mediator?
• Summarize the issues in this dispute.
• Why do you think some of these issues were particularly hard to resolve?
• How long were these negotiations going on?
• What do you think is the future of Canada Post?