.The earliest Toronto could see any job action now will be Thursday as both sides have to provide 72 hours notice. Negotiations continued over the long weekend as a legal strike or lockout position was reached on Saturday. The main issues in the dispute are changes to employee pension plans for new employees and job security.
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There will be no strike of postal workers this weekend, as originally planned. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, representing 50,000 workers in the country, said it decided not to file a 72-hour strike notice on Thursday. That means there won’t be any strike action until at least Tuesday, the union said. Canada Post and the union have been in negotiations since December for delivery and plant employees. The Crown corporation tabled new offers but has yet to hear a response from the union, which must issue a 72-hour notice before going on strike.
