Canada Post Meets With Union To Avoid Strike

CBC The president of Canada Post is meeting with his counterpart at the union representing postal workers in a bid to avert a possible strike.

Deepak Chopra, president and CEO of Canada Post and Canadian Union of Postal Workers president Denis Lemelin are meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday to find common ground to try to reach a deal and avoid a disruption of mail service.

Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said she is pleased at the development.

"The parties are still meeting and the best possible outcome is for them to come to their own deal," she said from Ottawa. "They're at the table now. We want them to get a deal. That's mainly the focus."

Raitt declined to answer a reporter's question about legislating postal workers back to work.

The two sides have been in contract talks for more than seven months. The union rejected Canada Post's final offer and tabled its own counter-offer on Monday.

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