OTTAWA, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Canada Post will resume operations on Tuesday after a month-long strike, local media reported Monday.
More than 55,000 postal workers went on strike on Nov. 15 after negotiations between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post failed to produce a deal.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board has ordered the postal workers back on the job and the key issues at the center of the dispute still remain, said the reports.
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon on Friday directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the postal workers back to work within days.
The government would appoint an industrial inquiry commission to look into the bargaining issues and come up with recommendations by May 15 on how a new agreement can be reached, said the reports.
According to a statement of Canada Post, with losses of more than 3 billion Canadian dollars (2.14 billion U.S. dollars) since 2018, the company requires negotiated agreements that let all employees focus on the future, without adding new fixed costs that will hamper its ability to compete.
