The Retail Council of Canada has urged the federal government to step in to end the Canada Post strike. The RCC warns that the strike, now in its fourth week, is having a devastating impact on retailers as the holidays close in. The RCC predicts the losses suffered by the sector due to the prolonged strike will exceed $1 billion.
“The retail industry knows that the best labour agreement is negotiated between the two sides, but that is not the case here, and it is time to end this strike,” Diane J. Brisebois, president and CEO of the RCC, said in a statement.
Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon has said that while he is “extremely frustrated” by the lack of progress in negotiations, binding arbitration is “not in the cards.”
Sarah McGoldrick
