Postal strike impacts to continue into 2025: CFIB
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This article was published 18/12/2024 (274 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The impacts of the month-long strike by more than 55,000 unionized employees of Canada Post, which ended this past weekend, are expected to be significant and last well into the New Year.
Commenting on the end of the strike and its continuing impact on local and small businesses in particular, Brianna Solberg, provincial affairs director for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), said that even though the federal government had ordered a return to work for Canada Post employees, problems stemming from supply chain issues and delayed mail deliveries will be noticeable for the foreseeable future.
Not only will the strike continue to negatively impact individuals in Canada, including Brandonites, as the mail service plays catchup, the toll it has taken on small businesses will also persist, given the damage that has already been done, she added.
Canada Post signage and parked vehicles are seen at a Canada Post mail sorting facility during nationwide strike action in Ottawa on Nov. 18. Canada Post employees went back to work on Tuesday. (The Canadian Press)
“Hopefully, businesses will be able to receive some of their payments, paycheques that have been hung up in the mail. We know there’s been millions of dollars on hold in the warehouse, and so hopefully some small businesses will receive their much-needed paycheque so that they can pay their employees (and help them) pay their bills before Christmas. As you can imagine, that’s very stressful,” Solberg pointed out.
Speaking to the Sun during an earlier interview, Solberg had pointed out that the strike has negatively impacted 77 per cent of small businesses in the province.
Restoring Canada’s primary mail service to a credible level would need a lot of work, including overcoming the barriers posed by considerable financial losses incurred during the strike, she added.
“I think they’ll be in a very precarious situation going forward. They were already in an uncertain financial spot related to report(ing) their seventh annual consecutive loss this year. I think there just needs to be a better process in general to resolve these labor disputes, especially when it involves such vital supply chains. This strike has significantly impacted the supply chain for small businesses and business in general, and that hurts the economy overall,” said Solberg, who actively advocates for small businesses.
“There needs to be a better process in place to resolve these labor disputes faster when they are having such significant impact on the economy. We knew the small business sector was losing $100 billion a day, and ultimately took a $1.6-billion hit as a result of this Canada Post strike,” she added, emphasizing on the lasting economic repercussions of the strike.
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