THUNDER BAY — As the postal workers' union prepares to go back to the bargaining table, MP Patty Hajdu, minister of jobs and families, says “the members have spoken.”

“Now it's time for the parties to truly negotiate in good faith to get an agreement that will serve their members,” Hajdu told Newswatch in an interview on Wednesday.

Hajdu forced the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to vote on an offer from Canada Post, a move that was met with opposition from the union, including CUPW Local 620, who urged its members to vote against the proposed agreement.

When the polls closed at midnight on Friday, 69.4 per cent of rural and suburban mail carriers and 68.5 per cent of urban mail carriers had voted to go back to the bargaining table.

“Canadians are relying on Canada Post and the

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