Canada Post and the union representing its postal workers are set to return to the bargaining table on Wednesday after talks originally planned for last week were delayed.

Last week, the union and the company said a lack of available federal mediators prevented the two sides from sitting down on Friday and this past Monday.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said in a statement that federal mediators were unable to assist “due to their current involvement in the Air Canada negotiations.”

Those negotiations concluded early Tuesday morning when Air Canada and the union for its flight attendants reached a tentative collective agreement.

In a statement, CUPW national president Jan Simpson said that deal showed “what can be achieved when workers stand united.”

CUPW members reject

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