The union’s counter-offer to Canada Post is asking for a 20.3 per cent wage increase over four years, much higher than the Crown corporation’s ‘final offer’ of 13 per cent.

The union representing Canada Post workers tabled a counteroffer at the bargaining table Wednesday after the Crown corporation’s ‘final’ contract offer was voted down in early August .

The counteroffer includes a 20.3 per cent wage increase over four years, with raises of 9 per cent, 4 per cent, 3 per cent, and 3 per cent, respectively.

It exceeds the Crown corporation’s ‘best and final’ offers from May, which provided for a compounded increase of 13.59 per cent.

“As CUPE flight attendants have made so visibly clear, the best deals are reached at the table,” says Jan Simpson, president of the Canadian Union of P

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