B.C. postal workers 'blindsided' by Canada Post, government, says union rep

Canada Post workers in British Columbia say they feel blindsided as they joined about 55,000 of their colleagues across Canada on the picket lines on Sept. 25 in their second strike in one year.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has issued a statement that all of its members are now on strike “in response to the (federal) government's attack on our postal service and workers.”

The workers also went on strike on Nov. 15, 2024 and the labour action was suspended on Dec. 17, 2024, because the Canada Industrial Relations Board, at the request of then Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon, ordered strikers back to work after ruling the parties were at an impasse in negotiations. The underlying issues were not resolved.

On Sept. 25, 2025, the federal government directed Canada Post to end door-