Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu urged Canada Post on Monday to quickly table a new offer to the union of striking postal workers.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) took to the picket lines Thursday after Ottawa announced sweeping changes to the Crown corporation's operations to address its troubled financial situation.

Those changes include ending daily mail delivery, closing some rural post offices and moving almost all Canadian households to community mailboxes — moves the union calls a direct attack on workers.

In an interview with The Canadian Press on Monday, Hajdu did not rule out federal intervention to end the latest strike. But she also said Canada Post needs to put a new offer on the table quickly and the union needs to consider any proposal seriously.

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