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The 2024 Canada Post strike was a strike action against Canada Post by the national membership of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). The strike began on November 15, 2024 [1] and suspended on December 17. [2] The strike may start again on May 22, 2025. [3]
On October 28, 2024, it was announced that both bargaining units voted in favour of strike action (95.8% of Urban workers and 95.5% of RSMC workers voted yes). [15] On November 12, 2024, it was announced that the CUPW had issued 72-Hour strike notices, and that Canada Post had retaliated with 72-Hour lockout notices. [16]
Canada Post also receives letters to God and, on occasion, the Easter Bunny. In 2001, Canada Post started accepting e-mail messages to Santa. In 2006, more than 44,000 email messages were responded to. [70] The 2024 strike caused Canada Post to remove its deadline for sending letters to Santa when its letters to Santa program was disrupted. [71]
October 23 – The Bank of Canada lowers the key interest rate to 3.75%, a drop of 0.5%. This was after inflation fell to 2%, with the Bank of Canada wanting to increase demand. [108] October 28 – The 2024 Saskatchewan general election is held. The Saskatchewan Party wins a fifth consecutive majority government. [109]
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headlines on the cover of the New York Post. [47] June 11 – Nick Taylor becomes the first Canadian citizen to win the Canadian Open since 1954. [48] June 15 – A vehicle collision between a handi-transit bus and a semi-truck occurs on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Manitoba, killing 17 seniors and injuring 8 others. [49] [50] June 18
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The 2018 Canada Post strikes were a series of rotating strikes, which began on October 22, 2018, [1] against Canada Post by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Strikers sought "better pay, more job security and minimum guaranteed hours."