Borderlands: Canada

Canada Post and its largest union have finally settled their differences over a labor contract, which must still be approved by rank-and-file letter carriers.

Canada Post and the mail carriers’ union have agreed to end two years of bitter negotiations pending resolution of some final details.

Canada Post is essentially insolvent and says it needs another cash infusion to survive in the midst of labor unrest and rapidly shrinking parcel business.

UPS has completed the acquisition of Andlauer Healthcare Group in Canada.

DHL Express Canada has replaced its CEO as part of a routine reassignment of executives.

Canada Post is operating again after a national strike by workers, but new rolling strikes by the union are creating delivery outages and complicating logistical plans.

Canada Post says it will restart operations sometime next week after unionized mail carriers shifted from a national to rotating strikes, but warned of ongoing service disruptions.

Striking Canada Post workers are angered by the company’s new contract offer because it is worse than the previous one and calls for job reductions as part of a major downsizing plan.

Parcel industry executives agree that Canada Post can’t afford union demands for greater benefits and that it needs to radically change its business model or risk losing e-commerce customers.

Mail carriers went on strike Thursday after the government ordered Canada Post to streamline operations, angering businesses that rely on the postal operator to ship orders.

The Canadian government is shaking up Canada Post to reduce excess capacity and save money as postal demand shrinks.

Canada Post has asked the mail carriers’ union to end its ban on direct mail delivery because it is returning to the bargaining table.

The Canada Post labor dispute continues to worsen, with letter carriers announcing they won’t deliver marketing mail.

Canada Post and the mail carriers’ union refuse to budge on contract talks.

Canada Post’s financial troubles worsened in the second quarter driven by a drop in parcel volumes amid a labor dispute.

Air Canada and striking flight attendants have negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement, which enables the airline to resume operations late Tuesday.

Air Canada flight attendants are refusing a government order to end their strike, leaving travelers and cargo shippers without service for a third consecutive day.

The Canadian government’s decision to end a strike by Air Canada flight attendants is good news for the airline and its customers.

Canada Post and union negotiators will head back to the bargaining table next week amid ongoing operational and financial challenges.

Businesses want the government to prevent a strike by Air Canada flight attendants because of the impact on cargo deliveries.

Cargojet posted unspectacular results for the second quarter, but analysts considered that good because of the global trade uncertainty caused by new U.S. tariff policies.

DHL has extended its long-term dedicated transport contract with Cargojet with two years left on the existing contract.

Canada Post mail carriers turned down the company’s last contract offer, extending a 20–month labor dispute that has helped private couriers siphon package business from the postal operator.

Businesses will stop using Canada Post if workers decide to go on strike again, worsening the existing mail drain, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

The Canadian government is going around union leadership to force a vote on Canada Post’s contract offer to mail carriers. Voting starts next week.

President Donald Trump plans to impose a 35% tariff on imports from Canada starting Aug. 1.

DHL Express Canada will resume parcel deliveries on Monday after settling a labor dispute that resulted in a three-week strike.

DHL Express Canada could resume operations within days if union workers ratify a preliminary contract negotiated by Unifor.

DHL Express Canada was forced to suspend operations Friday. The company wants the government to override a new law prohibiting the use of replacement workers.

Canada Post has agreed to a new contract with its rural postmasters, but remains at loggerheads with its largest union.

DHL Express Canada will stop accepting shipments on Tuesday and suspend all operations on Friday in response to a work stoppage by 2,100 employees.

The Canadian government has agreed to Canada Post’s request to force a union vote on is latest contract offer to break a negotiating stalemate.

Contract negotiations between Canada Post and mail carriers remain deadlocked as efforts to start arbitration falter.

DHL Express Canada says it has taken steps to minimize any disruption from a lockout and strike over a contract dispute with union workers.

Canada Post and its unionized letter carriers are negotiating again on a collective bargaining agreement, but their inability to resolve differences is compounding problems at the national mail carrier.

FreightTech startup Cargado is expanding its services into Canada.

Canada Post, in a sign it has lost patience with leadership of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, has asked the Canadian government to put its latest contract offer to employees for a vote.

DHL Express workers say they are willing to walk off the job in less than two weeks if a new labor contract isn’t in place by then.

The postal workers union is disparaging what Canada Post called an enhanced offer on Wednesday as the sides struggle to finalize a labor agreement after nearly 18 months of negotiations.

Canada Post’s financial troubles have been compounded by the ongoing labor dispute and the inability to generate more revenue from parcel delivery.

Purolator’s airfreight partner in western Canada is modifying turboprop aircraft for parcel transport as part of a fleet modernization.

Canada Post workers backed away from going on strike, opting instead for a ban on overtime work. But the threat of a strike has already allowed competitors to take parcel business from the national post.

Postal workers in Canada have threatened to go on strike Friday, which would shut down most delivery services and hurt businesses that depend on Canada Post to fulfill orders.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday there’s nothing Canada’s prime minister could say to immediately eliminate trade tariffs imposed on Canadian goods.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told House lawmakers that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will alleviate potential supply chain disruptions in the auto industry.

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The U.S. Senate adopted a resolution to repeal the emergency declaration that allowed President Donald Trump to place tariffs on Canada.

President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Wednesday afternoon massive tariffs against every major U.S. trading partner.

Canada’s WestJet is backing out of the cargo business after two years because of a difficult competitive environment.

President Trump is threatening higher tariffs on Canada and the European Union if they work together to retaliate in response to U.S. tariffs.

Roughly 1,400 U.S. and Canadian steelworkers have been laid off due to tariffs, company officials said.

The European Union and Canada on Wednesday placed $49 billion in trade duties on U.S. goods in response to President Donald Trump’s metals tariffs.

President Trump rescinded a threat of 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum after Ontario withdrew a 25% surcharge on electricity sold to the U.S.

White House agrees to delay tariffs on Canadian, Mexican goods covered by USMCA trade pact

President Donald Trump announced a 30-day tariff exemption for the North American automotive sector.

Canada, China and Mexico are retaliating as President Trump’s tariffs go into effect Tuesday.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to raise tariffs on imports from China by an additional 10%.

The Trump administration said tariffs will be imposed Tuesday on goods imported from Canada and Mexico.

The Trump administration is signaling conflicting start dates for certain tariffs on U.S. imports.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hopes to finalize an agreement with President Trump to prevent import tariffs starting March 4.

President Donald Trump said Monday he will move ahead with 25% tariffs on most Canadian and Mexican imports starting March 4.

Cargojet is focusing more on charter business as e-commerce retailers and other companies seek dedicated airlift, which helped boost revenue more than 30% in the fourth quarter.

President Donald Trump said he will impose a 25% tariff on steel and aluminium entering the U.S., a move that significantly affects trade with Mexico and Canada.

Integrated parcel carrier Purolator has become even more integrated with the addition of customs broker Livingston International.

Border seizures of fentanyl, a drug that the Trump administration has declared part of a national emergency, declined 18.8% in fiscal year 2024.

Mexico and Canada have announced agreements with President Donald Trump to delay tariffs on imports of goods from those countries for one month.

Stock markets around the world saw sharp declines in response to President Trump’s imposition of tariffs and retaliatory actions by Canada and Mexico.

Canada and Mexico said they would impose tariffs on imports from the U.S. in retaliation for duties announced by President Trump on Saturday.

Trump imposes tariffs on imports from Canada, China, Mexico, impacting a wide range of raw materials and consumer goods.

Canada, Mexico, China and other nations are formulating plans in response to President Trump’s proposed tariffs that could take effect Feb. 1.

President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff policies could weaken relations with Canada and Mexico, according to a recent panel discussion hosted by the Washington-based Wilson Center.

The year’s five biggest U.S.-Canada cross-border supply chain stories include Pride Group’s bankruptcy, as well as railway and port strikes.

CPKC and cold chain logistics specialist Americold will expand their strategic collaboration to co-development projects in Mexico.

Trump plans for tariffs on all imports from Canada, China and Mexico starting Jan. 20.

Terminal operators and ocean carriers at the Port of Montreal have agreed to mediation in bargaining on a new longshore contract.

There are some delays as Canada’s top import gateways work off backlogs of containers from labor-related shutdowns.

High tariffs on Chinese imports, promised by President-elect Trump, will likely slow U.S. trade in 2025 as uncertainty hinders investment in reshoring of manufacturing, a trade analyst predicts.

The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered port operations to resume in British Columbia and Montreal after lockouts of union dockworkers halted container traffic.

Canada Labor Secretary Steven MacKinnon asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order operations to resume at the ports of Montreal, Vancouver and Prince Rupert and send employers and longshore unions back to the bargaining table.

Terminal operators and ocean carriers on Sunday locked out striking dockworkers at the Port of Montreal after the union said the contract proposal doesn’t address scheduling or automation concerns.

Western Canada port employers and their longshore union met separately with a federal mediator Saturday, but the talks ended quickly with no new bargaining scheduled.

As a strike by longshore workers cripples container handling, Port of Montreal employers plan to lock out union employees.

As a strike by dockside workers disrupts container handling, Montreal’s port chief executive calls on Ottawa to force union employees back to work.

Ships are waiting at anchor after port employers at Vancouver and Prince Rupert on Monday locked out union forepersons after contract talks broke down.

The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association representing ocean carriers and terminal operators plan to lock out union forepersons after the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union rejected a final contract offer.

Transport Canada is funneling millions of dollars to expand grain-handling facilities at the Port of Montreal.

Canada’s second-busiest port is bracing for another protest by 1,200 longshore employees who have been refusing overtime work since Oct. 10.

An arbitrator has been appointed to oversee contract negotiations between Canadian Pacific Kansas City and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.

CN and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have scheduled mediation for early 2025 as the sides move closer to a new collective bargaining agreement.

Canadian National Railway posted third-quarter revenue slightly better than a year ago as operations appeared fully recovered from destructive wildfires and a labor dispute that briefly shut down the railroad.

Air Canada and its pilots resolved their contract dispute at the last minute on Saturday, preventing a strike.

Air Canada and Canadian businesses are imploring the Canadian government to take action as the airline’s standoff with pilots over a new contract nears a tipping point.

Despite peak season stress, supply chain bottlenecks failed to materialize during the recovery from the brief lockout of union employees by CN and CPKC.

Canada is launching a 100% tariff on imports of electric vehicles made in China, citing unfair competition that it says threatens the global EV market.

It could take the two largest Canadian railroads a week or more to recover from the effects of a shutdown that briefly stalled billions in freight including transborder trade with the United States.

Trucking industry and logistics leaders said the lockout by Canada’s two largest railroads Thursday could create capacity crunches and rate spikes across the freight industry.

CN and CPKC early Thursday locked out 9,300 union employees, bringing trains to a halt in a move that could disrupt supply chains throughout North America.

CN said it received no response from Teamsters after making a final contract offer in a bid to avoid service disruption.

While contract talks between Canadian National, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and union employees continue, a rail shutdown would reverberate through the supply chain connecting Canada and the U.S.

Amid lockout and strike notices, contract bargaining continues as Ottawa makes a push for both sides to come together on a new rail labor contract.