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By Craig Lord Canada Post and the union representing thousands of its mail carriers took their biggest step toward ending a long saga of collective bargaining Friday, agreeing in principle to a set of new contracts. In a statement, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said rotating strike action has been suspended as the two sides work out language in the new contracts. Canada Post agreed to the same terms for any lockout action. If both parties can’t come to terms on the language in those deals, a labour disruption could resume, spilling into the busy holiday season. No details of the agreements in principle \u2014 covering the union’s urban bargaining unit and its rural and suburban unit \u2014 were shared heading into the weekend. The union said the two… <\/p>\n

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By Craig Lord Canada Post and the union representing thousands of its mail carriers took their biggest step toward ending a long saga of collective bargaining Friday, agreeing in principle to a set of new contracts. In a statement, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said rotating strike action has been suspended as the two sides work out language in the new contracts. Canada Post agreed to the same terms for any lockout action. If both parties can’t come to terms on the language in those deals, a labour disruption could resume, spilling into the busy holiday season. No details of the agreements in principle \u2014 covering the union’s urban bargaining unit and its rural and suburban unit \u2014 were shared heading into the weekend. The union said the two... <\/p>\n

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