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Small businesses are bracing as talks go down to the wire to avert the second strike by Canada Post workers in six months.
Having confirmed this week that its 55,000 employees were prepping to walk out on Friday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said it had received a new set of proposals from the company, which its negotiating team would “examine”.
For the country’s SMEs, however, a feeling of dread has returned, with CBC reporting that since the pandemic these businesses have struggled to keep themselves afloat.
The owner of Wheels and Wings Hobbies, Don McCowan, told the Canadian outlet that since the union had confirmed its intention to strike, he had seen a drop-off in volumes, with customers “afraid of their parcels being locked in a warehouse” for an indeterminate period.
Consequently, Mr McCowan said, it was likely the company would have to turn to couriers to avoid further lost sales before finding out if the strike is on or off.
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