One day after a mediator was appointed to try and bring an end to the labour dispute at Canada Post, the union representing workers is taking the Trudeau government to court.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is filing a constitutional challenge today in Ontario Superior Court, arguing Bill C-89 violated workers rights to collective bargaining.
CUPW national president Mike Palecek says the government can't legislate labour peace.
The union's lawyer says the back-to-work legislation was passed after Canada Post created a ``false emergency'' over a backlog of parcels at the Crown corporation's sorting plants.
Canada Post said yesterday that, while letter mail is moving well, parcel deliveries are sporadic and delivery delays are expected through January as a result of the rotating walkouts that ended Nov. 27.