The latest offers by Canada Post are worse than they were before, the union representing postal workers said in a statement Saturday.

“Postal workers expected improved offers after being made to wait for 45 days after CUPW presented our offers. Instead, the offers are worse,” the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said in a statement, responding to contract proposals from Canada Post on Friday.

Canada Post’s new offers to the striking workers remove a previously offered signing bonus and proposes to reduce both the company’s workforce and the number of post offices that are “off limits” from closure.

The union said the company wants workers “to accept what they overwhelmingly rejected in a vote two months ago.”

“Canada Post says the situation is urgent but has used one stall

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