A look at some of the key numbers in the ongoing Canada Post labour dispute

OTTAWA – Canada Post and its largest union, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, remain at loggerheads over a union proposal to increase wages for rural and suburban mail carriers, and the Crown corporation’s proposal for pension changes. Here’s a look at some of the figures at play in the talks.

$169 million: profit from operations Canada Post reported in its 2015 annual report.

10.1 billion: pieces of mail Canada Post handled in 2011.

8.9 billion: pieces of mail Canada Post handled in 2015.

53.8: labour costs, as a percentage of revenue, for Canada Post in 2011.

47.9: labour costs, as a percentage of revenue, for Canada Post in 2015.

8,000: rural and suburban mail carriers whose collective agreement expired in December.

42,000: urban mail carriers whose collective agreement expired in January.

0.75: average per cent increase per year CUPW says the majority of postal workers would receive under Canada Post’s last contract offer.

2.25: average per cent increase per year CUPW has proposed in negotiations.

$1 billion: how much Canada Post says the union’s requests will cost over the lifetime of a four-year contract. The union disputes that figure.

(Sources: Canadian Union of Postal Workers negotiation notices, Canada Post 2015 annual report, Employment and Social Development Canada)

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