Prince George, B.C.-  There will be no  job action by Canadian Union of Postal Workers  today.

Both sides in the negotiations have agreed to extend the  deadline to midnight tonight.

In a message to its membership, CUP-W  says “We worked hard all weekend with the assistance of Special Mediator William Kaplan and the head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, Guy Baron, in an attempt to finalize our negotiations.  As requested by the mediators, the parties have agreed to extend the 72-hour notice under Section 87.2 of the Canada Labour Code for 24 hours. This means all job action is postponed until 00:01AM on Tuesday, August 30^th.  Also, all changes of employment are postponed for the 24-hour period and the collective agreements remain in effect.”