The Canada Post strike is dragging well into its third week and while both sides remain hopeful that mediated talks can resume, local union president Craig Dyer says the corporation has been unwilling to listen at the table.

He says part of the problem is that the employer is moving more towards a part-time, or gig-style delivery model.

Dyer says he’s sympathetic to those who rely on the postal service, but says they’re fighting for a better situation for their workers.

“Our members are going to give up premium rates on weekends. We came up with a model that would appease what they’re wanting, but then we find out after seven, eight, ten months that no, they want to gigify our workforce. So in a place like St. John’s, Newfoundland, where we got 300 people, 400 people working out of the main processing plants, that’s a career,” he said.