(Reuters) -Canada Post said on Friday that operations will continue, but customers may face delays due to a union-imposed ban limiting workers to eight-hour shifts.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced an immediate nationwide overtime ban, directing members to refuse work beyond 40 hours per week, it said in a separate release.
"At this time, there are no rotating strikes or national work stoppage," Canada Post said.
The development comes after Canada Post met with the union Thursday evening to continue contract negotiation talks. However, a spokesperson for Canada Post said the meeting lasted less than 30 minutes and "was unfortunately not enough to demonstrate meaningful progress."
Canada Post had previously received notices from the union indicating that it would begin strike activity from Friday.
In case of a nationwide strike, the postal company had said it would not accept any new items until the disruption was over, and mail and parcels would not be delivered.
(Reporting by Ananya Palyekar and Mrinmay Dey in BengaluruEditing by Tomasz Janowski)