The Minister responsible for Canada Post will meet on Wednesday night with the negotiating committees in the nearly two-week-long postal strike.

Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound requested the meeting.

Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers hit the picket lines after Lightbound announced restructuring plans for Canada Post that include an end to door-to-door mail delivery and converting the service to community mailboxes.

The union says it welcomes the meeting, but is firm in its opposition to the restructuring plan..

It says it will gut the post office and slash thousands of jobs.