The U.S. Postal Service announced Friday it is not taking mail ear-marked for Canada. The USPS move comes after roughly 55,000 Canada Post employees went on strike last month. SEE ALSO: Mail carrier celebrates Thanksgiving with Illinois man after helping save his life

The U.S. Postal Service says it will indefinitely suspend deliveries of international mail to Canada due to a strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended mail service to Canada amid an ongoing national strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, which represents workers for the country’s primary postal service.