Further to the postal strike. -The UNION's position.
Summary: In a discussion about the Canada Post strike and the union's position, reallynicestamps shared a report highlighting Canada Post's public service role and recent investments, arguing for additional revenue-generating services like postal banking. reallynicestamps also discussed the union's decision to leave negotiations due to Canada Post's proposals focusing on increasing part-time work, which they find unacceptable. fergua3 responded critically, suggesting the union's demands are unreasonable and may harm Canada Post's future. reallynicestamps countered by highlighting the high cost of living affecting workers. Other participants touched on the strike's impact, with hansatrade and lotzofuniquegoodies mentioning delays in mail services and how it temporarily affects penalties like parking tickets during the strike period.
Canada Post is a public service. It is not a private, for-profit operation.
Postal workers deliver to every address in the country – no matter how remote. We go places the private sector won’t go because profit not service is their bottom line. While the competition puts corporate profit over everything else, we’re proud to offer services to everyone....
But remember, Canada Post has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into new equipment, new vehicles, and a new parcel processing centre over the past few years.
Workers can’t be made to pay for the Corporation’s current financial condition....
The best way for Canada Post to recover from its current financial situation is to invest in new, revenue-generating services like postal banking and wellness check-ins.
hansatrade
·1 year agoFound on FB 😄
lotzofuniquegoodies
·1 year ago@hansatrade
On the umm brighter side if you get utility bills in the mail you won't see any of those for awhile. From what I have read in Alberta anyone who gets a parking ticket are getting an extention. From the workers side I wonder if their strike pay gets mailed to them. Hmmm too bad if it isn't!!!! Would seem only fair if that happened!!!
During a Canada Post strike, cities will not issue automated parking tickets, but will issue them once mail service resumes. However, cities will still require parking tickets to be paid on time.
fergua3
·1 year agoi just read that CP is temporarily laying off striking workers. Why would they do that? They are not paying them right now and all benefits have been put on hold during the strike.
hansatrade
·1 year agoI always get my tickets in person (or find under the windshield's wipers) 😄
I am one of those who are not affected by the strike - I just need to go 8 km instead of 0.5 km to drop off my packages.
BTW, I noticed an extreme decrease in orders (I am at just 25% of my usual November activity), but I am not sure it has anything to do with the CP strike (I sell mainly to US customers - maybe 2% goes to Canada).
reallynicestamps
OP1 year agohttps://www.cupw.ca/en/canada-post%E2%80%99s-misinformation
CUPW left the meetings Tuesday since we cannot proceed without Canada Post’s negotiators. They had to go back to speak to the Executive Board of Canada Post for further direction.
We hear from Canada Post that there is no intention of “gigifying” the workforce at Canada Post, but...
Their proposals have included attacks on full-time work where they want to increase the part-time mix to more than 50% of the workforce when they have over 5,000 part-time and over 12,500 temporary employees now.
Some of these part-timers would end up being scheduled as few as 8 hours per week.
They wouldn’t be eligible for any benefits until they reach 1,000 hours, which could take as long as two and a half years....
The Corporation already has several ways to deliver parcels at straight-time rates that they are unwilling to utilize. These options have existed for years and include a detailed measurement system so that workers are not overburdened and are paid properly for the work they do. ...
fergua3
·1 year agoWell, it seems to me that CUPW can either accept the changing nature of workforces or continue to cost their existing members more money each day they are on strike than they will ever recover by what deal is eventually struck.
They say they just want a 'living wage'. Well, they make $27 an hour now. If they can't live on that, then they are living beyond their means. Many, many Canadians are living on less than that, a good number much less than that.
This strike will accomplish very little but hasten the demise of Canada Post and with it CUPW.
reallynicestamps
OP1 year ago@fergua3
$27 an hour is $54,000 a year.
A one bedroom apartment here is $1700 a month- $20,400 a year.
A lot of posters here don't seem to have heard of direct deposit or email.