Right now it is mediation.... a discussion between the Union and Canada Post
and if things remain unresolved, it becomes arbitration..... where one person decides what will happen.
and then if CUPW is unhappy after arbitration it will be a strike.
The main problem remains Urban vs Rural postal workers. and how the rural mail delivery people are paid less than the urban people....
Urban people are paid by the hour.... rural people are paid based on number of stops and distance travelled.
The federal government may get involved with respect to pay equity, as the urban group is mainly male, while the rural group is mainly female. If pay equity is enforced with government intervention, CUPW will be happy.
The cost of rural mail deliver could go up dramatically
One gets the impression that if the government steps in and decides what should happen, there could be no strike. Having a strike in the months before Christmas would be catastrophic for Canada Post..
and then ..... for all sellers on the internet....
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A most interesting bit of information is the fact that parcel delivery has gone way up, and lettermail has dropped to a very, very low level.
This change is the effect of the internet on billing via email communication, and then internet sales and the requirement for delivery of parcels ....
and then... how will the disappearance of Greyhound influence Canada Post?
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Internet security has been and will continue to be a major concern. We must be vigilant
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If internet security disappears then the use of lettermeil will become more important...
As the years pass internet security will be more and more of a problem . Just look at all of the hacking that has occured recently. Hackers have become better and more better at what they do.
It is the hackers on the internet that could make lettermail a safer option for communication.
