Now Can Post is back to work should I mail my pkg now or wait a while?

[msmaggie060]

Went shopping with a friend yesterday to the outlet mall. Should have known better, now I have another pkg to mail out west that needs to be there for Christmas. Will go expedited, Ontario to Alberta. Should I mail now or wait a week or so for things to settle down at Canada Post? I keep reading about workers being upset due to being forced back to work.

And is there any point in mailing my Christmas cards this year? Guess I should have bought New Year cards instead.

[esclyons · Accepted solution]

get it in the mail as soon as possible. i don't quite believe the first in first out rule.. so the quicker you post it the sooner it will get there..

[reallynicestamps]

It may depend on where you are.

It was reported on TV that in Vancouver, CUPW was back at work, but there was a picket line of members of other unions which was not allowing trucks out of the plant. Going in was not a problem.

Vancouver was rainy and warmish (8 C).

I think progress will be slower than CUPW  claimed (one day to clear backlog) and faster than management is claiming (sometime in January or possibly March).

On a brighter note, Orthodox Christians celebrate on January 6, since they use the Julian calendar. So your gift may not be late after all!