postal strike looming ?

[Mister pantstent]

I drove by a post office the other day where workers were out in the picket lines. Not one car honked for them. No one was showing them support. At least not while I was there and I was stuck at the light for a bit before driving past them.

Neighbourhoods in the area of CP sorting locations are getting annoyed at the incessant honking starting at 6 am. Every cause has supporters.

With respect to CP losses, that's on management, not the carriers. The pricing model and overall system needs an overhaul. Sure they have given too much on pensions for grandfathered employees but there are multi-level arrangements at CP in an effort to correct so as grandfathered contracts literally die off, the cost model changes too.

CP can be profitable with the amount of parcel delivery they have which is far more lucrative than letterman. I wonder if the losses are not built in on purpose.

While I am not pro-union I do have the ability to empathize. You can't get everyone to agree to a strike unless the position is needed. Strike pay in this economy is dreadful and CP employees will not make up those losses.

My money is on the union backing down from employee pressure.

 

[rhuarc29]

On the news they said the strike might last into January 2025, or beyond

Meh. This strike is the last straw for me. I had already shifted the majority of my parcel shipments to other carriers back in 2018 (which were only slightly more expensive), and this seals the deal on the rest. And everything else is done via email or EFTs now.
Canada Post can piss right off.

 

[Jenesis]

Meh. This strike is the last straw for me. I had already shifted the majority of my parcel shipments to other carriers back in 2018 (which were only slightly more expensive), and this seals the deal on the rest. And everything else is done via email or EFTs now.
Canada Post can piss right off.

I just hate that government stuff still comes via CP. come the new year, tax slips are going to be effected as well.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Trudeau has the power to order them back to work, but he won't do it

 

[xmontrealer]

Enough is enough. Even if the strike is settled today the backlog is so great that snail-mailed Holiday cards and gifts are not likely to be delivered in time for Christmas.

Small businesses, many who depend on the holiday season for the bulk of their yearly profits, are being severely compromised.

But the CRA doesn't care. If a small enterprise uses Canada Post to mail in their current deductions at source to the CRA by December 15, they are being advised that the remittances must be delivered by hand to the CRA drop box in their area by December 15, or penalties and interest may ensue. The same goes for those people who are required to pay income tax instalments for 2025, due on Dec. 15, 2024, if they don't pay electronically.

Imho, if the strike isn't settled by December 31st it's time for the Canadian government to grow a set of balls and force binding arbitration...

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

No chance Canada Post can deliver cards and packages before Christmas, experts say

https://archive.vn/MZUJs#selection-3809.26-3809.117

 

[chrispalen]

Trudeau has the power to order them back to work, but he won't do it

That is why the next majority government will be Conservatives.
Trudeau just doesn't get it.

CP

 

[stinkynuts]

As of November 2024, CUPW represents approximately 55,000 striking workers.[5] Its list of demands includes:

• wage increases of 24% over four years, which it says will keep wages up to inflation;
• enhancements to group benefits, such as coverage for fertility treatments and gender-affirming care;
• improved protections against technological change;
• enhancements to paid medical leave;
• paid meal and rest periods; and
• increased short-term disability benefits.[6][7]

 

[farquhar]

Trudeau has the power to order them back to work, but he won't do it

Labour Minister has finally decided to refer the matter to the Canada Industrial Relations Board. If the Board agrees that there is an impasse, mail delivery will restart as soon as Monday.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Canada Post strike to end Tuesday as workers ordered back to work - National | Globalnews.ca

Postal operations are set to resume on Tuesday after the CIRB ordered employees to return to work, Canada Post said in a statement.

globalnews.ca

A month-long Canada Post strike is set to end on Tuesday, after the federal labour relations board has ordered postal workers to return to work, the Crown corporation said.
“As a result, the CIRB has ordered employees to return to work and postal operations to begin to resume at 8 am local time on December 17, 2024.”

 

[Jenesis]

They are going to be so slow and doing the bare minimum since being forced back to work.