Mother. Fuckers. So uneducated people that do nothing more complex than sort mail and put it in boxes get a starting wage of $23 an hour? And that's not including any benefits? And the fucking postal union wants more even more when mail volume is way down? I think they can suck it. I know I won't be missing them. They are replaceable.Canadian postal workers are prepared to strike at midnight Thursday if they don't get anywhere with their latest contract demands and the government doesn't ease up on its own, the union says.
If there is a strike, delivery of everything except Old Age Security and other federal cheques could stop.
On Monday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers tabled a "new and final offer," which included a lower wage demand among other revisions, chief negotiator and national president Denis Lemelin told a news conference in Ottawa.
"We're still pushing for a collective agreement, but at the same time Canada Post has to recognize they have to let go of their demands and rollbacks," Lemelin said, citing management proposals for lower wages and vacation benefits for new employees.
The union gave the government the required 72 hours' notice of a strike, meaning postal workers could begin withdrawing services at 11:59 p.m. Thursday.
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Canada Post, which has offered pay increases that would lead to a top rate of $26 an hour, called the union "out of touch" with the challenges facing the Crown corporation. Among these are a 17 per cent drop in mail volume since 2006.
Canada Post also said in a news release that the union's demands would cost almost $1.5 billion over four years.
Lemelin dismissed the corporation's economic arguments.
"We made that corporation profitable for the last 16 years," he told the CBC's Evan Solomon on Power and Politics.
And while the volume of mail may be down, the number of homes and businesses that get mail delivery increases every year, Lemilin said.
The union, which represents close to 50,000 letter carriers and other workers, has been negotiating with the government for more than seven months. Sick leave and pensions are also issues.
The union is asking for a four-year contract with wage increases of 3.3 per cent in the first year and 2.75 in years two and three. The average starting wage for postal workers is $23 an hour.
Canada Post's offer includes a defined benefit pension plan for both new and existing employees, up to seven weeks vacation and job security.
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