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Damn Canadian Postal Workers

Post by Gawd » Tue May 31, 2011 7:56 pm

Postal workers could strike this week
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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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.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/201 ... trike.html

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Post by Atheist-Lite » Tue May 31, 2011 8:11 pm

You expecting packages or sending them? :smoke:
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Post by cowiz » Tue May 31, 2011 8:15 pm

Fucking Jews. Oh wait....
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pawiz wrote:Fucking Jews. Oh wait....
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Gawd vs Crumple! Bring it on!!!

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Rum wrote:Gawd vs Crumple! Bring it on!!!
Crumple is a postal worker?

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Post by Atheist-Lite » Tue May 31, 2011 8:33 pm

Gawd wrote:
Rum wrote:Gawd vs Crumple! Bring it on!!!
Crumple is a postal worker?
Rum organises gladiator contests? :smoke:
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Crumple wrote:
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Crumple is a postal worker?
Rum organises gladiator contests? :smoke:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue May 31, 2011 11:26 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Crumple wrote:
Gawd wrote:
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Crumple is a postal worker?
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Post by Seth » Tue May 31, 2011 11:26 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Crumple wrote:
Gawd wrote:
Rum wrote:Gawd vs Crumple! Bring it on!!!
Crumple is a postal worker?
Rum organises gladiator contests? :smoke:
Gawd is a Joo! :think:
So was Jesus.

So, anyway, about those public-sector unions...still a bad idea, right?
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Post by sandinista » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:11 am

Seth wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Crumple wrote:
Gawd wrote:
Rum wrote:Gawd vs Crumple! Bring it on!!!
Crumple is a postal worker?
Rum organises gladiator contests? :smoke:
Gawd is a Joo! :think:
So was Jesus.

So, anyway, about those public-sector unions...still a bad idea, right?
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Post by Feck » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:23 am

Could be worse It seems the British postal service would rather send back packages all the way to Australia than deliver them .
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Post by Seth » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:27 am

sandinista wrote:
Seth wrote:
So, anyway, about those public-sector unions...still a bad idea, right?
no.
Heh. Socialists are SO easy. So, you LIKE having the postal workers on strike while they make 23 bucks an hour? What a maroon!
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Post by Jason » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:28 am

Gawd wrote:Postal workers could strike this week
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.

......

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.

........
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.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/201 ... trike.html
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Post by Seth » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:31 am

Feck wrote:Could be worse It seems the British postal service would rather send back packages all the way to Australia than deliver them .
Yeah. It's all about passive-aggressive power and control games. After all, they can't let people send mail postage due, now can they? That might require them to do a little extra work collecting the deficit. It also sets a bad example for other sheeple if someone is allowed to scoff at the Postal Service's rules, so they have to punish the malefactor as harshly as possible. I'm sure if they could figure out how to assess a fine against a sender who sent something with insufficient postage, they would unhesitatingly do so.

That's why one should use FedEx or UPS for everything.

Here in the US, it used to be that because it was a government agency, they were legally REQUIRED to deliver the mail, even if it had NO postage on it, and then try to collect from the recipient. Failure or refusal to deliver mail was a federal crime, even for a postman.

That all changed when the Post Office became a pseudo-private corporation with a profit motive.

Which is fine with me. I never use them anyway, except for mailing tax returns certified to prove delivery.
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