Canada Post strike update: Negotiations appear to hit a wall as updates on proposals stall
Canada Post strike update: Negotiations appear to hit a wall as updates on proposals stall
By midday Monday, neither side would confirm whether the Canadian Union of Postal Workers had officially responded to the company's latest offer.
Probably the first article in a while that clearly outlines WHERE the negations are at and what each side wants.
Eliminate the union.
I considered going back to using mail to send messages to my family instead of calling or texting them, as i am a very privacy centric person. After seeing how this strike has been handled, i don't know if i can rely on the service.
I'm pretty reliant on Canada Post so I'd really like them to pay the workers what they're owed.
I’m pretty reliant on Canada Post so I’d really like them to pay the workers what they’re owed.
OK but what is the difference between OWED and WANT? I was looking at listings for Canada post positions and they apparently already made living wages in most markets AND have pensions on top of that?
Without all the numbers it is speculation.
However Canada post is NOT tax payer funded it is a for profit entity that has been in a death spiral for quite some time not dealing or not being allowed to become more efficient while mail volume keeps dropping.
However Canada post is NOT tax payer funded it is a for profit entity that has been in a death spiral for quite some time not dealing or not being allowed to become more efficient while mail volume keeps dropping.
We keep treating essential services like they need to make a profit.
Mail service to Edmonton seems a little redundant, but mail service to Tuk or even hay river may not feel so "extra".
I get why they spun it out to an arms-length thing (like the CBC, independent) but it's entirely vulnerable now to funding cuts when the likes of Milhouse get into power. It was a bad idea to close the books.
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“I think what we’re seeing now is that there are probably internal negotiations in the union to determine how to move forward,” said Stephanie Ross, a labour studies professor at McMaster University.
That kind of dramatic restructuring makes it far harder to see a clear path to a settlement than if it were only money dividing the two sides, Ross said. “It’s hard to split the difference when you’re talking about expanding the presence of casual and part-time labour.”
The federal government has thus far said it won’t invoke Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code and apply to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board for binding arbitration to end the strike, but that prospect could push both sides back to the table, said Larry Savage, a labour relations professor at Brock University.
The federal government involvement should be properly discussing the future of Canada Post. We're seeing the results of a 11 billion dollar entity stuck in limbo for much longer than it should and the government needs to decide if they want to shrink or expand it's operations.
I think everyone should be paid a lot higher than they are, inflation has been brutal and wages have been relatively stagnant for a long time, but I'm getting really exhausted of this Canada Post strike. They're far and above the best paid unskilled workers, with pensions to boot. I don't want to advocate for a race to the bottom, but when so many people right now are desperate for any work and slave away at shit jobs for minimum wage, the optics of Canada Post strikers screwing people out of passports and gifts during the holidays is just exhausting.