Heads Up: Canada Post Might Go On Strike May 25th Or So!!

They get strike pay from the union and then they try and negotiate back pay (while they were on strike) into any agreement. Sometimes they get it, sometimes they don't.

> and then they try and negotiate back pay

That ought to be illegal for government and crown corp.

Aaaargh! Guess I spoke too soon

Seems there could still be a strike after all. It looks like they have to give a 72 hour strike notice, and there hasn't been one as yet, so ... wait and see I suppose.

So, I wonder how many of you are holding on to mail destined to or from Canada, just waiting and waiting until you know it's safe to send?

Sigh... according to the stats, there's 17 per cent less mail to deliver over the last five years, but the union wants more staff and doesn't want to hire new people at a lower wage.

They are also asking for 11% in wages over the next four years (that's fine, everyone should get a raise to track inflation and so on) but won't move on their massively out of date sick time issue.

I hope the strike is long and they get hammered hard. All major couriers stop at my house, so the larger transactions will continue.

They have created a site to post their official updates but won't say much as per the usual Government standard.

http://clients.infopost.ca/en/

Just finished talking to the Post Office, and the word is out that the Winnipeg Post Office will close its doors at 9:00PM, their time. Not looking good.

> Sigh... according to the stats, there's 17 per cent less mail to deliver over the last five years, but the union wants more staff and doesn't want to hire new people at a lower wage.

Deluded idiots. And apparently exponentially lazy too.

Union members are much like public company executives. It's all "me and now". They don't care about (or are massively ignorant how their demands affect) the long term viability of the business. And for a long time the executive give in to union demands because revenue losses jeopardize their bonuses and stock options.

Ultimately, the behaviour dooms a company. Competitors with more reasonable cost structures swoop in and take over increasing amounts of the business. Ultimately, the company is doomed to fail.

My Dad and I were talking about the ultimate doom of GM over 30 years ago, based on how quickly they always gave into striking Ste. Therese (Quebec) workers who went on strike like clockwork.