Canada Postal Strike

[ray schrauwen]

http://www.cupw.ca/1/1/6/5/index1.shtml

looks like we will have a strike starting in Winnipeg.

This really sucks

My 1717 & canopy will stay stateside for a bit. I'll be out until Monday too.

Certain people will know why I am posting this...

[siberianhusky]

Hope my stuff arrives today, not expecting it to though. This sucks! Lazy B*****DS!

[eboat]

The last of my stuff that was in the mail came on Monday :)

[Punisher 67]

I to have stuff in transit.........................

[kookie_guy]

This pisses me off so much. Postal workers are already overpaid, and let's face it, it's not like you need a university degree to be one. They are a bunch of whiny ass babies. There are so many unemployed people that would kill to have their job and income. It's unfortunate the unions are protecting them. I'd love to see someone finally step up and say, "you don't like your job? you don't like your pay (which is already outrageous)? fine, you are all fired."

This is why Canadian shipping is a joke. Because we have to pay for whiny ass babies to get their way.

For all those with packages in transit, I wish you nothing but good luck, and that your packages eventually arrive safe and sound.

rant over.

[ray schrauwen]

I just got a couple things, lets hope it doesn't last.

Lazy?! No, I don't think so, it's called Union Busting...


See Ya, gone fishing...

[pescador]

My Zip sprint made it today just in time.

[GP73]

I don't know if they are overpaid, but one thing is sure: they never EVER try to deliver to my door.

[eboat]

My mailman (woman) does a very good job at bring stuff to my door (I live in the country) and if it does not fit in the mailbox she will leave it in my truck in the driveway and lock the doors and leave a note in the mailbox

[old guy]

My mail lady is hot to bad she is a Btch lol and my new J&G is still in the mail and so is my new QDHT Life goes on anyway last one only lasted 2 weeks

[kookie_guy]

A STARTING wage of nearly $24/hour to deliver mail, is overpaid in my opinion.

[onegreenray]

kookie i work for the USPS down here in the states. i don't know how it is up there in Canada but walk a mile in your mailman shoes literally before ranting about being lazy.

most people who work for us down here don't last a week. we are basically pack mules. Ups and FedEx make more then we do in the states.



question is it mainly walking or driving routes in Canada? Most mailmen end up with back surgery, shoulder surgery and knee surgery from the constant repetitive motion day in and day out.

I wish we could strike here in the states but since the seventies the government made it illegal.

my 2 cents....

[FighterCat57]

I just wanna know if I'm going to be able get my HPR from westbeach in CA?

[chummer]

This is nothing new. The strike date was last week and there was also a date the week before that! Now they are making a new date as of tonight.

I have been very concerned about this because I have been waiting on multiple packages so I asked the nice lady at the post office and she gave me the facts.

Here they are....


The mail will keep moving, Don't panick. It will slow down but your parcels will arrive. Management is going fill positions. It is not the whole Postal system that is going to strike.

Canada Post is run with (I think) 4 different unions. It is one union that is threatening things. Also, they have been negotiating this for a while. They are threatening to strike over paid sick days and not salary.

[egneg]

They have gone to curbside boxes where I live but my postman is very good about putting packages by the door. I get at least one a week up to three maybe. My neighborhood is a circle and he delivers to our side of the street first and then does the other. I have had him park his jeep and come over to my house if the package has to be signed for as I get home about the same time as he is delivering the mail.