Canada Post Woes (merged)

[daftandbarmy]

I constantly see people crossing the road or driving glued to the phone.

And I have found that it is great sport to honk at those people

 

[Brad Sallows]

The BCGEU in BC could give them some pointers... looks like a dance party out there every day

It's easy to strike from May through mid-Oct, and while the strike pay fund hasn't run dry, and while the gap between regular pay and strike pay hasn't exhausted accounts.

See how they feel when they hit week 12+ in mid-Nov, especially in the lower mainland rain.

Most of the bitching on the news is restaurants and other businesses affected by liquor distribution closures. A strong argument for government to get out of the business entirely in order to remove a pressure point for the future.

 

[Furniture]

Considering that cellphones and the internet were invented in the early 1970s, unless someone is 104 or older, cellphones and the internet have been around for more of their life than they weren't.

Just because something was invented then does not mean it was widely available or used.

I'm not even 45 yet and I've spent about half of my life without smart phones, or widespread use of internet based service portals. That people nearly twice my age struggle with it isn't surprising.

Just because you have grown-up in an entirely digital world does not mean all others have.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I recall that in the 1970s, my uncle worked in the oil field and had a mobile phone in his car.

I thought was pretty “buck rogers” stuff, at the time.

 

[Furniture]

I recall that in the 1970s, my uncle worked in the oil field and had a mobile phone in his car.

I thought was pretty “buck rogers” stuff, at the time.

I had a cell phone in 2001, but I barely used it, and it sat dead in my car's glove box for months at a time.

I think a lot of people forget that until the iPhone in 2007, cell phones were portable phones more than they were portable pocket computers. My current phone has more in common with desktop PC from the mid-2010s than it does with a Motorola Razr from 2006.

 

[dapaterson]

I had a cell phone in 2001, but I barely used it, and it sat dead in my car's glove box for months at a time.

I think a lot of people forget that until the iPhone in 2007, cell phones were portable phones more than they were portable pocket computers. My current phone has more in common with desktop PC from the mid-2010s than it does with a Motorola Razr from 2006.

I want my cell phone to make the "buzz buzz connecting at 33.6k" noise every time it accesses data

 

[kratz]

I want my cell phone to make the "buzz buzz connecting at 33.6k" noise every time it accesses data

Here you go:

Dial Up Modem Sound Effects​

 

[daftandbarmy]

Management smells blood in the water ...

Canada Post takes signing bonus off the table in latest offer to union​

Union says offer puts negotiations 'major steps backwards'​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-post-presents-offer-striking-cupw-1.7650456

 

[Rifleman62]

The Union is shooting both feet simultaneously.

The government recently took over (eff 1 Apr 26) all the professional organizations representing audiologists, dietitians, and physical therapists etc, as well as lawyers, notaries, and paralegals.

More Public Servants with salaries and benefits.

In BC, there are 39,000 Public Servants, up 10,000 from 2017.

The Unions wants a 8% wage increase over 2 years. A commentator stated a 1% wage increase amounts to $532 Million per year, over a Billion in 2 years.

BC has a current deficit of $11.9 Billion.

Guess who pays for this?

 

[daftandbarmy]

The Union is shooting both feet simultaneously.

The government recently took over (eff 1 Apr 26) all the professional organizations representing audiologists, dietitians, and physical therapists etc, as well as lawyers, notaries, and paralegals.

More Public Servants with salaries and benefits.

In BC, there are 39,000 Public Servants, up 10,000 from 2017.

The Unions wants a 8% wage increase over 2 years. A commentator stated a 1% wage increase amounts to $532 Million per year, over a Billion in 2 years.

BC has a current deficit of $11.9 Billion.

Guess who pays for this?

Everyone, including the next couple of generations of course ....

Explosive Growth: How BC’s Public Sector Costs Have Doubled​

British Columbia’s financial balance sheet is currently dripping in red ink. Mounting operating deficits have recently launched BC’s total taxpayer-supported debt to $99 billion.https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/researc...ow-bcs-public-sector-costs-have-doubled#_edn1 Elected officials will find themselves hard-pressed to chart a path back to balanced budgets over the near term, especially in the middle of the U.S.-Canada trade war, a sluggish economy, and volatile small business confidence.

The path back to balance could become harder to chart as public sector collective bargaining applies pressure to provincial finances. Public sector compensation across all entities—not just the core public service—is equivalent to nearly 60% of the Province's annual budget. At present, negotiations between the government and the BC General Employees Union (BCGEU)—the principal union of BC’s public service—have broken off, with the BCGEU beginning a strike vote this week.

The impact of any agreement will be profound—a one percent increase in labour costs for all public sector workers will cost the government $532 million annually.[ii] Put differently, a 4% wage increase across the public sector is roughly equivalent to BC’s former carbon tax.

The size of BC’s public sector includes health authorities, public K-12 education, universities, and a variety of crown corporations, agencies, and contracted services that are all covered by collective bargaining agreements. The use of “me too” clauses in public sector bargaining often guarantee that any one concession offered by government is also guaranteed across all bargaining groups, a ripple effect that raises public sector costs across the board.

To pay for further wage increases beyond the BC government’s initial offer, the BCGEU has recently called on the BC government to implement new taxes, with proposals ranging from a new tax on land value, increasing taxes on high income earners, and increasing taxes on natural resources.[iii]

The costs of the current round of bargaining could not only affect BC’s capacity to respond to the economic threat of the US-Canada trade war but potentially increase financial pressure on businesses that are already struggling to navigate BC's high cost of doing business.

Explosive Growth: How BC’s Public Sector Costs Have Doubled

Analysis of BC’s rapidly growing and costly public sector

www.cfib-fcei.ca