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Canada Post Woes (merged)
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Brad Sallows
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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.The BCGEU in BC could give them some pointers... looks like a dance party out there every day
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.
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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.
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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 thought was pretty “buck rogers” stuff, at the time.
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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.
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I want my cell phone to make the "buzz buzz connecting at 33.6k" noise every time it accesses data
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I want my cell phone to make the "buzz buzz connecting at 33.6k" noise every time it accesses data
Here you go:
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daftandbarmy
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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?
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?
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daftandbarmy
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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
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The latest: rotating strikes = at least some cheques, parcels getting through.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
For now, anyway ...
Mail, parcel delivery to resume as postal union begins rotating strikes this morning
Mail and parcel delivery are set to resume on a limited basis in the coming week as Canada Post workers switch to rotating strikes this morning.
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Found where all the mail is going.
Sumanpreet Singh, 28, of Mississauga
Gurdeep Chattha, 29, of Mississauga
Jashandeep Jattana, 23, of Mississauga
Harman Singh, 28, of Brampton
Jasanpreet Singh, 21, of Brampton
Manroop Singh, 23 of Brampton
Rajbir Singh, 26, of no fixed address
Upinderjit Singh, 28, of no fixed address2qp
8 men charged with stealing credit cards, gift cards and cheques from mailboxes
Sumanpreet Singh, 28, of Mississauga
Gurdeep Chattha, 29, of Mississauga
Jashandeep Jattana, 23, of Mississauga
Harman Singh, 28, of Brampton
Jasanpreet Singh, 21, of Brampton
Manroop Singh, 23 of Brampton
Rajbir Singh, 26, of no fixed address
Upinderjit Singh, 28, of no fixed address2qp
At this rate there won't be anybody paying it - the province will go bankrupt in no time...
Between spending all this money they don't have + immediately shooting down ANY projects that would actually generate revenue, BC is screwed.
Eby = worst premier BC could have asked for.
(And I'm not convinced in the slightest he legitimately won that election)
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And not all THAT portable in a lot of cases - I remember using both these kinds of phones in a previous life about 30-ish years ago....
Looks like they were WELL at 'er even before the strikes - ouch!
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I wonder if all these guys are citizens.
Probably out on bail now.
Probably out on bail now.
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The more I learn about Canada Posts practices the angrier I get at them. For example you can get paid overtime on top of your hourly standard wage well working a 8 hour regularly scheduled shift by completing your route quicker than 8 hours (i.e. route is scheduled for 8 hours, you do it in 4 then work 4 hours on something else for OT). This explains the lack of parcel delivery as they are rushing to get some extra cash.
They also can’t layoff people with more than 5 years seniority which is asinine. Their business model needs serious restructuring and with the current collective agreement they cannot do that.
I am all for unions, I am in one, but the union also needs to keep with the times. They have successfully resisted change for so long that it will end up being one big cut instead of several little ones over time.
They also can’t layoff people with more than 5 years seniority which is asinine. Their business model needs serious restructuring and with the current collective agreement they cannot do that.
I am all for unions, I am in one, but the union also needs to keep with the times. They have successfully resisted change for so long that it will end up being one big cut instead of several little ones over time.
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According to a leaflet handed to me by a CUPW member this week in downtown Vancouver:
-Canada post owns 91% of Purolator (a primary competitor)
-Canada post CEO Doug Ettinger sits on Purolator's board of directors
-Purolator parcel volumes increased by 45 million more parcels in 2024
-Government of Canada loaned Canada Post one billion dollars to keep the lights on, 11days later Purolator purchased Livingston International (customs&brokerage firm) for a similar amount.
-Canada post owns 91% of Purolator (a primary competitor)
-Canada post CEO Doug Ettinger sits on Purolator's board of directors
-Purolator parcel volumes increased by 45 million more parcels in 2024
-Government of Canada loaned Canada Post one billion dollars to keep the lights on, 11days later Purolator purchased Livingston International (customs&brokerage firm) for a similar amount.
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Does that include managers?
Canada Post lays off 50 managers amid 'financial struggles'
Last month, Canada Post said significant change was needed to modernize its operating model and preserve the national postal service.
toronto.citynews.ca
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Canada post loses something like $3.5M per day.
Some napkins math puts the raise and benefits employees are asking for costing taxpayers another $1M to $2M per day.
Their little trick where they full-on lie to customers dropping off pre-filled "sorry you weren't home" notes didn't even save them.
Might as well privatize the while thing and get someone with some business sense in there.
Some napkins math puts the raise and benefits employees are asking for costing taxpayers another $1M to $2M per day.
Their little trick where they full-on lie to customers dropping off pre-filled "sorry you weren't home" notes didn't even save them.
Might as well privatize the while thing and get someone with some business sense in there.
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