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Canadians could see disruptions to mail service before the end of the month, as Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers appear far apart on a new contract.
Although neither a strike or a lockout will be legally possible until Sept. 26 – and neither side has said it will take such action – some utility companies have started warning their customers that paper bills may not be delivered on-time.
CUPW has been holding strike mandate votes across the country over the past few weeks. The last of those votes took place Sunday and CUPW says results will be released Monday or Tuesday.
The two sides have been talking about new contracts since last November. Negotiations continued through the summer with a conciliator but without success.
A 21-day “cooling-off process” is now in effect. When it ends on Sept. 26, CUPW will be legally able to strike if its members give it a mandate to do so. Canada Post will also be legally able to lock out the workers, although it has not made any public signals that it plans to do so.
Union president Mike Palecek has said that CUPW “will do everything possible to achieve an agreement without a strike” but that workers “will have to be ready for some type of job action” if there is no deal by Sept. 26.
Canada Post presented the union with offers on Friday. In a statement, the agency told CTVNews.ca that the offers “reflect the recent growth in our parcels business and the contributions our employees have made” by increasing pay rates and benefits, and outlining plans to work with CUPW on other issues both sides have deemed important.
The union’s initial response to the offers appeared to be less than enthusiastic. On its website, CUPW describes the offer for urban employees as containing “rollbacks and Trojan horses” and the offer for rural and suburban employees as “unacceptable” and ignoring “many key issues.”
CUPW represents delivery agents and other employees of Canada Post. Its members were lockedout last in 2011-12. The federal government legislated them back to work, although a judge later ruled that the legislation was unconstitutional.
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POSTMAN
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I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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They need Moya back to sort things out
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That’s all well and good but trying to actually get a job with them is impossible. They advertise jobs as on call letter carriers. Went to an interview and they told me that in order to get the job, you need to wait for your phone to ring. May get 40 hours one week then no hours for 2 weeks. That’s all well and good if you don’t have bills to pay. Despite all of RMs faults, at least they give you guaranteed hours each week.