Another Canada Post strike?

[odjickfan]

In essence, CP management WANTS the strike to happen. That's why they rejected the union's offer of having 2 weeks to consider the last offer from CP management.

The reason is simply this: if the workers strike, CP doesnt have to pay them. This will go on for a month. Consider the union wants a 13% wage increase over 4 years. if they sit out a month, youve basically stockpiled money for the wage increase when deal is signed. This is significant because Canada Post is essentially broke. If it was me, I would never offer the union a 4 year deal. 2, maybe 3 years max. B/C the business model they are operating under is flawed, and 4 years is to long if it keeps going south for them. Which it will. The one absolute in this is, both CP management and the union no idea how to adapt to a modern reality. They operate as if it's 1968. And their managers are too set in their ways to change.

Door to door mail delivery should, I agree, be no more than 2 days a week max. This end of their operation is a loss leader. They will lose money on it, but they have to focus on parcel deliveries/packages. That's where they have a big advantage over their competitors. But they also need to at least break even. It's not good enough to be a drain on taxpayer funds when it doesnt need to be. Same with CBC, where revenue is almost regarded as a dirty word. if you're running your operation properly, you will make money.
In any event, CP will eventually be sold. it's inevitable someone like Fed-Ex or DHL buys them. And what a buy that will be. CP has the network, infrastructure, the brick and mortar establishments, distribution all in place.

The brother of minister Melanie Joly is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a big company of parcel delivery, that's the reason they want things to go wrong at CP.

[subban7677]

The brother of minister Melanie Joly is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a big company of parcel delivery, that's the reason they want things to go wrong at CP.

I doubt the federal government is willing to destroy Canada Post just to help an MP's brother.

[cjb]

Would have been nice if cp accepted the 2 week extension my the union not to strike. Everything still in transit could have been delivered

[discomike]

So looks like no strike, for now.

[subban7677]

So looks like no strike, for now.

I'd almost prefer they strike and get it over with. I still can't count on buying anything, or sending anything out while we're stuck in this "will they/won't they" phase. I'm assuming they could call for a strike any time.

[Cunnuc]

I got a delivery today. No strike yet, just refusal to do overtime. Apparently this is a tactic, and employees also start doing only one thing, as is their job title, and in only their own department. So less work is done and things start to back up with no overtime allowed.

But as stated above by someone, the strike can happen at any time and we're stuck in the "will they or won't they" phase which could just be the precursor to an actual strike with no movement. So this whole situation could literally last for months. I lost a lot of money during the last strike (mostly mail not showing up for a 30+ day period after the strike ended) and cannot buy/sell like I usually do. Just cannot trust the situation to be resolved and the strike not to start at any given time.

[odjickfan]

I doubt the federal government is willing to destroy Canada Post just to help an MP's brother.

Mélanie Joly is the federal government with her friends at the liberal party.

[subban7677]

Mélanie Joly is the federal government with her friends at the liberal party.

Yeah, I'm sorry. There's no convincing me the federal government, regardless of what party is in power, is willing to destroy a 150+ year crown corporation that the entire country depends on, just to throw some business at an MP's brother. It just seems too far fetched to me.

[odjickfan]

I doubt the federal government is willing to destroy Canada Post just to help an MP's brother.

Only logical explanation to why they waited so long to put people back to work in the december strike. They wanted the customers to try the services of the competitors for the holidays. Also, Trudeau reversed in 2015 the program of Harper to keep CP viable, deficits explosed from there.

[subban7677]

Only logical explanation to why they waited so long to put people back to work in the december strike. They wanted the customers to try the services of the competitors for the holidays. Also, Trudeau reversed in 2015 the program of Harper to keep CP viable, deficits explosed from there.

I agree with your second point. I didn't in 2015, but I'm realizing I may have been wrong. I'm not knowledgeable enough about the topic to have a definitive opinion. Your first point is more conspiracy theory than explanation, though. A more logical explanation is left-leaning governments are less likely to force unionized people on a legal strike back to work. Also, it wasn't popular with the NDP, and the Liberals counted on their support to get propped up. Just off the top of my head those two ideas make more sense.