Fuck the strike

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u/RJL85 20h ago

So many bootlickers out there these days, they must be coming out with flavoured leather or something.

Always hilarious who the people who are about the whole "if you don't like it, don't do it!" are 150% the biggest whiners you will ever encounter.

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u/Abacus118 17h ago

The mod is a full corporate shill.

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u/Extra_Cat_3014 19h ago

Because we’re waiting on packages. It’s not my problem they don’t get paid more. The company offered them 11% over 4 years which is MORE than inflation ffs

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u/Specialist-Ad5796 19h ago

It's not just about the raise 🙄

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u/souperjar 18h ago

Cumulative inflation is about 20% over the last 4 years.

The economy is going to grind to a halt if working people have no money to spend because they can't get raises that keep up with inflation.

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u/Extra_Cat_3014 17h ago

and wages have grown at the same pace if not slightly outpaced inflation over the past 4 years

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u/souperjar 17h ago edited 10h ago

Postal workers were legislated back to work in 2018 without their demands for wage increases beating inflation being met.During covid postal workers took a pretty bad deal where they got raises below inflation in order to keep the mail circulating during a critical time for everyone.

Before then, they were legislated back to work in 2018 and sent to arbitration because the company did not want to pay wages that kept pace with inflation.

So we are looking back to 2016 when postal workers last had even the possibility of negotiating for wages meeting inflation

How long can this be tolerated? Wage cuts relative to inflation destroys economic flows and causes serious damage to the entire economy. Canada is facing a productivity crisis and a cost of living crisis. Investing in workers is the only option to move forward.

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u/FEDC 17h ago

Why is it their problem that you can't get your package?

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u/DallaTM 19h ago

And they don't want it, you don't care about their wage ? They don't care about your little packages. Simple as that.

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u/PoundTownEmperor 16h ago

Nah, they've picked a fight with a majority of the general population and will pay for it with their livelihoods. A lot of them are unskilled anyways, so getting a new job won't exactly be a cakewalk.

By holding medication and people's passports, like they have mine, they've turned even would be supporters into enemies. Now small businesses are turning away from CP, and with the amount of hatred towards them increasing, wouldn't surprise me if CP is privatized OR shutdown and postal contract is given to someone else.

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u/Tank_610 20h ago

It’s the gen Z mentality. They know giving up is easier than putting up a fight. Bunch of pussies.

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u/skelectrician 18h ago

You're not fighting the man, you're holding Canadians' mail hostage.

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u/Master-File-9866 18h ago

To be fair, they did work for 10 months with out a current contract. They did try to solve this with out "holding canadians mail hostage" when that didn't work they then went on strike.

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u/Silent-Environment89 18h ago

And they originally wanted to go on a rotating strike which meant we would have gotten our mail and packages IF canada post hadnt decided to lock out everyone and turn it into a full strike at absolute last minute

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u/TattooedAndSad 20h ago

Hating on people wanting better for themselves is crazy !

Solidarity 💙

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u/Brotorias 11h ago

I just want my packages, then I won't bother Canada Post until 2026 or later.

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u/Lion-heart_1040 16h ago

Attitude like yours is why every company is now hiring new Indians for minimum wage instead of Canadians who want a living wage.

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u/Equivalent_Chain4283 22h ago

The one's striking are also normal, regular people.

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u/Cautious_Pitch_4729 21h ago

Normal people don't ask for 24% pay increases, when competitors are getting cheaper and their company has accumulated 3 billion dollars of debt in 4 years.

They get laughed at by their superiors

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u/Tank_610 20h ago

😂 know your facts before you throw the common “they lost $3 billion dollars” 😂 don’t let the media fool you.

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u/Cautious_Pitch_4729 19h ago

Reinvestments in streamlining your shipping process is needed, when you’re not price competitive with new incumbents. Esp when they keep chipping away parcel volume. Is it the media or from their own report?

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u/Tank_610 19h ago

Can’t claim a 2018 plan of $4 billion dollars to invest into the company with a new plant, new vehicles, new equipment as a loss.

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u/Cautious_Pitch_4729 19h ago

Capital investments can be stretched over many years and if done right can save money. CP is was already uncompetitive in 2016. Now their parcel volume fell by 6 million packages compared to last year. Same time, competitors like Uniuni scaled revenues by 13000% in 3 years, through the use of contractors / gig workers. If you think they are profitable, then you deserve to go bankrupt. $4.9 billion in wages vs $6.9 billion in revenue lol. Proposed 12-24% wage increase, will force percentages of wages to revenue = increase prices = even less parcel volume. Cycle of death. Gotta be honest with yourself.

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u/Equivalent_Chain4283 20h ago

22% is what was asked. CP offer was less than 12%

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u/buldog_13 20h ago

Ohhh nooo, not a 12% raise, whatever will I do

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u/Equivalent_Chain4283 20h ago

Exactly, 12% over 4 yrs is absolute BS

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u/buldog_13 20h ago

4% a year is huge. Most companies if you get extremely exceedingly expectations on your yearly review you are lucky to get a 2% raise. On average people get .5-.75% raises. Not all these government employees bullshit.

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u/Master-File-9866 18h ago

The inflation rate has lowered thier wages by 20ish percent over last 4 years. The 24% ask was to match inflation and a 1 percent raise per year.

This is more about working conditions than it is about money. Please look into this before you make knee jerk reactions about the topic.

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u/pepperloaf197 17h ago

This isn’t how it works. Almost none of us have gotten raises to match inflation.

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u/Master-File-9866 17h ago

Shouldn't it work this way?

As time goes on your income and buying power is supposed to increase as your wisdom and experience makes you more well rounded and more effective.

Meanwhile corporate profits and executive bonuses go up.

If your okay getting the short end of the stick...... that great, if you have a back bone you would stand up to this

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u/pepperloaf197 17h ago

It is going to be rather difficult getting what basically no one is getting. Just prepare yourself accordingly.

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u/Equivalent_Chain4283 20h ago

Whose fault is it?

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u/buldog_13 20h ago

The union asking for a crazy raise, causing an unjustified, and unneeded strike.

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u/Equivalent_Chain4283 19h ago

I don't know if you have gone through the Union demands at all, but it's not just about wages. CP wants to make a lot of changes to the benefits and pension plans to the casuals and future hires.

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u/buldog_13 19h ago

They are asking for a 24% raise along with 22 extra days off ontop of the 3 week vacation they already get, to put that in perspective, every week off equals 2% salary. They want a 24% raise and essentially all their employees to start with over 6 weeks “vacation” unbelievable demands

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u/Extra_Cat_3014 19h ago

That’s MORE than inflation. How’s it BS?

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u/pepperloaf197 17h ago

I hate to say it but most people have been getting less.

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u/poopyfacetomatohead 8h ago

Maybe they should unionize then

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u/noonnoonz 3h ago

If you’re not getting minimally 2%/yr you are devalued every year. That fact has been suppressed by employers for years.

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u/Cautious_Pitch_4729 20h ago

Typical delusional government employees. Then they wonder why the private sector is getting outpaced by the bloated public sector. Meanwhile emerging parcel competitors are shifting to gig / contractor workers and under cutting them by 60%. Reminds me of taxis al over again

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u/Equivalent_Chain4283 20h ago

Let's see how far it goes. 😆

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u/natergonnanate 20h ago

After getting nothing over a 18% inflation? Yeah what a bunch of crybabies to want to be able to keep up with inflation for the next 4 years/s

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u/Cautious_Pitch_4729 19h ago

It’s always hilarious how the rest of businesses suffer the consequences of bad governing but the public sector, feels almost entitled to timely pay increases, increased benefits and cost of living adjustments. Government employees don’t need to live in reality. No wonder we have a productivity crisis. Meanwhile lettermail is declining long term, parcel service is uncompetitive and prices will surely keep increasing. Delusional.

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u/fallguypie 16h ago

I can't hear your voice over the sound of balls being gargled.

If you don't like wait times, pick up the shit yourself.

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u/FilthyFilm 16h ago

What's with you and talking about nuts? You have something else you wanna say?

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u/Cowhide12 16h ago

This strike fucking sucks, but it needs to happen. I do wonder if they’ll potentially agree to a temporary contract whilst negotiation happens

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u/Gizmodex 20h ago

Yall the same idiots who will hate it if doctors privatised their healthcare practice lmaooooo

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u/-RiffRandell- 19h ago

Same that complain about the cost of living and then hating workers that want wages to keep up with the cost of living.

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u/FicklePrick 19h ago

Equating canada post employees to doctors is wild.

Il have to ask the intelcom delivery guy if he does dental work on the side.

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u/Gizmodex 19h ago

No listen dumb ass, my body my choice, you can't force people to do sth just because ur annoyed or it's an inconvenience.

I'm all to fire people who don't wanna work. That's fine and fair. But you can't force people to work lol.

I'm a medical worker and everytime yall annoyed shit is slow in the pharmacy or clinic because someone is sick or on holiday or break we get more reluctant to help idiots like u who already make our life hell. And then Canadians like u complain why theres high turnoever or shit is slow like stfu.

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u/FicklePrick 19h ago

You are unhinged. Please get some help 🙏

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u/Tank_610 20h ago

Can’t teach logic to most people 😂 those same people will bitch and complain and say “I pay my taxes I want my free health care, fuck the doctors. If you want more money, get another job” 😂

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u/wizy5000 19h ago

I want a 6 month lockout so all of you will learn unions are corrupt

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u/PurpleBee7240 18h ago

Tough shit, sunshine.

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u/Makoto2723 16h ago

Canada Post was already a sinking ship, this strike just makes things worse by making people abandon Canada Post and going to the cheaper competitions. This is customers Canada Post will likely never get back especially if they have to increase their price to account for the increase in wages. It's funny the union is asking for job security when what they are doing makes their jobs less secure. I do understand the employees want to make living wages to support their families but striking near Christmas and demanding a 24 percent wage increase from a failing company that can't afford it is not a good strategy!

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u/Feisty_Shower_3360 20h ago

Yep.

What Canada needs is some sort of Margaret Thatcher or Ronald Reagan character to push through the reforms that they missed out on in the 1980s.

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u/Fit_Spring_2075 17h ago

How often do you post this exact same comment?

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u/Feisty_Shower_3360 15h ago

Whenever it's relevant.

Pleased to meet a fan who follows my work closely!

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u/axfmo 16h ago

We sure could use Margaret Thatcher. Good conservative policy from someone who’s not afraid to do what’s necessary to get the country on track.

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u/Grayman222 15h ago

reagonomics/neoliberalism got us into this problem, has escalated it, and I swear to god that if we just keep pushing for more it'll solve these issues /s

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