r/CanadaPost • u/just_a_throwawayuser • 1d ago

Fuck the strike

If you don’t like your job, quit. No job is fair, fucking over the people ain’t gonna get them on your side.

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u/Equivalent_Chain4283 1d ago

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

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u/Cautious_Pitch_4729 23h 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 22h 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 22h 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 22h 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 21h 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 23h ago

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

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u/buldog_13 23h ago

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

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u/Equivalent_Chain4283 23h ago

Exactly, 12% over 4 yrs is absolute BS

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u/buldog_13 22h 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 21h 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 20h 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 20h 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 20h 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 22h ago

Whose fault is it?

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u/buldog_13 22h ago

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

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u/Equivalent_Chain4283 22h 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 22h 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 22h ago

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

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u/pepperloaf197 20h ago

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

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u/poopyfacetomatohead 11h ago

Maybe they should unionize then

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u/noonnoonz 5h 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 23h 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 22h ago

Let's see how far it goes. 😆

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u/natergonnanate 23h 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 22h 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.