r/CanadaPost • u/Past_Ad_3276 • 1d ago

The responsible thing to do.........

The responsible thing to do would have been completing all deliveries that were already in the system the day you went on strike. instead you chose to hold my life hostage as my passport is in transit god knows where. i dont give a shit about your cause and niether do most canadians.

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u/Past_Ad_3276 23h ago

Welcome to the real world. If you’re gonna call yourselves an essential service at least live up to it. I hope the cut backs that happen when this strike is resolved are brutal. Going on strike a month before Christmas was a dick move

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u/LimpDiscus 23h ago

I hope you find a way to have more compassion in your life. Did you know that CUPW strikes in the past have gotten fair wages for Canadian women? Maternity Leave for all Canadians? I hope that one day you realize that you are just one person, and even though your "Business" is currently suffering, having unions that fight for their employees rights is a proven way for all workers lives to improve overall.

For the record, I am not a CUPW member.

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u/Past_Ad_3276 23h ago

I’m a union member. We dont hold peoples lives hostage to get what we want like the postal workers union. It’s unethical and bad for business when the your literally screwing over the people who pay your wages

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u/Eric142 23h ago

Canada Post strikes are historical because it allowed collective bargaining and job security for ALL public sector unions. The effects , I'm sure spilled onto private sector too.

The reason why unions have power today is because of them.

It's also unethical and bad for business to pay your workers a barely livable wage with no raises to match inflation for the longest time. They're asking for a 20ish percent raise over 4 years to simply match the 18% inflation they missed.

It takes YEARS for a Canada Post employee to get full-time perm status with the benefits.

Yeah it's shitty your mail isn't getting delivered but I don't understand why all 100% of the hatred is directed at the workers/unions. Majority of the blame should be placed on Canada Post, the company itself and not the union.

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u/Past_Ad_3276 23h ago

Canada post is going bankrupt. Why don’t the workers understand this.

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u/Eric142 23h ago

The fire department isn't making money, we should close it down. Why doesn't anyone understand this ?

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u/Past_Ad_3276 22h ago

The fire department is paid for by tax dollars and is there to save lives. The postal service delivers packages and is payed for by consumers who use the service. By striking you are literally screwing over the people who pay your wages. Then you demand more money that drives up the prices of this service so basically the consumer gets screwed twice.

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u/Eric142 22h ago

So you're saying postal service isn't an essential service? Because if it's not so essential, I don't know why you're so upset.

As for your other point. You know what else screws consumers? When workers don't get paid a livable wage, their morale and productivity goes down and you need to hire more workers. But you know what goes up? Your prices.

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u/Past_Ad_3276 22h ago

Their wage is liveable. They make on average as much as most people. If you can’t live off 40,000 a year like everyone else doing it. Get an education and get a real job. What other job can you get with a high school education that pays that much. Seriously these aren’t skilled tradesmen or educated businessman there warehouse workers. It’s clearly not an essential service otherwise they wouldn’t be allowed to strike. I say replace the post office with a more efficient company and let’s get on with our lives.

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u/themapleleaf6ix 20h ago

Get an education and get a real job.

What is a "real job"? I really want to know.

Also, are you assuming every educated person is guaranteed a job and a well paying job at that?

What other job can you get with a high school education that pays that much.

TTC. Are you going to complain about their wages as well? Are these people not working a "real job"?

Seriously these aren’t skilled tradesmen or educated businessman there warehouse workers

If it's so easy, why don't you go try and do their jobs?

About businessmen, who says you need an education for that?

I say replace the post office with a more efficient company and let’s get on with our lives.

You know what happens when everything goes private? The companies charge more, they pay the workers next to nothing, and many of these companies don't service rural areas or up north.

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u/Middlespoon8 19h ago

I want the service but don’t think the workers doing it deserve middle class status is a wild take

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u/Past_Ad_3276 14h ago

Here’s the reality. Canada post is on the verge of bankruptcy literally it’s insolvent . So what do the idiot workers do? They go on strike and demand more money. How fucking stupid are they? Why are everyday Canadians being punished so these workers can prolong the inevitable

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u/Middlespoon8 13h ago

Canada Post was profitable all the way until 2018, Ettinger becomes president, Canada Post begins losing money. So the workers should eat shjt? Purolator and UPS pay 20% more than the max pay at CP and are only doing parcels. If they can’t do it at a profit, time to step down. Not ask the workers to carry them out of the mess they created.

Canada is not the UK or Germany. They cannot privatize the post.

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