Canada Post strike update: Negotiations appear to hit a wall as updates on proposals stall (www.thestar.com)

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Probably the first article in a while that clearly outlines WHERE the negations are at and what each side wants.

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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 22 points 7 months ago

Looks like they want more part time and full time positions to be hired on, plus raises to keep up with inflation.

To me, being a mailman is a hard job that requires a lot of physical and mental labour, it should be very well paid

[-] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

No they want to have fewer part time, more full time and all new staff to have pensions.

To me, being a mailman is a hard job that requires a lot of physical and mental labour

It may be physically demanding but not a particularly skilled one.. You have routes, you learn them you haul your load every day. Kind of like a bus driver, warehouse picker or even a retail staffer.. This should be an entry level job geared to the young and able part time that you move on from later.. Not a life long career with a pension.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't want some idiot losing my package. I like Canada posts because it rarely fucks up my delivery - today i have to go far, far out of my way to pick up a purolater package containing medication because the purolater delivery person's brain turns to mush whenever they need to deliver a package to an apartment building.

The Canada Post delivery person who usually delivers to my area has never had that problem, he and he alone apparently has the ability to make it to the 2nd floor where my apartment is located. FedEx/Puralater/UPS have never succeeded when tasked with the same thing, i always end up having to go to a depot across town to pick it up myself with them.

[-] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

I have had Canada post delivery issues as well, particularly in the past they would just dash a pickup notice to my door INSTEAD of knocking or ringing a door bell for packages.. I was CONSTANTLY going to the post office to pick things up that I WAS home for and could have received if they had rang the door bell or knocked even. It really comes down to the individual.

Everyone should be paid fairly but from the info so far I am not convinced the union demands are resonable in this case other than maybe the mat leave request.