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DHL wanted to buy CP 11 years ago.. they looked at the books and structure and nope’d out.

Well, the Canada Industrial Relations Board agrees with CUPW and that they were retaliatory lay-offs. This information was just released to CUPW. Now, the union should adopt CP model and throw them under the bus hard for this in the public eye.

“The Sticky” is amusing. Loosely based on a giant Maple Syrup heist in Quebec a while back. 6, half hour episodes. A surprise appearance by an extremely well known actress was the icing on the cake.

It’s not only casuals. A bunch of the clerks in Guelph have 3.75 hour shifts in the morning for precisely the same reason. Start at 5am, done at 8:45am. Posties start at 9am. The only reason I’m in Guelph is because the restructured my old route (went from 25 hours/week to 17 hours/week) and I...

The whole janitor thing is a giant red herring / distraction from CP to the media. That’s an item that’s sooooooo far down the list it’s pretty much inconsequential, but CP is latching on to that like a baby on a titty and milking it for all it’s worth.

There were several other things that the union offered as well for cost savings measures. The local I belong to is rather upset about 1 potential concession involving overtime hours. Basically, CPC was taking away sections of walks from route owners if this route is regularly into overtime. The...

That’s unclear. But friends/family of CUPW workers have been receiving packages and/or mail via private couriers. This has been documented and reported to CUPW and to the “Legal Establishment”. Since CPC owns the vast majority of Purolator, they have found a loophole to all them to...

The top personal security company in the USA has been inundated with CEO protection requests. (Lots of stuff about it in Google)

Soooo….. Latest thing in negotiations… CUPW responded to the “framework” that CP provided. Of course, the sides have differences, but there’s progress. Late this past Friday night, CP sends a counter offer to CUPW. We were hopeful that this was a sign of progress. Unfortunately, CP has backed...

From what I understand, they want to contract gig type workers (not sure of level of background check) with no guaranteed hours, zero benefits, zero pension, zero everything except barely over minimum wage. I proposed they use the massive number of “casuals” who have been schooled by CPC, had...

Absolutely we checked on daily if we missed delivering a scannable item - even more so if it’s a signature required item (i.e. passport, high value item, registered mail).

Precisely one of the reasons we don’t want the gig workers. We deliver passports and registered mail (can be letters, packets or parcels). We have to get fingerprinted and have a full deep down background check by the RCMP done. I highly doubt that CPC wouldn’t be thrilled about paying for the...

Alright. Back up the bus. We are *NOT* asking 2x pay. Union wants to avoid the “Gig” system - contract workers with no guaranteed hours, no benefits and at a $18/hour wage. They want to avoid the “2 Tier” (actually, it’s already 7 tier wages depending on seniority) disparity. We do not want...

Note that earlier this thread I commented that in a city the size of Guelph, we have LOST 25 routes in the past 20 years. ***There is a pre-defined “Iron Ring” around certain city boundaries for every city. Anything built outside of the Ring counts to a different area of delivery (RSMC). All...

We sort our routes, pull the mail and put them into relay bags. These relay bags get delivered around the city by either “CUS” (contracted workers, non CP) or part time CP workers with vans. I have no idea which reality you’re living in, but 3-4 hours a day is completely a falsehood. I...

As I said earlier in this thread, CP needs to adapt a regional delivery fee. Just like UPS, FedEx, Purolator etc. Right now it costs the same to mail a letter across the street as it does from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island. Germany charges more for internal lettermail than CP does., And you...

I agree pretty much 100% with what you say. Only problem is the once a week delivery. Does that include parcels and packets? Or just letter mail?

We live in a society of Karens nowadays… I had a complaint lodged against me that their maiil was wet, on a day of torrential rains… Like seriously. WTF.

Those are RSMC’s. (Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers). They, for the vast majority, supply their own vehicles. Yes. They are paid fuel and mileage - the exact amount, I don’t know. They have a slightly different contract compares to regular LC’s (Letter Carriers). The F-150 is a semi common...

That’s the thing. People don’t like change. It’s easy to just open your door, reach around to your mailbox and see if anything’s there. Getting your shoes on, maybe a jacket etc takes effort. Which people don’t like. Why make it harder than necessary? My house has a super box… I drive right by...