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a half hour unpaid break for every 5 hours is all that's required by law. AFAIK.. It's fine to make an agreement with an employee that they can take their break/lunch at the end of an 8 hour day so they can leave early. Union contracts will have their own set of rules.

https://www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-receives-global-offers The union is still going on about full time workers making overtime pay for the weekend deliveries.

According to the CUPW.. as of last week when CP walked away.. CUPW was still insisting on using the existing language in the contract for weekend deliveries.. existing language is double time. CUPW's submission to the industrial inquiry commission was focused on using full time employees at...

The strike will push volumes onto the other carriers.. they'll be looking for help.

"We can confirm that a 72-hour strike notice has been issued. This step was taken in part to respond to the employer's recent indication that it may unilaterally change working conditions and suspend employee benefits. This step was also taken to facilitate the continuation of our right to...

Would employees get in trouble from the union or CP for taking a temp job elsewhere during a strike?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-strike-notice-1.7538696 Strike notice issued for this Friday.

and... converting to community boxes, closing post offices, dynamic routing, hiring more part timers, paid regular wage on weekends, paid 8 hours-work 8 hours, etc.. The employees and union are not going to like that report!

Here's a summary of the recommendations... https://infopost.ca/wp-c/u/2025/05/f1-iic-key-findings.pdf And.. the full report.. https://infopost.ca/wp-c/u/2025/05/canada-post-iic-report-2025.pdf

Congratulations.. old man.

For a split second.. I thought you were gonna suggest a name.

No, they didn't. They're insisting on using the existing contract.. double time on weekends regardless of how many hours are worked during the week.

They still haven't budge on the double time for weekend deliveries. "They have also ignored our offer to use existing collective agreement language to allow for weekend delivery" https://www.cupw.ca/en/negotiations-update-canada-post-takes-pause

CP and the union paused talks yesterday... again. Strike deadline is May 22nd... CP runs out of money.. again.. by July. Ian Lee's thoughts... CP needs a major structural reset... major changes will have to come from Parliament...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fear-turned-to-shock-when-murder-accused-realized-he-d-shot-an-officer-court-hears-1.7529588 https://ottawacitizen.com/news/bellefeuille-testifies-killed-opp-officer Alain testified in his own defence at his trial for shooting OPP officers.. killing one...

A town or municipality can't just ban you. It would require a court order.. it goes against your rights and wouldn't be taken lightly.

I was only repeating how and when I first heard about it.. not giving an opinion on what, why, etc.. I haven't followed it in years... don't know what's being said anymore.

In my house... I didn't get any shots. The wife got 4-5. We both got covid 3 times.. she was a little worse off than me each time.. neither was that bad. But.. It appears I might have some lasting effects/issues.

There was chatter about something happening in China.. around the wuhan market.. in late October/early November '19. The first I heard of 'the something' was in early December '19..from an animal rescue group that was based in Wuhan. They were basically saying.. something is happening around...

They'll probably give her a lot more than she deserves.. for no other reason than Trump wanting to try and turn the incident into something other than what to really was... a violent protest. No chance the gov would settle that if Trump wasn't president. He sends the feds after protestors...