Der Streik der Canada Post kostet kleine Unternehmen 1 Milliarde US-Dollar, da die Rufe zum Handeln zunehmen

Seems like the workers are pretty important and should probably be compensated as such.

Drivers are making an average of around $24/hr. If you live in Southern Ontario you may as well not even get off the couch for any less than $30/hr if you don’t already own assets.

>It’s not the Grinch who is about to steal Christmas. It’s Ottawa sitting idly on the sidelines,’ CFIB statement says

It’s strange how quick we’ve become to reflexively expect strike-breaking from this government. The dispute between Canada Post and their union has nothing to do with Ottawa unless you believe it’s somehow their duty to prevent the Charter-protected collective bargaining process from playing out. If you want to blame someone for this, Ottawa is not the most obvious or appropriate target to focus your ire on.

I’m not so sure I’m going to believe a study done by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. A grain of salt with this.

Most of newfoundland can’t receive any packages because of this strike. Shit is getting old fast.

Justin Trudeau is pressured to take action but can’t because Jagmeet Singh threatened to vote non-confidence if he did (he won’t ever vote against the Liberals though).

Pierre Poillevre won’t say anything or take sides because he doesn’t have to risk his current winning position in the polls (and if the Liberals/NDP fumble this, it would also be great for him).

Oh boy.

Haha all these calls for back to work legislation from Conservatives. “PP is a working class hero. He represents blue collar workers”. Also Conservatives, “Legislate CP employees back to work. They’re inconveniencing me.”

Yes. Strike action inconveniences people. That’s the point. People should be paid fairly and equitably in exchange for the time they give up to do a job.

If you don’t agree with that, go to a sweatshop in Thailand that has service delivery agreements with capitalist companies like Nike and Adidas.

Wait? No? That sounds horrible? You know why YOU have wages, benefits and a 40hr work week? Unions.

People whinge about how cost of living is extortionate and housing affordability is down, but then when unions go on strike to demand better wages to afford a reasonable lifestyle it’s, “Sorry. No can do. Get a real job”.

EVERY JOB IS A REAL JOB!!!!

Flipping burgers is a real job. Delivering mail is a real job. Being a janitor is a real job. Each and EVERY one of these workers *SHOULD* be able to afford a roof over their heads, feed themselves and their children and enjoy a few weeks vacation. Conservatives don’t agree with this, because they believe that some people don’t deserve nice things by virtue of the job they do. “I don’t need a degree to work in the oil patch but I deserve $100/hr for being an important industry worker”. Yeah. Postal workers deliver important services to Canadians too. YOU are no better or more important than the Timmies worker, the postie, or the janitor.

Your blue tie does not automagically allow you to join the millionaire/billionaire class. You don’t get tax breaks. You don’t get special treatment. If you lost your job tomorrow and couldn’t afford to house yourself after three months of non-payments, you’re working class and BILLIONAIRES and Conservative politicians are ACTIVELY working and voting AGAINST your interests.

Unfortunately the reality is the job is a low barrier entry job.

Can you walk?
Can you drive?
Can you read and navigate with Google maps?

It’s a job that soon in the future will be able to be completed nearly autonomous as well.

Coupled with the thing called the internet eliminating the need for almost any paper copies or letters, it is now just a parcel delivery position and needs to pay in like with that.

I do agree countries will need to cope with the arrival of evenore automation however as it stands right now that problem is bigger than just Canada Post and the money pit it can easily become.

Pay them. It’s that simple.

I’m all for strikes and getting paid what you’re worth.

But I run a side gig, and I have to take 6 weeks off my day job for surgery (starting today) and was really counting on the $2000 I could have made with my very small business to keep me afloat during my unpaid time off. Now I’ll have to go back to work as soon as I can get on my feet.

How much will updating the POS system for the GST holiday cost small business 

Fuck the financial post and natpost. I support my fellow workers.

We already shut down our small business once the strike started. Not Canada Post fault but we tend to make the most money during Christmas and after issuing tons of refunds for stuck packages, we just gave up. 

During covid our profits were 30,000. Cute little small business on the side for extra money. 

This year, we barely made it to 10,000. It’s just not worth all the extra work, taxes, etc. Canada Post just put the nail in the coffin. November and December we should have easily made 10,000. 

I call bullshit, nobody even noticed they are on strike

A lot of companies are switching from cheques to e-transfers now. It’s a move as big as office to work from home over covid.