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    Der Arbeitsminister bittet das Canada Industrial Relations Board, in den Vertragsstreit mit der Canada Post einzugreifen


    Der Arbeitsminister bittet das Canada Industrial Relations Board, in den Vertragsstreit mit der Canada Post einzugreifen

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mackinnon-labour-dispute-binding-arbitration-1.7409656

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    1. johnnierockit on

      MacKinnon said if the board determines negotiations between the parties are at an impasse, it has been directed to order striking CUPW members back to work under the existing collective agreement until May 22, 2025. “Canadians are rightly fed up.”

      The strike has lasted 4+ weeks. MacKinnon said Friday that a federal mediator says negotiations are going in the wrong direction. “I am making this decision to protect the interests of all Canadians,” MacKinnon said. “It is not a decision I take lightly, but in this situation, it is the right one”

      The CUPW issued a statement denouncing MacKinnon’s move “in the strongest terms” & calling the decision an “assault on our constitutionally protected right to collectively bargain and strike.” “Postal workers are being forced to return to work without new negotiated collective agreements in place”

      Abridged (shortened) article [https://bsky.app/profile/johnhatchard.bsky.social/post/3ld7dw4kcck2x](https://bsky.app/profile/johnhatchard.bsky.social/post/3ld7dw4kcck2x)

    2. johnnierockit on

      CTV News

      In January the Crown corporation sold its IT & logistics departments as a means of restructuring, citing losses. President of CUPW Local 846 said the 750-person workforce was “not fired but basically a whole portion [of the corporation] given to another company”

      Earlier this year mgmt stated a $76 million deficit. Those numbers come after selling off their assets, including their profitable logistics department. “Sabotaging is where [management] is showing the losses & also at the same time introducing & trying to execute the planning without consulting us”

      News reporting on company earnings rarely mention Canada Post is in the middle of its 5-year plan to “transform the business,” announced in the 2022 Annual Report by CEO Ettinger. The plan is projected to cost $4 billion & allocates approximately $800 million per year to new trucks, scanners & IT.

      Last year, Canada Post opened its new $470 million 585,000 square foot Albert Jackson Processing Plant in Scarborough, Ontario. At full capacity, it could process 60,000 packages an hour. It is also the country’s first “zero-carbon” designated building.

      While the new plant is certainly an achievement, it is also enormously cost for a service that is constantly said to be on the brink of failure. Canada Post stated that without additional borrowing, it will “fall below required operating and reserve cash requirements by early 2025.”

      “Every time we go into a negotiation, somehow Canada Post are crying they are in a loss, but they still go through bonuses giving to 22 vice presidents & CEO and everybody,” says Parmar, who has been a postal worker for over 32 years. “It’s deliberate & planned very well to fail the postal system.”

      Abridged (summarized) article [https://bsky.app/profile/johnhatchard.bsky.social/post/3lc56om3kik2g](https://bsky.app/profile/johnhatchard.bsky.social/post/3lc56om3kik2g)

    4. DannyDOH on

      The union reps really misread the leverage here.

      Should have done work to rule and rotating strikes to be a real thorn.  As is the employer can sit out forever.

      Feds throwing the union a life preserver here.

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