In a memo to its 55,000 members, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers blasted the company’s previous offers and said it met face-to-face earlier in the day with company negotiators and issued a broad new contract proposal.
Probably the first article in a while that clearly outlines WHERE the negations are at and what each side wants.
However Canada post is NOT tax payer funded it is a for profit entity that has been in a death spiral for quite some time not dealing or not being allowed to become more efficient while mail volume keeps dropping.
We keep treating essential services like they need to make a profit.
Mail service to Edmonton seems a little redundant, but mail service to Tuk or even hay river may not feel so “extra”.
I get why they spun it out to an arms-length thing (like the CBC, independent) but it’s entirely vulnerable now to funding cuts when the likes of Milhouse get into power. It was a bad idea to close the books.
We keep treating essential services like they need to make a profit.
Mail service to Edmonton seems a little redundant, but mail service to Tuk or even hay river may not feel so “extra”.
I get why they spun it out to an arms-length thing (like the CBC, independent) but it’s entirely vulnerable now to funding cuts when the likes of Milhouse get into power. It was a bad idea to close the books.
I generally agree, but also governments often don’t run services very efficiently