What's really going on? Anyone who can add 2 + 2 has always known that union strikers will NEVER regain what they lost while off work. And postal workers and other govt. employees have always been clueless to the fact that they are paid, treated and have 100 times better benefits than the average person, the majority of whom don't have "benefits" at all.
right? and here they are saying "we want fair pay and good benefits" fair pay? you get paid more than most no education jobs and get waaaaaay better benefits than us, 13 personal days? 3 weeks of paid vacations that can at some point go up to 7 weeks after 28 years... and here they are demanding MORE benefits and 24% raise over 4 years? so spoiled and greedy...
Fed ex, purolator and UPS all pay their employees more. Canada Post must service remote Canada. Most of these couriers won't service remote areas as there is no money in it.
@@bobthekobb They do this literally ON PURPOSE! And for the record, almost everyone suffers every single time they do this garbage. And every time they come back, the service worsens to a sickening degree. They don't even do their jobs most of the time anymore. They're useless!
I live in a rural community in BC, where Canada Post is not just a way to receive supplies and goods but a lifeline for many, including those who rely on it for vital medications. My mother, for instance, receives her cancer medication through Canada Post. Now, my family is scrambling to arrange for her pills to be flown in because of disruptions to this service. These challenges are deeply impacting rural communities like ours. For us, Canada Post is more than a convenience-it's an essential, life-saving service.
Yup, I am rural and they're literally the only courier who will drive the extra mile to deliver to my PO box. Don't understand why they didn't do rotating strike at least, they don't have my sympathy or respect, it's out the window at this point. 🙃
I notice that more and more couriers are eating up rural areas . Smaller company's like Dandelion etc. , are doing this . Canada Post is going to force themselves out of business, or into private hands !!
keep the mail as an essential service for rural communities, like energy, police and health care. In the cities its just another courier company like FedEx.
Going forward, I will ensure that my small business uses anyone else other than Canada Post going forward. I will go out of my way to not support Canada Post.
I wish I could too. Small business, my customers letter mail items to me that I customize ($2 to $3), I mail back at small price or Xpress at $17. Now cheapest is $69 for anything. My business is nearly dead as it had started to be profitable. Thanks everyone involved in this strike, you killed small business and no one gives a rat's behind
@@gordiestevan1662 --- by how? subsidizing a company with other peoples money? no, further those jobs that pay anywhere from minimum wage to perhaps slightly more are the ones that give ppl jobs with no academic or skills a place to work. one cannot expect 100k jobs with little more than high school. these types of jobs offer a way in gaining work experience.
@@canadiangirl5159 -- me too. the only problem are parcels in transit at canada post. but i was getting notices long before the strike began and didn't ship with canada post.... so i don't have any parcels stuck with them. i also i noticed that flyers in my area are now being delivered to my driveway instead of my mailbox. obviously the private sector took over. i don't really care about flyers, but you can see how things adapt in a fast paced environment while dinosaurs die.
When sending a letter (which you're obligated to do from time to time) costs $8 instead of $1.30 after privatization, remember this little post you made. 🤣
Blame the company that shipped it with Canada Post. They had a month of notice to find a backup plan, like everyone else did. They are responsible for your problems not the post office
Tax payers don't fund Canada Post. It is self-sufficient. And yes, that is exactly what Doug Ettinger and his minions are trying to do. But once he succeeds, YOU will be paying the difference. No more free shipping with your online shopping, $8 to send a letter, $60 to send a package. Those will be your new reality. Best of luck!
Been thinking about buckets of water and a garden hose on a pump in a van while driving by the picket lines …. You wanna play “it’s our property” while you are soaking wet in -19 , I’m okay with that
As a union, you do not want to push for such high demands when your company is bleeding money. Sure, if it is profitable. But when Canada Post cannot even make it's business model work, I think the strikers are tone deaf to the reality by not accepting the offer on the table.
If the federal govt can Waste Billions of dollars on recon ciliation for people that have NEVER CONTRIBUTED to Canada, then they can afford a decent raise for WORKERS.
@andrewmccoll1582 How much do you really know about the issues, or are you just winging it? Many government workers have had pay raises in step with cost of living- why don’t postal workers who have tough often physical jobs not deserve the same treatment? The corporation is losing money not because they’re paying the employees too much, but because they’re making bad investments and are resistant to new ideas on how to improve the bottom line. It’s sad that people are so willing to drag fellow workers down instead of raising the bar for everyone. A lean economy = mean people.
Only reason it's losing money is because it is a Government run business just like everything the government sticks it's nose into look at the health care system the Keystone coppers aka RCMP the military and then you have CBC everything they touch loses money and you get lousy service
Try Chit Chats, I've been using them for almost a decade and they save me other $1000/month in shipping costs, the biggest savings are when shipping outside of Canada.
Pass a law that management doesn’t get paid during strike and the strike will be over. Executives don’t care about other people’s problems, but don’t touch their pay or guaranteed bonuses
@ i read highest paid executive gets 700 million including bonuses. Also there are 12 or 14 VPs, but asking for no further cuts to pay is greedy. Some got almost a 50% pay cut, but average was over 15%. Management never got a pay cut.
Why shouldn't management get paid? They aren't on strike. .... Canada Post executive and senior management salaries are well below private sector levels. Employee salaries are well above private sector levels (for semi-skilled and unskilled work). ... So. If ANYONE is underpaid, it's management. But of course, they aren't underpaid either. Because the corporation is bleeding money.
A large portion of Canada is only serviced by Canada Post. Canada Post does so at a loss in order to service Canadians in rural communities. There is no alternative. There is no way to make money servicing rural communities.
We don't need daily mail delivery, we would be perfectly fine with weekly delivery. Canada Post could layoff 80% of the letter carriers. Problem solved.
Honestly, that seems to be the most reasonable thing for the long term. Conservatively, at least %60 of the mail is flyers and promotions that most people are not asking for. We don't need 55K + workers with pensions and benefits to deliver junk mail. It's pure waste. The leverage the workers should be using is learning a skill that pays better and is in higher demand than being a postal worker.
LOL And who is going to work 1 day a week, sweetie? Ever think of that? Who can survive on one day of salary? I'll help you out since thinking isn't your strong suite: no one.
@@orangefuzzz I don't think you understand, you don't work one day a week. Look at it like this. You take 5 letter carriers with their respective routes. You lay off 4 off the five of them. The remaining carrier does his route on Monday, one of the layed off workers routes on Tuesday, another route on Wednesday. etc. etc. The letter carrier works full time doing a different route every day, Do you get it?
@@Skiptickle I don't think YOU understand. Your idea sounds like a nightmare for the worker and also, impossible. You've clearly never done the job. You know you have to get to know your route, right? A random person cannot just drop into your route and take it over without being briefed on all the aspects/exceptions/asterisks involved. It can take MONTHS to learn the route properly. It's not just putting letters in a box. There are laws. There are rules. There are particularities. There are dangers. Also, routes cannot be done in a single day. 1000 points of call a day is barely possible. So, if you have a town with more than 1000 addresses, forget it. The postal worker would never have enough time to do the work. Flyers alone can take 2 to 3 days for the most efficient postal worker. Flyers are a part of Canada Post's revenue. So, before you say "forget the flyers", you can't. Also, how would you work this in rural areas where towns are 50-100 km apart? You make that employee drive 300 km to the next town using his own gas to deliver a route he barely knows? There are more than cities in Canada, you know. People tend to forget this. See, there's a lot more to it than just "do this". People are so clueless when it comes to what postal workers do... it's discouraging.
100% they are doing this so the public gets pissed at the workers while the upper management keeps feeding lies to the public through media outlets to make themselves look like the good guys while covering up the corruption that runs deep into the company all while screwing over their entire work force. People need to open their eyes to what’s really going on.
The employees fail to see that Canada Post is a dying business. They're trying to get blood out of a stone and the public doesn't support them any longer. They won't deliver to the community mailboxes if the snow isn't cleared. They're inflexible on change. Most people only need mail delivery once a week. Getting packages delivered on weekends when they're home would be a nice change. Costs are up, revenue and the amount of packages they deliver is steadily going down. Except for some remote areas most people don't need Canada Post. All my bills are received and paid online. My packages and deliveries come by other services that are quicker and more reliable..
Wrong. The employees see exactly what is going on. You want people to risk their safety to deliver to snowed-in community boxes? Are you high? And who is going to work 1 day a week when the cost of living is so high? Who can feed their family and pay their bills on one day of salary a week? Did you even think before you typed? And to the point of the rock, there's ample "blood" when it comes to the 8 CEOs and 22 VPs' salaries and bonuses, isn't there? Also, if the public doesn't support Canada Post and its workers, it's because like Trump supporters in the US, many people are too lazy and too uneducated to dig deeper to find out which lies they've been fed. They believe when management says "there's no money". Of course there's no money. They're trying to run the company into the ground and make a case for privatizing the business. Then, management can raise the cost of everything and make millions a year instead of their current hundreds-of-thousands. It's all in the plan and Canada's fools are falling for it.
@@orangefuzzz c'mon, I'm talking about refusing to strep over a small snowbank, or to walk to the sidewalk if it hasn't been shoveled. Just before the strike our delivery guy pulled up yo the box and sat there for 20 minutes then drove off because it was drizzling
@@elim7228 isn't that rich? It's been _something_ to see how everyone is expected to fall in line & eagerly show their class consciousness by "supporting workers". Support workers .. _or you won't get your things_ .. that's how you make enemies, not friends.
You should know that it is impossible for the package to *disappear*, the only possibility is that one of the workers steals the package.Which means that the spouses should be held responsible for the theft of other people's property.
theyll show up a month or two after the strike is resolved or once Canada post declares bankruptcy and lays off everyone they will have to be delivered through a third party just dont lose those tracking numbers
I have packages in Canada mail prepaid !! Canada Post has no respect for their clients. They should have to deliver the paid services and stop taking new assignments if striking. Stop holding people’s packages and mail for HOSTAGE!! There are a million people who would do Canada Post jobs for half the wage…this is not going to end well.
so you're willing to do 12 hours and being paid for 8? Willing to wear 25 pounds and walk 6 hours, willing to do the work for 4 when they refuse to staff properly and know full well they're short on staff? Find me someone who's willing to do 12 hours of work and being paid for 8 because if you do, let me know . i would like to hire that slave who's willing to work for peanuts!
I will NOT be using Canada post ever again. They have $400 worth of my orders held hostage, and my small business sales completely stopped once the strike was announced.. My business relies on holiday sales for a very large portion of its profits, and Canada Post has killed it. The gov should be ordering them back to work and pick this sht up AFTER the holidays.
@@Paaacss Sure, it's management's fault. Am I supposed to spend time analyzing this to figure out how blame should be apportioned? I just want my parcels, and I want other Canadians to get their letters & parcels, some of which are much more important than the things I'm waiting for (although I am short ~$1K which isn't chump change to me). I don't need to parse it all out ; instead, what I need to do is avoid this. I have figured out my own response, which is to move away from CP. I'm not in a remote area and it's doable for me. I hope the union won't destroy CP, but I lack the bandwidth to involve myself in this. I just need my packages to at least _creep_ toward their destination, instead of being stashed in a warehouse. This is not acceptable to me, and I blame "CP" in a hand-wavy fashion. Within CP, you can argue about who destroyed CP. That isn't for me to get involved in. I'm on the outside, trying to ship packages, and have them shipped to me.
@@PenneySounds Lmfao sure, I'll just ignore the fact that they COULD have had rolling strikes to keep services moving, if not slowly rather than stopped, holding Canadians hostage as a result, forcing thousands of small businesses to suffer, damaging our economy, and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to their own company. Yes. They should be payed better. But like Canada post, this is grossly mismanaged and has cost me my entire holiday sales, and I know other businesses who are going under because of this with thousands in product locked up and held. So don't tell me not to fking care when they're ruining lives and causing hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars in damages to our economy. Most Canadians can't even imagine receiving the benefits and pay increase they're demanding, and they refuse to budge so forgive me if idgaf about their greed over my family's wellbeing in an already fkd economy.
@UlfTorson The whole point of a strike is to cause an inconvenience. Stop blaming the strikers and start blaming the employer that forced things to come to this point. Direct your frustration at them, and loudly.
Its because they did it at Christmas, we revolted against them and yelled at Canada post to get temp workers until they can meet with the striking folks. We dont support anyone trying to make our lives harder. Blame your union for doing this at Christmas. In January we would have supported it but they messed up doing it now.
Banks are doing on line for your statements and friends are sending email cards for Christmas l had friends who got paid 30.00 a hr for delivering mail that was 30 years ago so how much do they make a hour now ?????
Their are lots of people who would gladly work for canada post and the current wages,..the postal workers not only are striking themselves out of a job, hurting small business and ruinning christmas for millions.. why not do canadians a solid and strike as long as you want but after christmass,...millions of kids would thank you..
The strike is with the corporation not the public. Shop local and support the small businesses near you. Apply, Canada Post is always hiring. Its a tough job and only 10% of new hires will last a year. With the new proposed benefit & pension you will wait 1-2 years before you have a permanent position. You now have to work an additional 1000 hours before you are entitled to benefits and contributing to said pension which they are also wanting to put new hires into a defined contribution plan creating a two tier pension like the two tier wage that was forced upon workers in binding arbitration due to the Harper Government. We are standing up for all CP employees, the retired, the ones working there and the ones who have not applied yet. Canadians need good jobs for them & their families but also for the next generation. If we constantly sell out what type of jobs will there be left? As it is with inflation people need an extra income source just to pay rent and buy groceries. Its sad how things are going as a whole.
It's not the employees. It's the corporation and the union. Don't blame the workers for this. As a canada post worker, I didn't want to go on strike and would rather be working than walking the picket line.
@jasonross9492 Have you applied? It’s a tough job with a huge attrition rate- 60-80% within the first year. Won’t leave you with too much energy to be a keyboard warrior! lol
How would you feel that when you're hired, we're cutting all your benefits, pension in half and lowering your wages when you start. OH also, you won't have vacation when you start working. Good? You start on monday, welcome to canada post!
@@gordiestevan1662 because i comment on a youtube post im a kebpoard warrior lolhaha i guess you are too..."Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds...ooof my bad, thats the american postal service lolhaha, and by the way im allowed to have a opinion on something that effects me sooo ya, get bent, you fool
Because the Union in this instance are scumbags. I am usually on the side of most unions but they purposely held this massive hostage over the heads of Canada Post at a time they know its most vital, and are willing to burn trust with Canadians for an extra few cents per hour per member in their coffers.
It's not the employees. It's the corporation and the union. Don't blame the workers for this. As a canada post worker, I didn't want to go on strike and would rather be working than walking the picket line.
@@keesingh2031 a strike is when employees stop working, a lockout is when corporations stop employees from working.. stop putting the onus on someone else and accept y'all aren't in the good graces of the people. @youtube stop hiding my comments
@@keesingh2031 @youtube stop hiding my comments @keesingh2031 a strike is when employees stop working, a lockout is when corporations stop employees from working.. stop putting the onus on someone else and accept y'all aren't in the good graces of the people.
They need 7 day delivery and hours that don't require taking time off work to retrieve your packages. Come home to a "pick up your parcel tomorrow between 9 and 5" notice and see that the missed delivery time was 1:00PM that afternoon. I remember being home for one, they didn't even have the package, just the notice to go retrieve it the next day. Because that was what the notice said, they couldn't give it to me that day. They didn't even try to deliver it, just presumed they wouldn't.
This happened to me a couple times! I was working at home! They didn't even ring the bell! My camera even showed them come to my house with the notice and no package in hand!
@@Mobstar76 This happens to me quite often. There's a parcel box in the lobby of my building. I get the delivery notice in my mailbox instead of my package. If I have to do their job and go pick up my own package then we don't need them.
You all worried abour your packages seen on the news a women beloved father's ashes are in limbo because of the strike can you imagine how she feels ....Canada Post pls return this father to his daughter....this is so wrong...!
These strikers knows they dont have much time left before canadapost declares bankrupcy, so the are maneuvering now to secure higher salary and pension.
This is what Doug Ettinger wants. Management has been making piss-poor decisions for years in order to drive the company into the ground and then, privatize it. Doug wants to raise his own salary from roughly $1M to $15M as CEO of the newly-founded private Canada Post. But there's a catch: it'll cost $8 to mail a letter instead of $1.30, $60 to mail a parcel instead of $20 and there'll be no more free shipping for your online orders because it'll be too costly. Merry Christmas from Doug Ettinger, CEO of Canada Post!
I don't know how much an average Canadian post person is earning, and they have my sympathies, but the cost of shipping in Canada has been historically astronomical, both domestic and international, compared to those even in US. So unless the workers are paid unacceptably low wages, I'm going to say Canada Post is way out of line and need to be reformed.
You're arguing that workers should only have the right to strike if a strike wouldn't be impactful. The whole point of withholding labour is to be disruptive
Unfortunately for those striking at Canada post they could not have chosen a worse time to strike. As much as this hurts the employer, it is hurting the customers more. The only thing they did was push customers further towards digital options and other messengers for parcels. It’s very sad that they didn’t think of the customer as well as themselves when choosing. Most of us have a lot of $$ tied up right now that we won’t be risking with their hands again.
The unions know what they're doing. Trying to extract as much money for their reps as humanly possible off the backs of the workers before the whole thing goes tits up.
@@alonzo4164 The whole point of withholding labour is to be as disruptive as possible. No one's wages have kept up with inflation (including mail carriers), if you're unwilling to support these workers wanting to regain their purchasing power why should anyone support you?
@@cynthiarichards9691Yes, and as a business that relies on their customers needing their service they know how paramount it is for themselves to continue being needed. Plus, this will most likely ruin Canada post all together. No company can continue with losses like these. It’s a miracle the company was offering the 11% raise in the first place. Even unions cannot force a company to pay their more with something that doesn’t exist.
Over and over they strike, threaten and force Canadians to pay them more. I hope this is there end, they do not deserve more, the union had to much power. They are the highest paid unskilled workers in the country. Today, there are other ways to get what we need without being threatened...
@Soulventing Are you sure they’re the highest paid “ unskilled” workers? Lots of municipal workers with much easier jobs are paid more- for example. I’d love to see how long you’d last in this “ unskilled “ job!?! It’s hard work! And many people doing it have degrees in this of that… so your loaded comment is out of place.
Your grammar is incorrect, your spelling is incorrect and you are not correct about the pay of unskilled workers. Canada Post workers are skilled workers. They have to be trained to do their work.
My parcel is stuck in limbo ..... but Wait what about the women who's beloved father ashes are stuck in limbo now that is just wrong on so many levels Canada Post !!!!!😢
The letter carriers are still voluntarily receiving and responding to santa letters, letters are being accepted at many different picket locations in Manitoba where I am, I imagine it is the same across the country...
@@InternetDude 30 bucks is earned after over 7 years of employment. starting wages are 22 bucks. this new contract they're striking for is going till 2030. Does one really want only 8% increase by then? No. For the record, 20-30 bucks hour in todays economy is not good for anyone. It definitely wont be enough in the next 4 years either. Top wage would be just about 35 if they even get what they want. A bus driver makes over 40 bucks an hour and they mainly just drive straight most of the time.
I hate that they cant hire during a strike, i would take these jobs in a heartbeat. Been desperate for work and seeing these people get paid for literally standing around just makes me hate them more.
Actually, if you drop your letter off at any picket line, we will still get your letter to Santa and back to you :) Most picket lines are still making the trip up north!
@@Paaacss What good is the letter for children in rural areas when the gifts on that letter can't be ordered and delivered? In our very rural community Canada Post is an essential service.
@ShirleyLaVerne yeah sorry..the people picketing are driving their own cars to get Santa letters delivered =( maybe your local carrier will come into town
Break these damn unions and get them out of Canada. Enough of these never ending strikes that do nothing for Canadians but cost us more and more money.
Perhaps, just, perhaps, if a living wage were not to get cancelled by Conservatives again, Ontarians could afford the rent on the newly built dwellings that can rise exponentially in price based solely on advertising history. Just looked for an apartment, for the trillionth time in the last 15 years. Still double what I can afford. Oh, get a room mate or a room? No. you get a room mate or a room, I like my privacy and I shouldn't have to be a nepotist to have it. You no Homers' club members can get bent.
.....I THINK ALL THE CHEAPSKATES SHOULD USE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO SHIP THINGS. THE DRIVERS AT UPS AND FEDEX ARE PAID MORE THAN AT CANADA POST. FACTS..........
People are starving. I am disabled and my government aid is suspended. I wish I was able to work!!Business are closing. Dreams are ending. This is beyond selfish. You accepted the job on these terms and now it doesn’t suit you????
That's the goal of management: run the business into the ground and privatize so that the CEOs can raise their own salaries from $1M to $10M a year. Uneducated people think it's the employees that are the problem.
Time to cut executive salaries. Cut executive salaries and pay the workers. There is far too much executive salary greed. Why are shareholders allowing these executive salaries for? They are the ones that approve these ridiculous policies. Why? Do shareholders receive higher dividends with higher executive salaries? As that makes no fiscal sense.
The letter carriers are still voluntarily receiving and responding to santa letters, letters are being accepted at many different picket locations in Manitoba where I am, I imagine it is the same across the country...
I think maybe it is the wrong time to hold Canadians hostage if you seek public support. Had the union acted sooner or waited there would likely bee more public support. Many of us pensioners are inconvenienced at a time when funds are scarce cooling any sympathy for these workers. Take a walk in our shoes. Time and place folks, time and place.
Post Office workers are truly giving us a Black Friday which will be extended to be a Black Christmas for Canada's small companies and possibly put them out of business. Striking at this time of year is a direct attack on their customers, the people who actually keep them in jobs. First there was faxing, then email, then the ability to securely sign a pdf. Flyers are all online. Stores are all online. Who what will happen next as old people who are not tech savvy move out of life is that paper bills will disappear. Delivered flyers will disappear. Mail delivery will disappear. What will remain is parcel delivery. I don't think these postal workers have been paying attention to their own business model. They are forcing the inevitable future to step forward..
Going to have a hard time getting paid when you attacked small business owners across Canada during our busiest time of the year. Luckily we have other options since couriers stepped up! $30/hr plus pension to deliver mail? Tell me you don’t understand economics while updating your resume! (Unskilled labour doesn’t pay very well)
ask a real canada post employee, not boss, that how many years you need to work to be paid $30/h? Please don;t believe the BS they are spreading on your screen.
I'm a Canada Post employee and you're wrong. Not a lot of people have the skills to deliver mail. This skill cannot be learned and only people who are born with it has it.
It’s time to just rid Canada post. Let other companies bid to take it over. This strike will hopefully bankrupt them. Worst form of delivery by far for years.
No one will bid to take it over. They would have to go to rural areas daily, no one is going to make profit doing that. Just because you live in a big city, doesn't mean everyone else does.
@@xnmo777 they will privatize it and they should. It’s not used as much as it is,really won’t be after this. I can’t seeing their being much funding left for it.
All for them, CEO makes a big salary in the millions, employees have had no pay raise in 10 years, CEO got a bonus and a Covid bonus as well as supervisors, guess who didn’t. My full support to Canada Post workers, the ones that actually work!!!
It’s not brain surgery! Fire them all and hire people are willing to work for the minimum wage. High School students who just graduated would love their job.
@petergeary519 Your photo suggests you’re a mature adult but your views don’t reflect your age. High school students working at CP for minimum wage!?!? Wow- you have no idea what the job entails. You likely would not last a week on the job! Most high school students wouldn’t last a few hours.
Unions are the only thing protecting workers from government corruption. Everyone should part of a union to protect their financial well being. Workers have children to take care of too
This strike was not p,planned properly, it will go to show Canadians just how much we don’t need them and exactly how much money they loose every year. Customers will find alternatives, when they do, Canada post will suffer the consequences and start downsizing operations . All those employees used to fat paycheques, long vacations and benefits will be looking for minimum wage jobs. Looking forward to that day. Overpaid, underworked is all they are
Canada Post is losing money that professor was saying, then those Canada Post workers shouldn't be so picky, lucky to have a job right now. The Trudeau economy is the real problem if they cut taxes, reduce food/housing costs, then it would be like getting a raise, lol.
We switched to Sendle, UPS and Purolator. We are done with Canada Post for good. That a government doesn't have control over it's crown companies, is highly concerning for the entire Canadian economy. It hit thousands of businesses and millions of people. It's time to privatize a business that the government obviously can't handle.
Cost more to mail a package in Canada, than to get a package shipped up from, Australia, what does that tell you? Get rid of Canada post we don’t need it, privatize it
Make Canada post private company. Canada post now is Mafia Group. Make Canada post like HDL ,Fdex or Amazon. Canada post should be sold to private compaby.
Pay attention you dolt...if you where constantly mistreated by your boss..you would have every right to have it addressed..wake up..the issue is with mgmt lying to you the public..they have been caught red handed in that with documentation..when will you stop being a fool and help us make it better
@@hunsbergermattsorry but as someone who was blue collar government workers slack off a lot in general and are comfortable with their benefits system while I worked with people who had no benefits and got paid less but worked their asses off. Plus I got 5 friends who lost their jobs this year, at least these asshats have something to strike about. And the people who deserve a raise are amazon workers. At least they deliver right to my door and don't leave a dam sticker on it without even knocking, and I work from home so zero reason to miss me at all.
@@hunsbergermattBetter?! The company is loosing millions year over year yet you think you’re going to be able to get blood out of a stone? What’s going to happen is that it’s going to go belly up and all you 55,000 workers should be happy because you’ll no longer be “forced” to work a job you clearly hate. Think it’s going to be a real eye opener when you have to go out into the rest of the world without a degree though. You act as though you’re the only ones struggling right now. Wake up.
I am over all sentimentality at this point. Defund Canada Post too. We don’t need this bloated losing business. Wonderful Canada post workers can get jobs delivering for purolator or other companies picking up the slack.
My parents worked for Canada post for my entire life. The postal system should be a service, not an essentially privatized business run for profit. The people working at the plant are wrecking their bodies, hearing, and wrists and they deserve to be compensated for that. I support the strike, I don’t support the management.
Bruh there are way more taxing jobs out there than a postal worker and they don’t get to extort the public and pull this sh*t. Enjoy it while it lasts cause that ship is going down. Every year more and more people and businesses will find better cheaper alternatives. RIP CP you won’t be missed.
@ do you even know what they do in the plant? They aren’t extorting anyone. They are fighting for fair pay and benefits that keep diminishing to compensate for the money their bosses are losing. It’s incredibly insulting that you’re insinuating they don’t deserve fair pay for their labour because there are harder jobs. Those jobs support workers and their families. I’m not just talking about depot workers or letter carriers, I’m talking about the people working with machines at the plants like Stoney Creek. It’s not the workers fault that Canada post is being mismanaged and it’s the government’s job to be responsible for a federal service. The workers don’t want to be on strike, trust me. It’s not fun. Try to be empathetic to the people doing the work instead of accusing them of “not having it that bad”.
Canada Post in Edmonton has lost an insane amount of my personal correspondence, including passport, Visa card, driver license and other pertsonal documents. We complained and provided the tracking number and yet they did nothing. This is the most incompetent and corrupt organization in Canadad and they still has the face to go on strike? I will be willing to pay for a reliable service rather than giving my tax money to this people.
As for loses Canada Post spent $350 million on Electric Vehicles (not being used yet) $750 million on a new plant and I read highest paid executive gets $700 million including bonuses. Also last strike it was found that management hid parcels in trailers. 72 hours notice was given and all parcels given were delivered before strike (unless not all parcels were given)
wow...a parcel was send from England to a friend of mine weeks before the strike and he never received it. I blame the executives and the government. All that wasted money and Canada post still has a bad reputation ( snail mail). Personally I stopped using Canada post to send packages years ago because it was too expensive and too slow. People are waiting for checks, important papers...seniors can tell their bill collectors...sorry I didn't received my mail, so I can't pay you and oh yeah, can't buy grouches either!
Again,p youa re lying. He gets paid 700k, that's barely anything int terms of a CEO. The workers make $30 an hour to deliver mail, that's more than most oilfield workers. And they get a pension. They have one of the easiest jobs in the world... while getting amazing benefits, and keep demanding more.
Canada post also has a high turnover rate with ppl thinking its a eaay job. Only 2 workers out of the last 20 stayed with canada post. 1. The pay sucks for new comers and you dont get paid overtime when your a rural mail carrier. Sometimes the new workers and old workers take 12 hours to do a route and only gets paid for the 7 hours the route is rated at. So 5 hours free labour and I'd like to know how that is fair in this day in age? @@ErgonomicChair
Canada post needs to re-invent their business model to be competitive with other modern and private couriers. Canada Post can't do that if they accept Union's demands, and the organization will be unsustainable. Union needs to scale back their demands.
What's really going on? Anyone who can add 2 + 2 has always known that union strikers will NEVER regain what they lost while off work. And postal workers and other govt. employees have always been clueless to the fact that they are paid, treated and have 100 times better benefits than the average person, the majority of whom don't have "benefits" at all.
right? and here they are saying "we want fair pay and good benefits" fair pay? you get paid more than most no education jobs and get waaaaaay better benefits than us, 13 personal days? 3 weeks of paid vacations that can at some point go up to 7 weeks after 28 years... and here they are demanding MORE benefits and 24% raise over 4 years? so spoiled and greedy...
I've read all the comments and this is by far the dumbest!
Fed ex, purolator and UPS all pay their employees more. Canada Post must service remote Canada. Most of these couriers won't service remote areas as there is no money in it.
The postal service in Canada is almost obsolete. Personally, all I get from my mailbox is junk.
They just handed everything over to their competitors. Completely backfired.
I hope all companies stop dealing with Canada post
No im for the people that will suffer because of the strike. Its Christmas time, they could have waited one more month before doing this.
@@bobthekobb They do this literally ON PURPOSE! And for the record, almost everyone suffers every single time they do this garbage. And every time they come back, the service worsens to a sickening degree. They don't even do their jobs most of the time anymore. They're useless!
@@Repugnantoneit’s better if the company fired them all those are in strike and hire a new people
@bobthekobb they purposefully do it at Christmas to maximise damages, the bastards they betraying their country
@@bobthekobb Management locked out the employees. The employees didn't decide to strike fully.
I live in a rural community in BC, where Canada Post is not just a way to receive supplies and goods but a lifeline for many, including those who rely on it for vital medications. My mother, for instance, receives her cancer medication through Canada Post. Now, my family is scrambling to arrange for her pills to be flown in because of disruptions to this service. These challenges are deeply impacting rural communities like ours. For us, Canada Post is more than a convenience-it's an essential, life-saving service.
Yup, I am rural and they're literally the only courier who will drive the extra mile to deliver to my PO box. Don't understand why they didn't do rotating strike at least, they don't have my sympathy or respect, it's out the window at this point. 🙃
They were going to do a rotating strike but Canada Post threatened a lockout so the union had no choice
I notice that more and more couriers are eating up rural areas . Smaller company's like Dandelion etc. , are doing this . Canada Post is going to force themselves out of business, or into private hands !!
That's why@@Funkyphresh
keep the mail as an essential service for rural communities, like energy, police and health care. In the cities its just another courier company like FedEx.
I switched to using a local courier and am not going back to supporting Canada Post ever again.
Same here
Going forward, I will ensure that my small business uses anyone else other than Canada Post going forward. I will go out of my way to not support Canada Post.
This is ruining my eBay sales, could you please tell me what company you used? FedEx and ups are too expensive. Thank you 🙏
I wish I could too. Small business, my customers letter mail items to me that I customize ($2 to $3), I mail back at small price or Xpress at $17. Now cheapest is $69 for anything. My business is nearly dead as it had started to be profitable. Thanks everyone involved in this strike, you killed small business and no one gives a rat's behind
You don't have much choice if you are living in Canada. Passport, bank communication, parcels etc... how can you disconnect it?
Canada Post doesn't want to work. Get rid of it. The courier companies will do a better job.
@brucezeemel679 Let’s make more Canadians earn minimal wages - yeah what a great idea! Sarcasm at play.
@@gordiestevan1662 --- by how? subsidizing a company with other peoples money? no, further those jobs that pay anywhere from minimum wage to perhaps slightly more are the ones that give ppl jobs with no academic or skills a place to work. one cannot expect 100k jobs with little more than high school. these types of jobs offer a way in gaining work experience.
@@gordiestevan1662 Why would you want to pay extra for bad service? Your logic is flawed.
My son already found a new shipper for his small business.
@@canadiangirl5159 -- me too. the only problem are parcels in transit at canada post. but i was getting notices long before the strike began and didn't ship with canada post.... so i don't have any parcels stuck with them. i also i noticed that flyers in my area are now being delivered to my driveway instead of my mailbox. obviously the private sector took over. i don't really care about flyers, but you can see how things adapt in a fast paced environment while dinosaurs die.
Good bye Canada post. Not needed. And take CBC with you!
I love cbc radio 2. Just good music all damn day. Just no funding from government but keep my cbc radio 2 lol
GOOD. Savings for taxpayers. Privatize them.
Nope. We’re keeping our CBC.
@@TrevorWebb-ck2yv Taxpayers don't pay for Canada Post. You're clearly lost.
When sending a letter (which you're obligated to do from time to time) costs $8 instead of $1.30 after privatization, remember this little post you made. 🤣
Stop holding our mail and packages hostage!!!
Right?! Ive got a new phone i ordered on day 1 that im paying for!!
I ordered 1500$ of clothing on the 13
Blame the company that shipped it with Canada Post. They had a month of notice to find a backup plan, like everyone else did. They are responsible for your problems not the post office
@@jamesbrien7109 That wasn't very smart, they gave notice 3 days before the 14th
@SG-738 no, the low skill employees are shooting themselves in the foot. This is 100% on the employees.
Privatize, and get it off the tax payer dole.
Tax payers don't fund Canada Post. It is self-sufficient. And yes, that is exactly what Doug Ettinger and his minions are trying to do. But once he succeeds, YOU will be paying the difference. No more free shipping with your online shopping, $8 to send a letter, $60 to send a package. Those will be your new reality. Best of luck!
@@orangefuzzz it was* self-sufficient. Doubt That will be our new reality when we can just send an email.
I hate that they can hold the country hostage and celebrate it. Unions are disgusting.
Been thinking about buckets of water and a garden hose on a pump in a van while driving by the picket lines …. You wanna play “it’s our property” while you are soaking wet in -19 , I’m okay with that
As a union, you do not want to push for such high demands when your company is bleeding money. Sure, if it is profitable. But when Canada Post cannot even make it's business model work, I think the strikers are tone deaf to the reality by not accepting the offer on the table.
If the federal govt can Waste Billions of dollars on recon ciliation for people that have NEVER CONTRIBUTED to Canada, then they can afford a decent raise for WORKERS.
CP isn't bleeding money. The wasted money on infrastructure, pet projects, and bonuses for management.
@@LemonBaked.This. Management wasted all the money now wants to cry poor.
Maybe don't build a sitting facility or buy EVs you don't need.
@andrewmccoll1582 How much do you really know about the issues, or are you just winging it? Many government workers have had pay raises in step with cost of living- why don’t postal workers who have tough often physical jobs not deserve the same treatment? The corporation is losing money not because they’re paying the employees too much, but because they’re making bad investments and are resistant to new ideas on how to improve the bottom line.
It’s sad that people are so willing to drag fellow workers down instead of raising the bar for everyone. A lean economy = mean people.
Only reason it's losing money is because it is a Government run business just like everything the government sticks it's nose into look at the health care system the Keystone coppers aka RCMP the military and then you have CBC everything they touch loses money and you get lousy service
I run a small business and I'm permanently switching to one of their competitions because of this.
Good luck. You'll be paying more for that!
@@je10022No, actually pay less
Try Chit Chats, I've been using them for almost a decade and they save me other $1000/month in shipping costs, the biggest savings are when shipping outside of Canada.
@@je10022 I use Chit Chats and they save me over $1000/month on shipping on my US and international orders compared to Canada Post.
Pass a law that management doesn’t get paid during strike and the strike will be over.
Executives don’t care about other people’s problems, but don’t touch their pay or guaranteed bonuses
This is on workers and their greed.
@ i read highest paid executive gets 700 million including bonuses. Also there are 12 or 14 VPs, but asking for no further cuts to pay is greedy. Some got almost a 50% pay cut, but average was over 15%. Management never got a pay cut.
Any union officials and company management ie CEO Presidents VP Presidents managers receive no money .
Until a contract is signed sealed and delivered
@@richardkeller4892 ... 700 million? You're off by 3 digits, he gets paid 700k.
Why shouldn't management get paid? They aren't on strike.
.... Canada Post executive and senior management salaries are well below private sector levels. Employee salaries are well above private sector levels (for semi-skilled and unskilled work).
... So. If ANYONE is underpaid, it's management. But of course, they aren't underpaid either. Because the corporation is bleeding money.
Avoid Canada Post. Find an alternative
This just proves that Canada Post is totally unreliable.
There will be an alternative for Canadians. The goal is privatization and the alternative will be higher prices on everything. So, best of luck!
A large portion of Canada is only serviced by Canada Post. Canada Post does so at a loss in order to service Canadians in rural communities. There is no alternative. There is no way to make money servicing rural communities.
We don't need daily mail delivery, we would be perfectly fine with weekly delivery. Canada Post could layoff 80% of the letter carriers. Problem solved.
Honestly, that seems to be the most reasonable thing for the long term. Conservatively, at least %60 of the mail is flyers and promotions that most people are not asking for. We don't need 55K + workers with pensions and benefits to deliver junk mail. It's pure waste. The leverage the workers should be using is learning a skill that pays better and is in higher demand than being a postal worker.
I haven’t had home mail delivery in over 30 years and have survived, 10 k weekly trip works good
LOL And who is going to work 1 day a week, sweetie? Ever think of that? Who can survive on one day of salary? I'll help you out since thinking isn't your strong suite: no one.
@@orangefuzzz I don't think you understand, you don't work one day a week. Look at it like this. You take 5 letter carriers with their respective routes. You lay off 4 off the five of them. The remaining carrier does his route on Monday, one of the layed off workers routes on Tuesday, another route on Wednesday. etc. etc. The letter carrier works full time doing a different route every day, Do you get it?
@@Skiptickle I don't think YOU understand. Your idea sounds like a nightmare for the worker and also, impossible. You've clearly never done the job.
You know you have to get to know your route, right? A random person cannot just drop into your route and take it over without being briefed on all the aspects/exceptions/asterisks involved. It can take MONTHS to learn the route properly. It's not just putting letters in a box. There are laws. There are rules. There are particularities. There are dangers.
Also, routes cannot be done in a single day. 1000 points of call a day is barely possible. So, if you have a town with more than 1000 addresses, forget it. The postal worker would never have enough time to do the work. Flyers alone can take 2 to 3 days for the most efficient postal worker. Flyers are a part of Canada Post's revenue. So, before you say "forget the flyers", you can't.
Also, how would you work this in rural areas where towns are 50-100 km apart? You make that employee drive 300 km to the next town using his own gas to deliver a route he barely knows? There are more than cities in Canada, you know. People tend to forget this.
See, there's a lot more to it than just "do this". People are so clueless when it comes to what postal workers do... it's discouraging.
My package arrived the same dày as the strike which they still have... I'm done with THEM
Please tell me after years of being abused underpaid and downright disrespected....why we should hold mgmt accountable
@@hunsbergermattchange job how weak are you
Mine was due for the day before. These p.o.s. delayed it to the next day and, of course, never delivered.
Same! My stuff is 5 blocks away and they won’t release it! This is insanity!
@jamesbrien7109 it takes one to know one. Weak recognize weak.
Just deliver peoples package, its like they are doing this to get people mad at the worker's.
100% they are doing this so the public gets pissed at the workers while the upper management keeps feeding lies to the public through media outlets to make themselves look like the good guys while covering up the corruption that runs deep into the company all while screwing over their entire work force. People need to open their eyes to what’s really going on.
greedy union workers never happy with what they have. don't like your job go work somewhere else
Contact your local Politician and tell them to give the Workers a decent raise.
The "raise" can come out of all the recon-ciliation wasted money .
Canadapost thought doing it at this time of the year would have people saying "pay them" but it backfired and everyone wants them fired
@@Finness894 lol, after constantly pulling this stunt.. do they deserve a raise? Nell ho, ho, ho
The employees fail to see that Canada Post is a dying business. They're trying to get blood out of a stone and the public doesn't support them any longer. They won't deliver to the community mailboxes if the snow isn't cleared. They're inflexible on change. Most people only need mail delivery once a week. Getting packages delivered on weekends when they're home would be a nice change. Costs are up, revenue and the amount of packages they deliver is steadily going down. Except for some remote areas most people don't need Canada Post. All my bills are received and paid online. My packages and deliveries come by other services that are quicker and more reliable..
Wrong. The employees see exactly what is going on. You want people to risk their safety to deliver to snowed-in community boxes? Are you high?
And who is going to work 1 day a week when the cost of living is so high? Who can feed their family and pay their bills on one day of salary a week? Did you even think before you typed?
And to the point of the rock, there's ample "blood" when it comes to the 8 CEOs and 22 VPs' salaries and bonuses, isn't there?
Also, if the public doesn't support Canada Post and its workers, it's because like Trump supporters in the US, many people are too lazy and too uneducated to dig deeper to find out which lies they've been fed. They believe when management says "there's no money". Of course there's no money. They're trying to run the company into the ground and make a case for privatizing the business. Then, management can raise the cost of everything and make millions a year instead of their current hundreds-of-thousands. It's all in the plan and Canada's fools are falling for it.
@@orangefuzzz c'mon, I'm talking about refusing to strep over a small snowbank, or to walk to the sidewalk if it hasn't been shoveled. Just before the strike our delivery guy pulled up yo the box and sat there for 20 minutes then drove off because it was drizzling
I hope this ends soon! I have really important stuff coming in the mail!
Same, I have a package that is coming through Canada Post that was supposed to be here last week
rather than hoping for an end you should hope that workers get the rights they deserve.
Same, I am an American who’s been waiting for my important documents currently being held by the Canada Post.
@@xsx1113 i like how you are policing what others are hoping for. Good luck.
@@elim7228 isn't that rich? It's been _something_ to see how everyone is expected to fall in line & eagerly show their class consciousness by "supporting workers". Support workers .. _or you won't get your things_ .. that's how you make enemies, not friends.
People will find other options rather than deal with this every few years
No sympathy for the UNION. You're putting the last nail in that coffin!
Management locked out the employees and management is misspending. How is this the union's fault?
@@orangefuzzz It is a strike, not a lockout. A strike is the fault of the union.
Im waiting for 3 packages from canada post. U better not lose that…
I will keep you in my prayers
Me too. Canada post has it. It’s gone.
You should know that it is impossible for the package to *disappear*, the only possibility is that one of the workers steals the package.Which means that the spouses should be held responsible for the theft of other people's property.
Mine definitly got stolen in Winnipeg
theyll show up a month or two after the strike is resolved or once Canada post declares bankruptcy and lays off everyone they will have to be delivered through a third party just dont lose those tracking numbers
I have packages in Canada mail prepaid !! Canada Post has no respect for their clients. They should have to deliver the paid services and stop taking new assignments if striking. Stop holding people’s packages and mail for HOSTAGE!! There are a million people who would do Canada Post jobs for half the wage…this is not going to end well.
I heard that the possible Strike was coming so I postponed ordering. Foresight is an amazing thing.
Cheers !
That's the answer. Defund Canada post, hire private company's who will do the jobs for half the wage. Unions are garbage!
so you're willing to do 12 hours and being paid for 8? Willing to wear 25 pounds and walk 6 hours, willing to do the work for 4 when they refuse to staff properly and know full well they're short on staff? Find me someone who's willing to do 12 hours of work and being paid for 8 because if you do, let me know . i would like to hire that slave who's willing to work for peanuts!
You could just pay the real costs of delivery and use a courier?
@@Finness894 Amazon removed Canada Post as a delivery options weeks before the strike happened.
You dont think everyone in Canada wants a 30% raise... booooo hooooo
I will NOT be using Canada post ever again.
They have $400 worth of my orders held hostage, and my small business sales completely stopped once the strike was announced..
My business relies on holiday sales for a very large portion of its profits, and Canada Post has killed it.
The gov should be ordering them back to work and pick this sht up AFTER the holidays.
it's almost like Canada Post is a crucial service and the guys at the top need to reduce their bonuses a bit so the workers can have a livable wage.
@@Paaacss Sure, it's management's fault. Am I supposed to spend time analyzing this to figure out how blame should be apportioned? I just want my parcels, and I want other Canadians to get their letters & parcels, some of which are much more important than the things I'm waiting for (although I am short ~$1K which isn't chump change to me). I don't need to parse it all out ; instead, what I need to do is avoid this. I have figured out my own response, which is to move away from CP. I'm not in a remote area and it's doable for me. I hope the union won't destroy CP, but I lack the bandwidth to involve myself in this. I just need my packages to at least _creep_ toward their destination, instead of being stashed in a warehouse. This is not acceptable to me, and I blame "CP" in a hand-wavy fashion. Within CP, you can argue about who destroyed CP. That isn't for me to get involved in. I'm on the outside, trying to ship packages, and have them shipped to me.
Don't complain about the strike. Tell Canada Post to meet the union's demands.
@@PenneySounds
Lmfao sure, I'll just ignore the fact that they COULD have had rolling strikes to keep services moving, if not slowly rather than stopped, holding Canadians hostage as a result, forcing thousands of small businesses to suffer, damaging our economy, and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to their own company.
Yes. They should be payed better.
But like Canada post, this is grossly mismanaged and has cost me my entire holiday sales, and I know other businesses who are going under because of this with thousands in product locked up and held.
So don't tell me not to fking care when they're ruining lives and causing hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars in damages to our economy.
Most Canadians can't even imagine receiving the benefits and pay increase they're demanding, and they refuse to budge so forgive me if idgaf about their greed over my family's wellbeing in an already fkd economy.
@UlfTorson The whole point of a strike is to cause an inconvenience. Stop blaming the strikers and start blaming the employer that forced things to come to this point. Direct your frustration at them, and loudly.
Its because they did it at Christmas, we revolted against them and yelled at Canada post to get temp workers until they can meet with the striking folks. We dont support anyone trying to make our lives harder. Blame your union for doing this at Christmas. In January we would have supported it but they messed up doing it now.
For Christ sake will the govt someone end this friggn strike. Enough is enough already.
Yes, maybe Sellout singh will call an early election, but he's a lair, so chances are slim.
Yes. Give the employees what they want and let's be over with it.
Leveraging xmas for this strike is not going to get the community on their side
Blame the union. They voted to strike. Shame on them.
I'm never dealing with Canada post again
If they bring you a letter, what will you do?
Here's hoping good ole Uncle Lester doesn't leave you in his will and the cheque is " In the mail " I try never to say never.!
Banks are doing on line for your statements and friends are sending email cards for Christmas l had friends who got paid 30.00 a hr for delivering mail that was 30 years ago so how much do they make a hour now ?????
@@wendigo53 accept it, obviously.
But when there is a choice to send mail with them I'd rather pay double anywhere else from now on.
@@PalisUK OK This is clear. I can still send you Christmas cards, bills and flyers.
Their are lots of people who would gladly work for canada post and the current wages,..the postal workers not only are striking themselves out of a job, hurting small business and ruinning christmas for millions.. why not do canadians a solid and strike as long as you want but after christmass,...millions of kids would thank you..
The strike is with the corporation not the public. Shop local and support the small businesses near you.
Apply, Canada Post is always hiring. Its a tough job and only 10% of new hires will last a year. With the new proposed benefit & pension you will wait 1-2 years before you have a permanent position. You now have to work an additional 1000 hours before you are entitled to benefits and contributing to said pension which they are also wanting to put new hires into a defined contribution plan creating a two tier pension like the two tier wage that was forced upon workers in binding arbitration due to the Harper Government.
We are standing up for all CP employees, the retired, the ones working there and the ones who have not applied yet. Canadians need good jobs for them & their families but also for the next generation. If we constantly sell out what type of jobs will there be left? As it is with inflation people need an extra income source just to pay rent and buy groceries. Its sad how things are going as a whole.
It's not the employees. It's the corporation and the union. Don't blame the workers for this. As a canada post worker, I didn't want to go on strike and would rather be working than walking the picket line.
@jasonross9492 Have you applied? It’s a tough job with a huge attrition rate- 60-80% within the first year. Won’t leave you with too much energy to be a keyboard warrior! lol
How would you feel that when you're hired, we're cutting all your benefits, pension in half and lowering your wages when you start. OH also, you won't have vacation when you start working. Good? You start on monday, welcome to canada post!
@@gordiestevan1662 because i comment on a youtube post im a kebpoard warrior lolhaha i guess you are too..."Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds...ooof my bad, thats the american postal service lolhaha, and by the way im allowed to have a opinion on something that effects me sooo ya, get bent, you fool
They are holding consumers hostage. Why don't they go on strike after the festive season?
Exactly ! Not a smart decision from the union ..they lost all the public support and sympathy
Because the Union in this instance are scumbags. I am usually on the side of most unions but they purposely held this massive hostage over the heads of Canada Post at a time they know its most vital, and are willing to burn trust with Canadians for an extra few cents per hour per member in their coffers.
$300 package stuck in the mail because of these clowns. I hope they all lose their jobs.
It's not the employees. It's the corporation and the union. Don't blame the workers for this. As a canada post worker, I didn't want to go on strike and would rather be working than walking the picket line.
@@keesingh2031 a strike is when employees stop working, a lockout is when corporations stop employees from working.. stop putting the onus on someone else and accept y'all aren't in the good graces of the people.
@youtube stop hiding my comments
honestly I hope you dont get your package just for wishing ill on overworked, underpaid workers rightfully striking
@@keesingh2031 @youtube stop hiding my comments
@keesingh2031 a strike is when employees stop working, a lockout is when corporations stop employees from working.. stop putting the onus on someone else and accept y'all aren't in the good graces of the people.
Wishing that on the employees when it's not their fault is... low at best.
They need 7 day delivery and hours that don't require taking time off work to retrieve your packages. Come home to a "pick up your parcel tomorrow between 9 and 5" notice and see that the missed delivery time was 1:00PM that afternoon. I remember being home for one, they didn't even have the package, just the notice to go retrieve it the next day. Because that was what the notice said, they couldn't give it to me that day. They didn't even try to deliver it, just presumed they wouldn't.
This happened to me a couple times!
I was working at home! They didn't even ring the bell! My camera even showed them come to my house with the notice and no package in hand!
@@Mobstar76 This happens to me quite often. There's a parcel box in the lobby of my building. I get the delivery notice in my mailbox instead of my package. If I have to do their job and go pick up my own package then we don't need them.
You all worried abour your packages seen on the news a women beloved father's ashes are in limbo because of the strike can you imagine how she feels ....Canada Post pls return this father to his daughter....this is so wrong...!
So many gifts are going to miss the Xmas delivery date.
they always strike at xmass. why? because they are vile
Thats why the Union chose NOW to do it. To try and bully a deal out of Canada Post with that hostage.
My company went bankrupt today thanks
If 2 weeks of another company's strike bankrupted you, then, the problem isn't Canada Post. It's your managerial skills or lack thereof.
Srry to here that sad that things have gotten so bad.
Get rid of the dead wood !! Canada Post is rotten to the core !
Management is. The workers are just trying make a living.
These strikers knows they dont have much time left before canadapost declares bankrupcy, so the are maneuvering now to secure higher salary and pension.
This is what Doug Ettinger wants. Management has been making piss-poor decisions for years in order to drive the company into the ground and then, privatize it. Doug wants to raise his own salary from roughly $1M to $15M as CEO of the newly-founded private Canada Post. But there's a catch: it'll cost $8 to mail a letter instead of $1.30, $60 to mail a parcel instead of $20 and there'll be no more free shipping for your online orders because it'll be too costly. Merry Christmas from Doug Ettinger, CEO of Canada Post!
Cant get a pension from a bankrupt company.
Is there a way to sue Canada post for holding our mail .. they shoulda. Unloaded all mail before they started a strike! :)
Sue CUPW.
@@tricesimo The CUPW isn't responsible for this. Management locked out the employees. Talk to them.
@@orangefuzzz Incorrect. This is a Strike. Not a lockout. A strike is an action taken by the Union.
I don't know how much an average Canadian post person is earning, and they have my sympathies, but the cost of shipping in Canada has been historically astronomical, both domestic and international, compared to those even in US. So unless the workers are paid unacceptably low wages, I'm going to say Canada Post is way out of line and need to be reformed.
I believe Canada Post workers are paid much more than other jobs.
RIP you’re ruining our lives!
I'm currently waiting for a package from Canada Post, i rely a lot on Canada post for trading and selling playbills hopefully this strike ends soon
Shouldn’t be legal to hold peoples mail especially important papers passports cheques etc pathetic.
You're arguing that workers should only have the right to strike if a strike wouldn't be impactful. The whole point of withholding labour is to be disruptive
They are still delivering passports, benefit cheques
Way to miss the point of a strike. Way to not care about workers rights.
@@oldandtired1434Benefit cheques may be, passport not so sure. I know families have to cancel their travel due to this.
@@xnmo777 I know one person who got their passport, although they had been waiting months. It may depend on time of application/process.
GO PRIVATE stop holding people hostage
Go private, so say Musk owns it, makes millions pays workers nothing... Stop thinking you are smart, you are not.
As a rural senior, I drive 60km to a Courier service, than go to our local Canada Post. They are the whiniest bunch out there.
People often project their faults onto others. I can tell from your comment that this is certainly your case.
Abolish Canada Post once and for all. We need a different mail system.
Wow, such a dumb thing to say.
Just close it down when it is losing money and no one wants to work
Unfortunately for those striking at Canada post they could not have chosen a worse time to strike. As much as this hurts the employer, it is hurting the customers more.
The only thing they did was push customers further towards digital options
and other messengers for parcels. It’s very sad that they didn’t think of the customer as well as themselves when choosing. Most of us have a lot of $$ tied up right now that we won’t be risking with their hands again.
If I was going to strike, I wouldn't do it during the holiday season... That's really just selfish.
The unions know what they're doing. Trying to extract as much money for their reps as humanly possible off the backs of the workers before the whole thing goes tits up.
@@alonzo4164 The whole point of withholding labour is to be as disruptive as possible. No one's wages have kept up with inflation (including mail carriers), if you're unwilling to support these workers wanting to regain their purchasing power why should anyone support you?
Your ignorance is alarming. Canada Post employees are customers too, they are taxpayers with families.
@@cynthiarichards9691Yes, and as a business that relies on their customers needing their service they know how paramount it is for themselves to continue being needed. Plus, this will most likely ruin Canada post all together. No company can continue with losses like these. It’s a miracle the company was offering the 11% raise in the first place. Even unions cannot force a company to pay their more with something that doesn’t exist.
How Canada Post stole Christmas
How Canada Post's MANAGEMENT Stole Christmas*
Fixed that for you.
Over and over they strike, threaten and force Canadians to pay them more.
I hope this is there end, they do not deserve more, the union had to much power.
They are the highest paid unskilled workers in the country.
Today, there are other ways to get what we need without being threatened...
@Soulventing Are you sure they’re the highest paid “ unskilled” workers? Lots of municipal workers with much easier jobs are paid more- for example. I’d love to see how long you’d last in this “ unskilled “ job!?!
It’s hard work! And many people doing it have degrees in this of that… so your loaded comment is out of place.
Your grammar is incorrect, your spelling is incorrect and you are not correct about the pay of unskilled workers. Canada Post workers are skilled workers. They have to be trained to do their work.
My sentiments exactly!!!
You are so ignorant to think that postal workers are unskilled and overpaid.
@@xsx1113 Too bad you cannot handle the truth
Overpaid as it is! Get back to work and earn your pay! Taxpayers deserve better!
My parcel is stuck in limbo ..... but Wait what about the women who's beloved father ashes are stuck in limbo now that is just wrong on so many levels Canada Post !!!!!😢
I'm suing Canada Post if my mail don't arrive
SHAME SHAME ON BOTH SIDES HOLDING CANADIANS HOSTAGE SPECIALLY KIDS SANTA LETTERS!!! R.I.P CANADA POST
The letter carriers are still voluntarily receiving and responding to santa letters, letters are being accepted at many different picket locations in Manitoba where I am, I imagine it is the same across the country...
i get your pay is a$$, but to scrw over every Canadian is not the way
$30/hr is a$$ to you? they should be glad they make that much for unskilled labour.
I heard entry level jobs at CP is barely above minimum wage, who is getting 30 an hour?
@@InternetDudeits 23 per hour
@@InternetDude 30 bucks is earned after over 7 years of employment. starting wages are 22 bucks. this new contract they're striking for is going till 2030. Does one really want only 8% increase by then? No. For the record, 20-30 bucks hour in todays economy is not good for anyone. It definitely wont be enough in the next 4 years either. Top wage would be just about 35 if they even get what they want. A bus driver makes over 40 bucks an hour and they mainly just drive straight most of the time.
If you include the hours they don't work a day yet get paid for, they make close to 40 an hour. Gotta love that armchair pay!
Canada Post is on life support , its not sustainable now , why anyone would think getting a higher wage at this time makes sense blows my mind !!
I hate that they cant hire during a strike, i would take these jobs in a heartbeat. Been desperate for work and seeing these people get paid for literally standing around just makes me hate them more.
they were begging for workers before because it is such a good job. Feel free to apply once the strike is over if it is such a cushy job.
Dear children, Santa won't be receiving your letters this year and family won't be sending you presents.
Actually, if you drop your letter off at any picket line, we will still get your letter to Santa and back to you :) Most picket lines are still making the trip up north!
@@Paaacss What good is the letter for children in rural areas when the gifts on that letter can't be ordered and delivered? In our very rural community Canada Post is an essential service.
@ShirleyLaVerne yeah sorry..the people picketing are driving their own cars to get Santa letters delivered =( maybe your local carrier will come into town
Thank Canada Post's greedy management team for that.
Just don’t save it with my tax dollars, abolish it if it’s not profitable
It's time to get rid of Canada Post. There are more smaller reliable companies around that deliver packages.
Break these damn unions and get them out of Canada. Enough of these never ending strikes that do nothing for Canadians but cost us more and more money.
Perhaps, just, perhaps, if a living wage were not to get cancelled by Conservatives again, Ontarians could afford the rent on the newly built dwellings that can rise exponentially in price based solely on advertising history.
Just looked for an apartment, for the trillionth time in the last 15 years. Still double what I can afford.
Oh, get a room mate or a room?
No. you get a room mate or a room, I like my privacy and I shouldn't have to be a nepotist to have it. You no Homers' club members can get bent.
@@Dam-a-fenceYour comment had nothing to do with what he actually said…
@@Dam-a-fence Good thing the liberals shipped in millions of stinky immigrants for you to compete with.
Throw Canadians out of Canada? That is so brilliant.
Typical braindead pseudo populist "caring" conservative comment.
.....I THINK ALL THE CHEAPSKATES SHOULD USE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO SHIP THINGS.
THE DRIVERS AT UPS AND FEDEX ARE PAID MORE THAN AT CANADA POST. FACTS..........
People are starving. I am disabled and my government aid is suspended. I wish I was able to work!!Business are closing. Dreams are ending. This is beyond selfish. You accepted the job on these terms and now it doesn’t suit you????
Lol these people need to be fired
Private couriers are doing a better job
That's the goal of management: run the business into the ground and privatize so that the CEOs can raise their own salaries from $1M to $10M a year. Uneducated people think it's the employees that are the problem.
Overpaid as it is! Get back your work and do your job!
Just make mail a essential service so they can't strike..
Exactly!!!
Justin cant do that right now he's dancing to Taylor swift- duh!
Give us a fair contract that actually is good for the public and I'd be happy to get your mail...wake up
We were essential during pandemic...why should accept abysmal treatment and mgmt that renews on its own conditions
They should look around at the tent cities and think again
Time to cut executive salaries. Cut executive salaries and pay the workers.
There is far too much executive salary greed.
Why are shareholders allowing these executive salaries for? They are the ones that approve these ridiculous policies.
Why? Do shareholders receive higher dividends with higher executive salaries? As that makes no fiscal sense.
No Letters to Santa this Year. What a Shame.
The letter carriers are still voluntarily receiving and responding to santa letters, letters are being accepted at many different picket locations in Manitoba where I am, I imagine it is the same across the country...
Ok great so I paid for something and it just won’t arrive that’s great 😡
so many people, especially elders rely on canada post for important parcels like bills, medications and sm more
My Christmas gifts will
be deliver late We seniors depend on the
Canada Post 😞
@ its so saddening
I think maybe it is the wrong time to hold Canadians hostage if you seek public support. Had the union acted sooner or waited there would likely bee more public support. Many of us pensioners are inconvenienced at a time when funds are scarce cooling any sympathy for these workers. Take a walk in our shoes. Time and place folks, time and place.
Clear house, hire people who appreciate that they even have a job in today's economy
Post Office workers are truly giving us a Black Friday which will be extended to be a Black Christmas for Canada's small companies and possibly put them out of business. Striking at this time of year is a direct attack on their customers, the people who actually keep them in jobs. First there was faxing, then email, then the ability to securely sign a pdf. Flyers are all online. Stores are all online. Who what will happen next as old people who are not tech savvy move out of life is that paper bills will disappear. Delivered flyers will disappear. Mail delivery will disappear. What will remain is parcel delivery. I don't think these postal workers have been paying attention to their own business model. They are forcing the inevitable future to step forward..
Going to have a hard time getting paid when you attacked small business owners across Canada during our busiest time of the year. Luckily we have other options since couriers stepped up! $30/hr plus pension to deliver mail? Tell me you don’t understand economics while updating your resume! (Unskilled labour doesn’t pay very well)
ask a real canada post employee, not boss, that how many years you need to work to be paid $30/h? Please don;t believe the BS they are spreading on your screen.
@@mizrah2907 well, you're gonna have to find a new job real soon.
I'm a Canada Post employee and you're wrong. Not a lot of people have the skills to deliver mail. This skill cannot be learned and only people who are born with it has it.
@@clubkr6517 loooooool
@@mizrah2907 all i hear at my local game shop is a Canada Post guy complaining he only gets 7 weeks of vacation a year.
They should be thankful they have jobs as it can be obsolete in a second.
It’s time to just rid Canada post. Let other companies bid to take it over. This strike will hopefully bankrupt them. Worst form of delivery by far for years.
No one will bid to take it over. They would have to go to rural areas daily, no one is going to make profit doing that. Just because you live in a big city, doesn't mean everyone else does.
@@PaaacssIt would get sorted, deals would be made and life would go on. Canada Post is coming to an end and we’ll be just fine without them.
@@supernova11711I agree. We do not need Canada Post.
They will never bankrupt, because otherwise they already did.
@@xnmo777 they will privatize it and they should. It’s not used as much as it is,really won’t be after this. I can’t seeing their being much funding left for it.
Both the union and management have prioritised their own interests at the expense of the workers.
Oh no! No junk mail or paper bills.. oh well I’ll survive.
Im standing behind the post workers.
Thanks Kevin, glad that at least someone is!
You are a wise man!
All for them, CEO makes a big salary in the millions, employees have had no pay raise in 10 years, CEO got a bonus and a Covid bonus as well as supervisors, guess who didn’t. My full support to Canada Post workers, the ones that actually work!!!
Thanks Susan!
It’s not brain surgery! Fire them all and hire people are willing to work for the minimum wage. High School students who just graduated would love their job.
@petergeary519 Your photo suggests you’re a mature adult but your views don’t reflect your age. High school students working at CP for minimum wage!?!? Wow- you have no idea what the job entails. You likely would not last a week on the job! Most high school students wouldn’t last a few hours.
@@gordiestevan1662 Key word. Most. So keep the ones capable of handling it.
Get rid of the union, get rid of the problem!
No one would work there if there wasn't a union.
@@Paaacss I would!
Unions are the only thing protecting workers from government corruption. Everyone should part of a union to protect their financial well being. Workers have children to take care of too
@Ladybug83me you could work there anyways... with or without a union.
@@Paaacss wrong
This strike was not p,planned properly, it will go to show Canadians just how much we don’t need them and exactly how much money they loose every year. Customers will find alternatives, when they do, Canada post will suffer the consequences and start downsizing operations . All those employees used to fat paycheques, long vacations and benefits will be looking for minimum wage jobs. Looking forward to that day. Overpaid, underworked is all they are
Unions always want more then is feasible in most economies...!!!
Canada Post is losing money that professor was saying, then those Canada Post workers shouldn't be so picky, lucky to have a job right now. The Trudeau economy is the real problem if they cut taxes, reduce food/housing costs, then it would be like getting a raise, lol.
We switched to Sendle, UPS and Purolator. We are done with Canada Post for good. That a government doesn't have control over it's crown companies, is highly concerning for the entire Canadian economy. It hit thousands of businesses and millions of people. It's time to privatize a business that the government obviously can't handle.
Same thing happened to the steel mills here, Union bled them dry and ensured their own demise.
that's not true.
Of course someone who believes in the Illuminati is lying on the internet
Cost more to mail a package in Canada, than to get a package shipped up from, Australia, what does that tell you? Get rid of Canada post we don’t need it, privatize it
And shipping from down under seems to be way faster.
R.I.P Canada Post ! you will be remembered !
Make Canada post private company.
Canada post now is Mafia Group.
Make Canada post like HDL ,Fdex or Amazon.
Canada post should be sold to private compaby.
You'll never see this in the USA.
Force them back to work already
Pay attention you dolt...if you where constantly mistreated by your boss..you would have every right to have it addressed..wake up..the issue is with mgmt lying to you the public..they have been caught red handed in that with documentation..when will you stop being a fool and help us make it better
@@hunsbergermattsorry but as someone who was blue collar government workers slack off a lot in general and are comfortable with their benefits system while I worked with people who had no benefits and got paid less but worked their asses off.
Plus I got 5 friends who lost their jobs this year, at least these asshats have something to strike about. And the people who deserve a raise are amazon workers. At least they deliver right to my door and don't leave a dam sticker on it without even knocking, and I work from home so zero reason to miss me at all.
Yes singh might call an election
@@hunsbergermattBetter?! The company is loosing millions year over year yet you think you’re going to be able to get blood out of a stone?
What’s going to happen is that it’s going to go belly up and all you 55,000 workers should be happy because you’ll no longer be “forced” to work a job you clearly hate. Think it’s going to be a real eye opener when you have to go out into the rest of the world without a degree though. You act as though you’re the only ones struggling right now. Wake up.
I am over all sentimentality at this point. Defund Canada Post too. We don’t need this bloated losing business. Wonderful Canada post workers can get jobs delivering for purolator or other companies picking up the slack.
My parents worked for Canada post for my entire life. The postal system should be a service, not an essentially privatized business run for profit. The people working at the plant are wrecking their bodies, hearing, and wrists and they deserve to be compensated for that. I support the strike, I don’t support the management.
Thank you!!!
Bruh there are way more taxing jobs out there than a postal worker and they don’t get to extort the public and pull this sh*t.
Enjoy it while it lasts cause that ship is going down. Every year more and more people and businesses will find better cheaper alternatives.
RIP CP you won’t be missed.
@ do you even know what they do in the plant? They aren’t extorting anyone. They are fighting for fair pay and benefits that keep diminishing to compensate for the money their bosses are losing. It’s incredibly insulting that you’re insinuating they don’t deserve fair pay for their labour because there are harder jobs. Those jobs support workers and their families. I’m not just talking about depot workers or letter carriers, I’m talking about the people working with machines at the plants like Stoney Creek. It’s not the workers fault that Canada post is being mismanaged and it’s the government’s job to be responsible for a federal service. The workers don’t want to be on strike, trust me. It’s not fun. Try to be empathetic to the people doing the work instead of accusing them of “not having it that bad”.
Canada Post in Edmonton has lost an insane amount of my personal correspondence, including passport, Visa card, driver license and other pertsonal documents. We complained and provided the tracking number and yet they did nothing. This is the most incompetent and corrupt organization in Canadad and they still has the face to go on strike? I will be willing to pay for a reliable service rather than giving my tax money to this people.
As for loses Canada Post spent $350 million on Electric Vehicles (not being used yet) $750 million on a new plant and I read highest paid executive gets $700 million including bonuses.
Also last strike it was found that management hid parcels in trailers. 72 hours notice was given and all parcels given were delivered before strike (unless not all parcels were given)
wow...a parcel was send from England to a friend of mine weeks before the strike and he never received it. I blame the executives and the government. All that wasted money and Canada post still has a bad reputation ( snail mail). Personally I stopped using Canada post to send packages years ago because it was too expensive and too slow. People are waiting for checks, important papers...seniors can tell their bill collectors...sorry I didn't received my mail, so I can't pay you and oh yeah, can't buy grouches either!
Again,p youa re lying. He gets paid 700k, that's barely anything int terms of a CEO. The workers make $30 an hour to deliver mail, that's more than most oilfield workers. And they get a pension. They have one of the easiest jobs in the world... while getting amazing benefits, and keep demanding more.
Canada post also has a high turnover rate with ppl thinking its a eaay job. Only 2 workers out of the last 20 stayed with canada post. 1. The pay sucks for new comers and you dont get paid overtime when your a rural mail carrier. Sometimes the new workers and old workers take 12 hours to do a route and only gets paid for the 7 hours the route is rated at. So 5 hours free labour and I'd like to know how that is fair in this day in age? @@ErgonomicChair
Correct about the 700K a year. Incorrect about $30 an hour@ErgonomicChair
@@ErgonomicChair EASY? lol If you want that wage too apply
Canada post needs to re-invent their business model to be competitive with other modern and private couriers. Canada Post can't do that if they accept Union's demands, and the organization will be unsustainable. Union needs to scale back their demands.
Union “workers” have lost my support, greed has overtaken logic!