Canadian postal service halts mail delivery, locks out workers

[Bob Hubbard]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/06/15/canada.postal.lockout/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2

Mail delivery across Canada came to an abrupt halt Wednesday after the corporation responsible for running the nation's postal service suspended its operations and locked out striking workers. Canada Post suspended operations late Tuesday night. In a prepared statement, the company said 12 days of rotating strikes have racked up $100 million in losses for the corporation.
The union is protesting the corporation's plan to cut medical and pension benefits.

ok...1 question.
I thought Canadian's got their medical from the government.
??

 

[Big Don]

Don't think the USPS couldn't do this too...

 

[Ken Morgan]

When they talk medical as part of a benefit package it generally deals with dentists, optometrists, prescriptions, semi private room vs. ward, and other services not covered under the Provincial plans. Some private benefits have massage, chiropractic and naturopath

 

[granfire]

How can you lock out striking personel?

 

[Twin Fist]

PLEASE let the USPS try this crap,t here are plenty of people looking for jobs.....

 

[Ken Morgan]

How can you lock out striking personel?

The union folks where doing rotating strikes, so after a week of that, the Post office just locked the doors on them.

 

[granfire]

The union folks where doing rotating strikes, so after a week of that, the Post office just locked the doors on them.

Ahhhh, so while on strike, the union got the mail delivered....the post office now shut sh** down....


the unions are liek so totally bad....





sorry, could not help it!

 

[LuckyKBoxer]

Don't think the USPS couldn't do this too...

Dont care if they do. All they fill my mail box with is junk mail. I use UPS, Fedex, and Email for anything important.

 

[Sensei Payne]

Dont care if they do. All they fill my mail box with is junk mail. I use UPS, Fedex, and Email for anything important.

I agree with this statement.

Snail mail will one day go the way of dinosuar...along with Libraries and over the air TV service.