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06-17-2011, 10:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Windsor, Ontario | | | So you don't run into trouble, Canada Post is on strike...
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Its probably old news, but honestly i wasn't paying attention and all of a sudden some strings i bought in classifieds are being held at the post... So heres a post on Canada Post!
Buyers and sellers beware, if you ship from the USA to Canada via USPS, it wont be delivered until after the strike is settled. So buyers should know that, and hopefully this can limit a bunch of trouble for unknowing youngsters (or oldsters?) dealing with Canada.
Cheers
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06-17-2011, 11:23 PM
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06-18-2011, 05:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | Yeah, it's a bummer. Canada Posts actually went into lockout.
I have to order new shells for my hermit crabs. They're getting bigger and there's a bit of shell envy toward those with the roomy ones. I'd hate it if it turned to shell fights in the next weeks.
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06-18-2011, 06:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Western Pennsylvania | | | Is that what the strike is about? How does that work? |
06-18-2011, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by DerHoggz Is that what the strike is about? How does that work? | The strike is about salary and conditions being negociated without agreement for a long time. Employees initiated the strike about a week ago, and Canada Posts went into lockout thursday I think.
Right now, Amazon only ships through other carriers.
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06-18-2011, 08:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | They want more money for the carriers, they already START at $25 an hour. No, sorry, I don't support your request for an 11% raise over 3 years. I have a pair of shoes that got delivered to my place on Wednesday, no one was home so they left the note to go pick it up, show up Thursday morning and they were locked out. I am not pleased.
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06-18-2011, 10:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GTA, Ontario | | Well, crap. I was expecting a package. 
EDIT: Also, I agree with everything lowsound said. It would be nice to not pay more for shipping than what the actual item costs, too.
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06-18-2011, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound They want more money for the carriers, they already START at $25 an hour. No, sorry, I don't support your request for an 11% raise over 3 years. I have a pair of shoes that got delivered to my place on Wednesday, no one was home so they left the note to go pick it up, show up Thursday morning and they were locked out. I am not pleased.
lowsound | I don't support it either, I don't see how mail carriers and the such think it's logical for them, with no required studies what so ever, to gain more then a whole lot of people with a Ba. or a Bs. in hand once they graduate. Call me an ass if you wish. |
06-18-2011, 10:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | So what's happening with the mail that's been delivered to the Canada Post depot - they're just piling-up or are they being "returned to sender"? Thank God I had a couple of strings and other orders delivered (free shipping) to my sister in Jersey and just told her to ship them once the strike blows over. Either way, it'll still be cheaper than having it sent straight to Canada (even without the strike) from the manufacturer. |
06-18-2011, 11:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Windsor, Ontario | | | From what i hear, is the government is supposed to legislate them back to work soon... As for mail, yea, it piles up and when they are forced back to work it will eventually all get delivered, however long that takes....
I am moving so it better be soon!
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06-19-2011, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Ziltoid I don't support it either, I don't see how mail carriers and the such think it's logical for them, with no required studies what so ever, to gain more then a whole lot of people with a Ba. or a Bs. in hand once they graduate. Call me an ass if you wish. | OK, I wish. 
Why does someone need a college education to qualify for those kind of wages?
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06-19-2011, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 OK, I wish.
Why does someone need a college education to qualify for those kind of wages?
-Mike | Often, it's just a way of knowing you have some reliability and understand expectations/constraints.
I'm not sure *that* many people have a career that makes use of what they studied in college all along.
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06-19-2011, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ziltoid I don't support it either, I don't see how mail carriers and the such think it's logical for them, with no required studies what so ever, to gain more then a whole lot of people with a Ba. or a Bs. in hand once they graduate. Call me an ass if you wish. | Contrary to popular opinion, the world largely isn't a meritocracy. If educational attaintment was simply the deciding factor on wages, people with doctoral degrees would be making a lot more than what they do.
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06-19-2011, 01:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New-brunswick | | | I am aware of that, but 25+ an hour as a start wage (more if they get what they want) when you do not have any particular skill or knowledge other then being in decent shape and being able to walk is beyond me. |
06-19-2011, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Ziltoid I am aware of that, but 25+ an hour as a start wage (more if they get what they want) when you do not have any particular skill or knowledge other then being in decent shape and being able to walk is beyond me. | I can't speak for the Canada Post, but UPS drivers make a good living without really having any special skills. However, from what I understand, management gets all of the output from them that is possible, they work extremely, and definitely earn every cent they make.
Again, I'm not saying that generalizes to the Canada Post, since I don't know much about their operations.
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06-19-2011, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by LiquidMidnight I can't speak for the Canada Post, but UPS drivers make a good living without really having any special skills. However, from what I understand, management gets all of the output from them that is possible, they work extremely, and definitely earn every cent they make.
Again, I'm not saying that generalizes to the Canada Post, since I don't know much about their operations. | I believe this is right. There *is* training given to Canada Post employees, and the job comes with its fair share of responsibilities.
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06-19-2011, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Ziltoid I am aware of that, but 25+ an hour as a start wage (more if they get what they want) when you do not have any particular skill or knowledge other then being in decent shape and being able to walk is beyond me. | I made over that ten years ago working as a drywall finisher. All I did was throw mud on the walls all day, wait for it to dry, then then sand it off.
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