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UPS Ground Rates going UP UP UP

Holdsg

Holdsg

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I received this email today from the Big Brown Cabal.

As we plan for the future, we’ve made key technology investments in automation, capacity, visibility and delivery solutions this year. Enhancing our operations and improving the unmatched portfolio of services to help you grow your business is our priority. We recognize the importance of planning ahead for both you and your customers, so below is a summary of our 2019 rates*.


The following changes will take effect on December 26, 2018:

• The rates for UPS® Ground, UPS Air and International will increase an average net 4.9%.

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure I'm not getting a 5% raise this year.
The cost of GAS keeps going up.
 
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Canada Post is privatized. So like Fedex & UPS and many other national carriers they are not mandated to perform.
The U.S. Postal Service, is one of the few true 'services' left that are not allowed to strike.
Even the venerable Royal Mail, in the U.K. has been privatized.
One of the arguments for privatization has been that the service delivery standards will improve- this has not been the case with any national service that has been privatized, case in point Canada Post.

And as much as folks slag on the USPS, as usual Americans just don't realize how good they've got it.

Another note is that the USPS is a 'quasi'-governmental agency, in that they receive no tax dollars to operate. All their operating expenses are funded by the postage fees they charge. So in that regard they are just like all the other private carriers- except the USPS is not allowed to shut down or go on strike, that's where the 'quasi' part comes into play.
 
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I just looked it up.

Canada Post is "Crown Corporation". "Crown corporations are wholly owned federal or provincial organizations structured like private or independent companies."

In no way is Canada Post privatized by any rational definition of that word. In fact the Canadian parliament(?) stayed in session over the weekend recently to debate and vote on mandating Canada Post go back to work. That obviously wouldn't happen if it were a private corporation.

Also the strikes have been rotating, not an actual full-scale strike. Mail has still been delivered daily, just more slowly for the most part.

The pay and benefits are amazing for what they do. Bottom line, they have a massive sense of entitlement just like all government employees and they're trying to hold the country hostage to get even more. Nothing new.
 
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Interestingly, Reverb is not using Fedex this holiday season because of their price hikes. I am sure its coming too. My wife's cousin is a carrier and says the past few years demand has increased %20 annually and they're not sure how to keep up without massive costs for expansion.
 
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StayLow said:
I just looked it up.

Canada Post is "Crown Corporation". "Crown corporations are wholly owned federal or provincial organizations structured like private or independent companies."

In no way is Canada Post privatized by any rational definition of that word. In fact the Canadian parliament(?) stayed in session over the weekend recently to debate and vote on mandating Canada Post go back to work. That obviously wouldn't happen if it were a private corporation.

Also the strikes have been rotating, not an actual full-scale strike. Mail has still been delivered daily, just more slowly for the most part.

The pay and benefits are amazing for what they do. Bottom line, they have a massive sense of entitlement just like all government employees and they're trying to hold the country hostage to get even more. Nothing new.
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To be clear, they are striking to maintain their benefits, not asking for a bunch of extra stuff. And my mail service has been fine. Maybe a day slower. Neither looks like entitled behaviour to me. Where do we get the idea that working people should just accept their jobs getting a little worse every year? Why should mail delivery be a crap job?

Next thing we’ll hear that time off and weekends are entitlements workers shouldn’t have.
 
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