CUPW has announced an immediate strike, and postal workers are currently walking off the job.
The minister of public works, Joel Lightbound, has announced his intentions to implement all of the recommedations laid out in the Kaplan report, including permanently ending door-to-door delivery and the requirement to deliver mail 5 days a week.
Not sure how he expected labour to respond to 1/3 of the workforce being made redundant.
Wait, they’re still in a budget hole after this plan? That’s some union!
(Canada Post is on track to cost 1.5 billion over costs in 2025, so almost $40 for each of the 40ish million Canadians including children etc.)
Pretty expensive. If only they could come up with some way to count it as military spending it wouldn’t be a problem.
I’m not sure how the Postal service could be used to help our friends in Ukraine or deter Russian aggression in Europe, but open to suggestions!