My favorite part of the night? Lisa Raitt getting turfed. She was the one in charge of Canada Post when the cons screwed us over.....
Sometimes the truth hurts. The other times it hurts worse....
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That was truly awesome! Karma.timetotellthetruth wrote: ↑ My favorite part of the night? Lisa Raitt getting turfed. She was the one in charge of Canada Post when the cons screwed us over.....
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Canada Post reports record revenues every year. You accidentally drank the blue koolaid when you woke up this morning. There never was a crisis, and nothing has changed but the types of products that we deliver....gotwgoty wrote: ↑ I was talking to my wife this morning about the election and she basicaly asked what canada post should do going forward.
I really think the union should be pro active and change tack. Instead of trying to save hypothetical jobs and expanding the workforce, the goal should be to save current jobs. Let natural attrition reduce jobs overtime, freeze hiring as much as possible and gradually start restructuring around that. That could be CMBs, street line mail boxes or whatever. That would make Canada Post more receptive and the government more receptibe and might be able to get some concessions like community banking built in.
The writing is kind of on the wall. There will be less mail. Instead of laying off a ton of people in 5 years or whatever, why not just get to that number over 5 years while restructuring to remain profitable.
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Oct 22nd, 2019 7:10 pm
He is kinda right though. Mail volumes are way less than they were 20 years ago and door to door for the most part is inefficient cost wise and health and safety too.
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Companies don’t just keep doing things the same because they are making money mostly from something unrelated. Once they stop making money delivering mail, they will either deliver mail less so it’s profitable and/or use less people to deliver it and make even more money off it.timetotellthetruth wrote: ↑ Canada Post reports record revenues every year. You accidentally drank the blue koolaid when you woke up this morning. There never was a crisis, and nothing has changed but the types of products that we deliver....
Oct 22nd, 2019 7:38 pm
I don’t necessarily think the conservatives had the wrong idea. I think it was intended to be done too quickly and they treated the union terribly.
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Profits are low by design. We are not a publicly traded company, and are only mandated to be self sufficient. If it was about profit, they don't need cuts, they could simply raise the parcel delivery prices to match the competition, instead of being way lower. And mail delivery is going down, and adjustments have always been made. That's why positions are generally lost in every restructure. Elimination of home delivery is overkill. PS. I also don't how inefficient it is when I already have to go to every 4th house with a parcel/packet anyway... Point is it is a public service and putting profit first should not be the goal. How many government services are "profitable"?Otrosky101 wrote: ↑ He is kinda right though. Mail volumes are way less than they were 20 years ago and door to door for the most part is inefficient cost wise and health and safety too.
Our profits are virtually nothing compared to our revenue so eventually we will be forced to adapt to reality.
Why not have a progressive union and do it gradually before we are forced to in the future?
Oct 22nd, 2019 8:43 pm
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I actually agree with this but I also know that a party that disagrees will be in power sooner or later.timetotellthetruth wrote: ↑ Profits are low by design. We are not a publicly traded company, and are only mandated to be self sufficient. If it was about profit, they don't need cuts, they could simply raise the parcel delivery prices to match the competition, instead of being way lower. And mail delivery is going down, and adjustments have always been made. That's why positions are generally lost in every restructure. Elimination of home delivery is overkill. PS. I also don't how inefficient it is when I already have to go to every 4th house with a parcel/packet anyway... Point is it is a public service and putting profit first should not be the goal. How many government services are "profitable"?
Oct 23rd, 2019 10:09 am
And the fact that the ceo's give themselves big payouts while crying poor for everybody else is exactly why unions need to exist. Look, I am not communist, but capitalism has gone rampant....mikebc wrote: ↑ As far as I know only the price of stamps are government mandated, CP has free reign to adjust parcel prices to stay competitive. The for-profit Crown Corporation angle is always a slippery slope, yes there are only 3 profitable CCs in the books (the Mint, BDC and CP) but we as Canadians are still shareholders, why not push for more profit? We are a Capitalist country after all. Sure, excess profits get skimmed off so there is no real incentive to perform at a private level, but showing multi billion dollar revenue while reporting profits under $100 million does seem to be cutting it a little close. Perhaps if negotiations could be reached with the government that more profits are to be kept in house as bonuses then there would be incentive to push harder. Granted the CEOs already award themselves bigger bonuses than a whole depot's average wages then cry that we're broke, but I guess they're doing something to earn all that sweet taxpayer money /s
Oct 23rd, 2019 5:21 pm
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