The media reports that Canadian Postal Workers "may" go on strike after the results of a 94.5% strike vote. This clearly shows us two things: The employees at Canada Post are not happy with the unprecedented roll backs the Corporation demands they absorb and the Union is still being very reasonable about the disagreement. They still want a negotiated settlement.
You always get some people that will vote to strike and some that will vote not to strike no matter what the issues are on the table. A 94.5% strike vote is huge. The union states the concerns are: "The corporation wants to pay new employees 30 percent less. It wants to reduce their benefits, weaken their job security and provide an inferior pension. It also wants to attack retiree benefits, sick leave and turn back the clock on many other contract provisions."
So once again we have 16 years of consistent profit and huge roll backs from the Corporation just because. One of the pinnacle problems is route measurement. Moya Greene's last act of terrorism at Canada Post before she left to destroy the Royal Mail in England was to turn a profit making dividend paying company into one that was $2.5 billion in debt. Instantly.
Borrowing a huge amount of money to buy machines that would greatly increase the workload and eliminate a huge number of positions in an economic recession. That is Moya's Madness. Creating more unemployment during a recession is not wise. Neither is throwing away tax revenue but what can I say, that's Moya Greene.
The problem is the insane way Canada Post is insisting the new rules be followed to implement the new sortation machines. The new rules are absolutely insane and have completely wrecked havoc in Winnipeg which was the test model for the new system.
The Union won a grievance in Moncton stopping the insane rules. It comes as no surprise the Corporation is now demanding key words in the collective agreement be changed so they can reverse the Moncton decision and implement their insane rules just because. Destroying a good job and destroying a good pension is bad business.
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i am a postal worker for royal mail we are all under severe pressure and are under paid ,over worked and under staffed. we have just got rid of one money grabbing idiot who didnt have a clue what he was doing now we are saddled with another idiot who is wrecking royal mail and feathering her own nest whiile the work force are worked like dogs for less pay. drop a piece of paper on the floor and they use healthy as a cover to suspend you. fellow postal workers of canada please tell us in britain how did you get rid of her before she destroys royal mail
Our condolences. I can’t fathom cutting 25% of the jobs in the UK on top of what’s been lost already. I think we lucked out in Canada because the political climate wasn’t quite strong enough for the complete privatization of the post office. I think Moya also pissed off a lot of managers she worked with as well. When she had the opportunity to take a huge pay raise at the Royal Mail she took it.
Things in Canada aren’t all sunshine and roses. Moya Greene set the precedent and a Conservative majority imposed not only back to work legislation but gave the arbitrator parameters to throw out the existing collective agreement and wreck total havoc with the company. Two supreme court decisions over riding that kind of over reaching legislation for the nurses and the teachers is the last line of defense for Canadian postal workers.
I know she hates my web site. I lost my job at Canada Post over it. Yet it still stands. If you have any details you’d like me to post or link to just send me an e-mail. Cheers: www.moyagreene.com
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