I think our postal workers are doing an incredable job..we are very lucky..give them the raise they are asking for.

What about all the students that are expecting Student Loan paperwork through the mail. They do not do most of the paperwork online, only the initial application! all the other paperwork, like the forms that get you your tuition money, book money, residential fees and living costs need to be mailed to each student. I wont get anything until I actually get the paperwork by mail..... I understand that if the postal workers need to go on strike to get what they need to than thats what they have to do (!) but if Pension, Assistance, and Baby Cheques are still going to be delivered because thats the money people need to live off of, what about the money I need to live off of for 8 months! to pay for my daughters day care will i'm in university! to pay my tuition for my future!

Nowadays, more and more things get done electronically. One more strike only forces people to find alternatives. It will reduce future postal jobs.

CUPW is very vocal in the fact that CPC is making a profit, and has been for serveral years now, and that CPC should be sharing that profit with their employees. The fact is, CPC implemented a bonus structure a about 3 years ago called "The Bonus" which awards postal stations based on their delivery targets. CUPW doesn't seem to mention this at all in any of their literature, at least any literature I've been able to locate. CUPW states in their press release today that they have approximately 48,000 employees. I'd be curious to find out what the average bonus has been for the past 3 years and how much that cut into their profit.

As for the two tiered salaries CUPW is complaining about, just about every private or public sector job ALWAYS starts new employees at a lower rate, with employees working their way up the pay scale. Seems to me that this is a logical way of doing things, and actually rewards employees as they gain valuable experience and who show dedication to a company by way of long term employment.

With any luck, both sides will be able to come to some sort of an agreement to avoid strike action. If CUPW members do actually go on strike, I don't think they are going to be getting much public sympathy.

More people will do online instead - therefore less work for them, then they will be out of jobs

Don't get too panicked by the disability cheque issue. I'm on it too (use crutches) and my worker actually tried calling me today and getting me to switch to direct deposit (a sneaky way to have continual access to bank acct numbers) so I looked it up. Dated March 11th is a statement saying that they WILL deliver social security/disability cheques. Hopefully it means just that but I'm not worrying just yet. The union will have a PR nightmare on their hands if they decide not to deliver cheques so I'm betting they show up.

#3 for several months CPC has been allowing positions to go unstaffed. If an inside worker retires they are not replaced. Unfortunately the work still exists. Fewer inside workers doing more work as they shut down plants means your mail is only processed every other day. Your letter carrier is not hoarding your mail, she just doesn't get any to deliver.

My postal service has been dismal for a long time. Despite living in an established neighborhood in one of Quebec's largest cities, I usually get mail (in huge batches) only three times a week, and a weekly newspaper I subscribe to (paid, not free) hasn't been delivered since the middle of March. I complained to the Ombudsman, but nothing has improved.

oh grow up. this is a public service. and the stop work thing is bs too. if they arent stopping work then why is the db check mail date affected by the strike?

Good Lord! We've had 1 Royal wedding, a number of small countries have lost their leaders, governments have fallen, and Bin Laden has been caught, all in the time this postal b.s. has been going on. And nothing has been accomplished! Maybe we can send in the USA Navy Seals to get the job done!