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16 June 2011, OTTAWA
Federal legislation will end postal disruption
Bowing to pressure and facing a June 23 deadline for the House of Commons summer break, the federal government yesterday announced it would introduce back-to-work legislation next week to end the postal lockout.
The bill will pass with a majority Conservative government, but could require that the House sits past June 23 if the NDP opposition slows progress.
Legislation would get the mail moving again while mandating an arbitrated settlement to the dispute. There is still time for Canada Post management and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to reach an agreement, and yesterday Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra said he would be willing to meet with CUPW president Denis Lemelin one more time. But that seemed unlikely.
In the meantime, no mail is being delivered as Canada Post has locked out its workers in a bid to force a resolution to the dispute, which centres over pensions, sick leave and wages, particularly for new hires.
The bill will pass with a majority Conservative government, but could require that the House sits past June 23 if the NDP opposition slows progress.
Legislation would get the mail moving again while mandating an arbitrated settlement to the dispute. There is still time for Canada Post management and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to reach an agreement, and yesterday Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra said he would be willing to meet with CUPW president Denis Lemelin one more time. But that seemed unlikely.
In the meantime, no mail is being delivered as Canada Post has locked out its workers in a bid to force a resolution to the dispute, which centres over pensions, sick leave and wages, particularly for new hires.
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Unions kill jobs.
Moreover, it is not like Canada Post is poor. They have made profits for the past 16 years. Rather than squeezing their workers and cutting our services, perhaps they should look at the salaries that top $600,000 per year (plus bonuses). The president of Canada Post makes more than the Prime Minister and 50% than the govenor of the Bank of Canada. How many other Canada Post officials make huge salaries that are totally out of whack when compared to other public sector top level employees?
It is sad to read anti-union comments when unions have done so much for Canadian society. I guess this means that unions have been successfully vilified in the media and workers get scapegoated. So many working Canadians no longer identify with unions workers and are prepared to let them suffer, and often for poor decisions made by management.
Squeezing workers is much easier than looking for efficiencies and being more responsive to market and customer needs. It is also short sighted.
"It is sad to read anti-union comments when unions have done so much for Canadian society."
Yes - unions have moved tens of thousands of jobs right out of this country.
Nicely done.