Heads up re: CanadaPost - full lockout / shutdown of operations tomorrow.

[qumefox]

EMS still goes through the post office. DHL will likely cost out the wazoo.

 

[JBTexas]

For DHL, O-Like states $16.59 Canadian, $15.00 U.S.
... then maybe they ADD the weight cost? (although the website simply states one flat charge).

It would be worth it, I think, to get a 200mw Gatlin here.
Especially if this Canadian postal stuff would otherwise interfere.

In my email I stated WHY I wanted to do this.

Hopefully that all wouldn't be lost in translation... ordering things from China, this is new to me.

 

[qumefox]

Wait. Your in texas.. Why are you worried about a canadian post office shutdown? It won't affect you. Stuff from china to the US doesn't go through canada first. heh.

 

[JBTexas]

Someone said that it would / might(?)

.... and it seems I remember a thread SOMEWHERE whereby someone was tracking an O-Like purchase... and it went thru Canada to the U.S.

 

[v33]

I can't see why it would go through Canada unless it was a mistake. You shouldnt have an issues.

 

[lasersbee]

Someone said that it would / might(?)

.... and it seems I remember a thread SOMEWHERE whereby someone was tracking an O-Like purchase... and it went thru Canada to the U.S.

Mail going to the USA does not go to Canada first..
Many members have posted the shipping times it takes from
China to the USA and Canada... And the USA times were mostly
shorter...
The mail is not like the Internet that can snake through multiple
non direct routes before it gets there...


Jerry

 

[qumefox]

All the shipments i've gotten from china have funnily enough arrived in new york first. But they never went north to canada.

 

[JBTexas]

Ah, well.... maybe I misunderstood something.

At any rate, it's "water under the bridge"; I just got an email;

Good Day ~
Here kindly let you know your order has been shipped yesterday, now below is shipping advise for your information :

 

[rhd]

Our conservative government is legislating CP back to work. First time I've ever been happy to have a conservative government. House of Commons isn't sitting Friday, so our timeline is looking like this legislation won't get addressed until Monday. So Canadians should probably be thinking Wednesday of next week as a possible mail resumption timeline, unless CP and the union figure it out on their own before then.

 

[borgqueenx]

i hope those guys get back to work soon so lasersbee can pay a visit to the post office! he will get some of my money soon!

 

[JLSE]

Seems they have reached a tentative agreement and are set to return
to work on Friday...

Guess they are feeling the pinch of 1.30+ per liter of fuel and the
high cost of living here.

2 packs of cigarettes cost about 18$ and is just getting out of hand
when you want to buy anything..

With the $$ so high many are crossing the boarder into the US for
gas...

 

[CapeClover]

Are you out of your F$%king mind...:thinking:
The STARTING SALARY for Canada Post workers is ~$20.00...
And all you need to do that starting job is have the coordination
skills of a chimpanzee... as far as I'm concerned...
How hard is it to put a letter into a sorting box and later into
a mail box... Oh and you need to be able read the address...:eg:

If you don't like your job get another one or go into business
for your self.. or is that too much trouble for you to accomplish.

Today's Union workers are whiny bunch of greedy brats that
can't see the real bottom line.
They are a bunch of spoiled whining girls that want it now at
any cost as long as they get it...

All I hear is ME.. ME..ME..ME... from Union members and I'm fed
up of it...

I work for me... I wipe my own A$$... I don't have a big pension
like the Union workers... and I don't even whine about it....

Pull up your pants.... STOP WHINING and get another job like
anyone with any common sense would do... rather than holding
out your hands once again demanding more.... and hurting other
more deserving members of the un-Unionized Canadian work force..


Jerry

I couldn't agree more. I live in the USA and I get paid just a little bit over minimum wage. I have no health benefits, no pension, and next to no savings. If I take vacation I don;t get paid. If I get sick and cannot work I don't get paid. I haven't had a pay raise in years. If I have to go to the doctor or need prescriptions I pay out of pocket. If I can;t afford the doctor or medical treatment I accept that I cannot afford it and I live without it. And guess what. I am happy with that. I think those working conditions are quite reasonable. I am happy, humble, and I strive to be the best at my job, meager as it may be. What I get is what I work for, nothing more.

What gives me the right to think I deserve $10.00 - $20.00/hour, full benefits, paid vacation, full pension, raises, and all the other crap these union bums demand. It really sickens me when I see these unskilled spoiled brats making all this big money with all these big benefits and then they cry and whine for more. You should get what the company decides to pay you. If you don;t like it then stop whining and go start your own corporation.

 

[lasersbee]

Translated by Google from the Journal de Montreal this morning...
Pardon the French grammar...:shhh:

OTTAWA - The federal government filed Monday in the Commons, a special bill to end the conflict by forcing Canada Post return to work of unionized employees.

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This draconian measure deemed by the opposition in Ottawa comes as labor and management agreed to return to the negotiating table.

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Both sides have, however, little time to reach an agreement last chance before the adoption of the bill.

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Adopted before Thursday?

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Indeed, the Federal Minister of Labour, Lisa Raitt, who leads the record, said that the bill would be debated Tuesday and then be adopted by parliament before the adjournment of the House of Commons, normally scheduled Thursday .

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If no agreement occurs before then, the government will give the task to an arbitrator to choose between the final proposal of the union or that of the employer to impose.

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The minister said she had spoken earlier in the day, during a conference call with the President's National Union of Postal Workers, Denis Lemelin, president and CEO of Canada Post, Deepak Chopra, for advise them of the situation.

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Ms. Raitt has described this exchange of "optimistic", since it was the first time in two weeks the government managed to meet together with the presidents of both parties.

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The minister justified his government's decision to use this special law by the fact that the labor dispute affects the economy, including small businesses and charities.

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The NDP opposes

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Opposition parties intend to oppose the adoption of the bill.

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NDP MP Yvon Godin said he was aware that, faced with a majority government, the opposition will be difficult to halt the adoption of the bill.

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His party still intends to discuss broadly the Commons, which could extend the parliamentary session.

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"We want to show that the Harper government is trying to interfere in the negotiations, he argued.

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It opens the door to future employers just do not negotiate collective agreements, because the government will come to their rescue.

The interim leader of the Liberal Party, Bob Rae, for his part would have hoped that the government prioritizes the return to the negotiating table rather than resort to adopting a special law.

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Rae says the government should play a "more active" in this case.

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After a rotating strike began earlier this month, Canada Post employees were subsequently locked out by their employer, a week ago.

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The government then indicated its intention to introduce a special bill.

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A "strategy" of Canada Post

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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) estimates that the proposed special law "penalizes the postal workers and Canada Post reward for putting workers locked out and stopped mail delivery at the national level."

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According to the CUPW, the bill imposes wage increases lower than those offered by Canada Post in its last offer, which was 1.9% in 2011, 2012 and 2013, and 2% in 2014.

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The Conservative bill would reduce the increases to 1.75% in 2011, 1.5% in 2012, 2% in 2013 and 2% in 2014, the union said in a statement.

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"This bill will remove pockets of $ 875.50 a worker full-time positions during the four years of the agreement, said CUPW, in a statement.

In all, this is a theft of $ 35 million committed against the workers of the positions and their families."

That is $875.50 over 4 years that they are whining about....
That is $218.88 per year...

They loose $220.00 every 11 hours they are not at work...
They have already been out off work for 5 days = 40hrs...
They have another 4 hours before they will loose that same
amount by not being on the Job... whether they get their
demands or not...

Perhaps it should be a Job requisite that Canada Post workers
can do some simple math...

Wake up a smell the coffee.............


Jerry

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[qumefox]

These are unions we're talking about. I'm sure there's something in the contracts that allow them to get paid even if they don't show up.

 

[Tech_Junkie]

I couldn't agree more. I live in the USA and I get paid just a little bit over minimum wage. I have no health benefits, no pension, and next to no savings. If I take vacation I don;t get paid. If I get sick and cannot work I don't get paid. I haven't had a pay raise in years. If I have to go to the doctor or need prescriptions I pay out of pocket. If I can;t afford the doctor or medical treatment I accept that I cannot afford it and I live without it.

I guess you work for cash then. Because by law you have to get a raise, no matter how meager, every year. Also New York is a welfare state. You are entitled to all kinds of benefits because of your low income.

 

[random person]

Lets just settle on something we can agree on and say it was clearly all George W Bush's fault! =P

Any updates on the strike? Been google searching and haven't found anything about a end date or status update. Just alot of articles saying about how nobody cares (except small businesses) that there on strike -.-