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Post by SydneyPaige on Nov 18, 2018 17:16:59 GMT -5
This postal strike, that's making me worried right now. is terrible as it is. They need to get out and work. They seem to do little as it is. So I know not to expect much from them. It's always bewildered me how it takes a week (probably) to send a letter across Canada while it takes only a few days in the U.S. for a package to be shipped. I remember before Taylor's online store and the big international one and when things were separate, when I'd order a package of things and send it to my family's American address it would take only like two days (with standard shipping). It seems to take longer with the newer store. Idk, I will agree that it is disappointing in how slow it can be at times, I do hope they fix the pay gap they're protesting. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 18, 2018 17:20:29 GMT -5
'Canada Post' is terrible as it is. They need to get out and work. They seem to do little as it is. So I know not to expect much from them. It's always bewildered me how it takes a week (probably) to send a letter across Canada while it takes only a few days in the U.S. for a package to be shipped. I remember before Taylor's online store and the big international one and when things were separate, when I'd order a package of things and send it to my family's American address it would take only like two days (with standard shipping). It seems to take longer with the newer store. Idk, I will agree that it is disappointing in how slow it can be at times, I do hope they fix the pay gap they're protesting. I heard that an offer was proposed to the union but the deadline ended last night or something. There were apparently strikes where I live on Friday so there was no running of 'Canada Post'... |
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Post by SydneyPaige on Nov 18, 2018 17:23:54 GMT -5
Idk, I will agree that it is disappointing in how slow it can be at times, I do hope they fix the pay gap they're protesting. I heard that an offer was proposed to the union but the deadline ended last night or something. There were apparently strikes where I live on Friday so there was no running of 'Canada Post'... Yeah apparently they trying to stop packages from entering the country but to be honest idk if they'll be able to do so. I may price out ups to see if it's some what affordable and send my cards out that way. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 18, 2018 17:37:43 GMT -5
I heard that an offer was proposed to the union but the deadline ended last night or something. There were apparently strikes where I live on Friday so there was no running of 'Canada Post'... Yeah apparently they trying to stop packages from entering the country but to be honest idk if they'll be able to do so. I may price out ups to see if it's some what affordable and send my cards out that way. I don't know about strikes in the past but I have a feeling it will work out. 'Canada Post' can't possibly stop their services leading up to the biggest holiday of the year, which is the busiest time of the year for shipping. They know they'll lose a lot of business if they don't sort this out as people will use other methods instead. |
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Post by SydneyPaige on Nov 18, 2018 17:41:02 GMT -5
Yeah apparently they trying to stop packages from entering the country but to be honest idk if they'll be able to do so. I may price out ups to see if it's some what affordable and send my cards out that way. I don't know about strikes in the past but I have a feeling it will work out. 'Canada Post' can't possibly stop their services leading up to the biggest holiday of the year, which is the busiest time of the year for shipping. They know they'll lose a lot of business if they don't sort this out as people will use other methods instead. Well I know Trudeau threatened the company to work things out with the union or he will get involved. I don't know how him getting involved would help but if it puts an end to the strike then good riddance. |
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Post by underlinehad on Nov 18, 2018 17:50:46 GMT -5
I don't know about strikes in the past but I have a feeling it will work out. 'Canada Post' can't possibly stop their services leading up to the biggest holiday of the year, which is the busiest time of the year for shipping. They know they'll lose a lot of business if they don't sort this out as people will use other methods instead. Well I know Trudeau threatened the company to work things out with the union or he will get involved. I don't know how him getting involved would help but if it puts an end to the strike then good riddance. this sounds like the air traffic controllers' strike years ago when Ronald Reagan had to step in and order the people back to work. |
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Post by SydneyPaige on Nov 18, 2018 18:03:50 GMT -5
Well I know Trudeau threatened the company to work things out with the union or he will get involved. I don't know how him getting involved would help but if it puts an end to the strike then good riddance. this sounds like the air traffic controllers' strike years ago when Ronald Reagan had to step in and order the people back to work. Well a few companies have also threatened to sue Trudeau if he doesn't make it so their companies can't send they're packages to people on black friday. So lots of lawsuits are being threatened right now. |
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Post by underlinehad on Nov 18, 2018 18:08:37 GMT -5
this sounds like the air traffic controllers' strike years ago when Ronald Reagan had to step in and order the people back to work. Well a few companies have also threatened to sue Trudeau if he doesn't make it so their companies can't send they're packages to people on black friday. So lots of lawsuits are being threatened right now. well i'm wondering if this is the leverage they think they have... as Callie said, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year... and if the postal workers figure they can pressure the government for more money because of it... |
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Post by SydneyPaige on Nov 18, 2018 18:16:19 GMT -5
Well a few companies have also threatened to sue Trudeau if he doesn't make it so their companies can't send they're packages to people on black friday. So lots of lawsuits are being threatened right now. well i'm wondering if this is the leverage they think they have... as Callie said, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year... and if the postal workers figure they can pressure the government for more money because of it... I'd imagine most of these really big name companies could probably sue for billions. I'm sure they have plenty of leverage. The thing that confuses me is that they HAD to have known about this issue for awhile why are they waiting until NOW to strike. |
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Post by underlinehad on Nov 18, 2018 18:21:00 GMT -5
well i'm wondering if this is the leverage they think they have... as Callie said, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year... and if the postal workers figure they can pressure the government for more money because of it... I'd imagine most of these really big name companies could probably sue for billions. I'm sure they have plenty of leverage. The thing that confuses me is that they HAD to have known about this issue for awhile why are they waiting until NOW to strike. because an interruption in service now would do the most damage. |
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Post by underlinehad on Nov 18, 2018 18:21:14 GMT -5
and get the most attention
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 18, 2018 18:35:19 GMT -5
Well a few companies have also threatened to sue Trudeau if he doesn't make it so their companies can't send they're packages to people on black friday. So lots of lawsuits are being threatened right now. well i'm wondering if this is the leverage they think they have... as Callie said, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year... and if the postal workers figure they can pressure the government for more money because of it... Pardon my language but my dad calls people who are lazy "dogf***ers" and that's the image I get from the people who work for 'Canada Post'. Their service is so slow. Of course they'd take advantage of the busiest time of the year to get a pay raise. It's like they strike every year to get a pay raise every year. Normal jobs don't get pay raises every year. :/ Another thing that I don't understand and get annoyed by is why servers and waiters get tips. Do bankers, cooks, firefighters, cops, teachers, etc. get tips? No. So why should servers get it when they get paid a wage anyways. I can understand giving tips for servers who don't get paid a wage, but is that even legal (I'd be shocked if that happened)? |
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Post by SydneyPaige on Nov 18, 2018 19:38:47 GMT -5
well i'm wondering if this is the leverage they think they have... as Callie said, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year... and if the postal workers figure they can pressure the government for more money because of it... Pardon my language but my dad calls people who are lazy "dogf***ers" and that's the image I get from the people who work for 'Canada Post'. Their service is so slow. Of course they'd take advantage of the busiest time of the year to get a pay raise. It's like they strike every year to get a pay raise every year. Normal jobs don't get pay raises every year. :/ Another thing that I don't understand and get annoyed by is why servers and waiters get tips. Do bankers, cooks, firefighters, cops, teachers, etc. get tips? No. So why should servers get it when they get paid a wage anyways. I can understand giving tips for servers who don't get paid a wage, but is that even legal (I'd be shocked if that happened)? Servers and waiters get paid less because of tips and typically the tips they get don’t equal the amount of minimum wage. Also cooks typically get part of the tips too. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 18, 2018 20:07:53 GMT -5
Pardon my language but my dad calls people who are lazy "dogf***ers" and that's the image I get from the people who work for 'Canada Post'. Their service is so slow. Of course they'd take advantage of the busiest time of the year to get a pay raise. It's like they strike every year to get a pay raise every year. Normal jobs don't get pay raises every year. :/ Another thing that I don't understand and get annoyed by is why servers and waiters get tips. Do bankers, cooks, firefighters, cops, teachers, etc. get tips? No. So why should servers get it when they get paid a wage anyways. I can understand giving tips for servers who don't get paid a wage, but is that even legal (I'd be shocked if that happened)? Servers and waiters get paid less because of tips and typically the tips they get don’t equal the amount of minimum wage. Also cooks typically get part of the tips too. Well then that's the issue of the restaurants. Minimum wage is the legal amount people should be paid. So why is that allowed to happen then? |
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Post by MyCastleCrumbledOvernight on Nov 18, 2018 20:56:08 GMT -5
*conversation going over her head* XD
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