Message from DHL Globalmail re: Canadian Postal strike

Santos L. Halper
Santos L. Halper Posts: 1,966
edited July 2011 in The Porch
"As announced on Sunday, June 05, 2011, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is moving its rotating strike to Montreal, Quebec following the 48-hour strike for Hamilton, Ontario postal workers. Postal workers in Montreal will hit the picket lines at 11:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, June 05, 2011. The CUPW National Executive Board will select future locations for strike activity based on developments at the bargaining table. DHL Global Mail is continuing to pick-up and process mail and parcels to Canada as normal, however delays are expected as a result of the work disruption in those areas where strike activities are present. We are reviewing alternate solutions, in the event the strike continues for a prolonged amount of time and/or grows to a regional or national level. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates, including strike locations, as they develop."

10c will continue to process and ship orders to Canada as long as DHL Globalmail continues to process deliveries to Canada.
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  • Lone Drawn Meteor
    Lone Drawn Meteor Posts: 1,230
    Thanks for the heads up, Santos! Deep and Holiday single on the way?
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,933
    Thanks for the update! :)
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Lone Drawn Meteor wrote:
    Thanks for the heads up, Santos! Deep and Holiday single on the way?

    I was just thinking about this on the way home from work. Seriously, it's JUNE. LATEST EVER. Besides 1994 of course.
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  • Santos L. Halper
    Santos L. Halper Posts: 1,966
    6/7/11 update:

    The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) local in Moncton, New Brunswick and Victoria, British Columbia are currently on a 24-hour strike until local time midnight tonight, June 7, 2011. Canada Post facilities in both cities are being picketed, and mail delivery in and around each city will be affected today. The rotating strike in Montreal has concluded and as a result, mail acceptance and delivery in Montreal and the surrounding areas is resuming today. The CUPW National Executive Board will select future locations for strike activity based on developments at the bargaining table. DHL Global Mail is continuing to pick-up and process mail and parcels to Canada as normal, however delays are expected as a result of the work disruption in those areas where strike activities are present. We are reviewing alternate solutions, in the event the strike continues for a prolonged amount of time and/or grows to a regional or national level. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates, including strike locations, as they develop.
  • Santos L. Halper
    Santos L. Halper Posts: 1,966
    The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has announced that postal workers in Thunder Bay, Ontario began a 24-hour strike at 11:30PM EDT on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. On Thursday morning, June 9, 2011, the following locations will also initiate strike activities: Labrador City, Newfoundland, Acadie-Bathurst, New Brunswick, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Sainte-Therese, Quebec, Saint-Jerome, Quebec, Hearst, Ontario, Brantford, Ontario, St. Thomas, Ontario, Flin Flon, Manitoba, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Whitehorse, Yukon and Vernon, British Columbia. In these communities, the strike will begin at the start of the first morning shift and continue until the end of the last shift of the day. The rotating strikes in Edmonton and Calgary have concluded. Mail acceptance and delivery in Alberta is resuming with lower than normal volumes. The CUPW National Executive Board will select future locations for strike activity based on developments at the bargaining table. DHL Global Mail is continuing to pick-up and process mail and parcels to Canada as normal, however delays are expected as a result of the work disruption in those areas where strike activities are present. We are reviewing alternate solutions, in the event the strike continues for a prolonged amount of time and/or grows to a regional or national level. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates, including strike locations, as they develop.
  • Lone Drawn Meteor
    Lone Drawn Meteor Posts: 1,230
    Thanks for staying on top of this, Santos!
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  • Santos L. Halper
    Santos L. Halper Posts: 1,966
    The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced that postal workers in the following cities initiated 24-hour strikes last night, Sunday, June 12, 2011. Breton, Nova Scotia (Sydney, North Sydney, Sydney Mines, New Waterford and Glace Bay) • Fredericton, New Brunswick • Mauricie, Quebec • Sherbrooke, Quebec • Corner Brook, New Foundland • Cornwall, Ontario • Windsor, Ontario • Niagara Falls, Ontario • Regina, Saskatchewan • Nanaimo, British Columbia. Strike activities over the weekend in Red Deer, Alberta concluded last night. The CUPW National Executive Board will select future locations for strike activity based on developments at the bargaining table. DHL Global Mail is continuing to pick-up and process mail and parcels to Canada as normal, however delays are expected as a result of the work disruption in those areas where strike activities are present. We are reviewing alternate solutions, in the event the strike continues for a prolonged amount of time and/or grows to a regional or national level. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates, including strike locations, as they develop.
  • Lone Drawn Meteor
    Lone Drawn Meteor Posts: 1,230
    I'm hoping Can Post strikes themselves out of their usefulness! It's a great time for Canadians to move all their banking and utilities to paperless e-bills.

    Oh, and don't forget, if you live in BC to vote to keep the HST! Conservatives have promised to lower it to 10% within 2 years, which is a helluva lot better than being stuck with the permanent 12% GST + PST.
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    great job Santos
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  • Santos L. Halper
    Santos L. Halper Posts: 1,966
    The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced that postal workers in Toronto, Ontario, Scarborough, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec initiated 24-hour strikes last night, Monday, June 13 2011. These locations represent three of the largest locals in the CUPW. Combined with the reduction in mail delivery as announced by Canada Post last week, delays of mail processing and delivery will be experienced nationally. Strike activities initiated on Sunday, June 12, 2011 in the following locations, concluded last night: Breton, Nova Scotia (Sydney, North Sydney, Sydney Mines, New Waterford and Glace Bay); Fredericton, New Brunswick; Mauricie, Quebec; Sherbrooke, Quebec; Corner Brook, New Foundland; Cornwall, Ontario; Windsor, Ontario; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Regina, Saskatchewan; Nanaimo, British Columbia. The CUPW National Executive Board will select future locations for strike activity based on developments at the bargaining table. DHL Global Mail is continuing to pick-up and process mail and parcels to Canada as normal, however delays are expected as a result of the work disruption in those areas where strike activities are present. We are reviewing alternate solutions, in the event the strike continues for a prolonged amount of time and/or grows to a regional or national level. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates, including strike locations, as they develop.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,933
    Thanks for the update. :)
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,933
    DHL is not gonna like this one. :(

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/201 ... trike.html

    After days of rotating strikes by postal workers, Canada Post has suspended operations across the country.

    "The accelerating decline in volumes and revenue combined with the inability to deliver mail on a timely and safe basis has left the company with no choice but to make this decision," the Crown corporation said in a statement late Tuesday night.

    "We believe that a lockout is the best way to bring a timely resolution to this impasse and force the union to seriously consider proposals that address the declining mail volumes and the $3.2-billion pension deficit."

    ...

    Those Ed goodies that shipped out day's ago will hopefully get here before the Montreal show this September, right? :(
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    guess my Uke package won't be getting here anytime soon. :cry:
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,933
    Dave Eh wrote:
    guess my Uke package won't be getting here anytime soon. :cry:

    Let's just hope for the best that an agreement will be settled very soon.

    ----

    *UPDATE >>>

    Canada Post locks out workers
    Rotating strikes put corporation's viability in jeopardy, it says
    CBC News
    Last Updated: Jun 15, 2011 12:31 AM ET


    After days of rotating strikes by postal workers, Canada Post has suspended operations across the country.

    "The accelerating decline in volumes and revenue combined with the inability to deliver mail on a timely and safe basis has left the company with no choice but to make this decision," the Crown corporation said in a statement late Tuesday night.

    "We believe that a lockout is the best way to bring a timely resolution to this impasse and force the union to seriously consider proposals that address the declining mail volumes and the $3.2-billion pension deficit."

    Canada Post says that the rotating strikes had caused losses approaching $100 million as of Tuesday's strike in Toronto and Montreal and that the figure was climbing daily.

    The corporation also cites "several incidents" that led to concerns about moving the mail while keeping employees and customers safe.

    "Canada Post and CUPW remain far apart on several fundamental issues and there has been no progress made at the negotiating table for weeks," the corporation says in its statement.

    "If we allow the uncertainty created by the rotating strikes to continue, our ability to remain financially self-sufficient and not become a burden on Canadian taxpayers will be in jeopardy."
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,933
    What's the latest update from DHL Santos? This just in, well a few hour's ago from the CTV:

    http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20 ... on-110620/

    Back-to-work law for Canada Post tabled

    CTV.ca News Staff

    Date: Mon. Jun. 20 2011 4:39 PM ET

    The federal government tabled back-to-work legislation Monday afternoon to end the Canada Post lockout.

    Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt introduced the bill in the House of Commons after the daily question period.

    However, the two sides are now talking after an unproductive weekend failed to make any progress towards ending the lockout. Last week Canada Post suspended urban operations after nearly two weeks of rotating strikes by workers.

    Raitt said the two sides have had more than enough time to come to a deal.

    "It is both parties at the table who are negotiating and have been unable to obtain an agreement," she said.

    "That's why we are acting on behalf of Canadians, on behalf of small businesses, on behalf of charities who are being affected by this work stoppage across the country."

    Speaking to reporters after tabling the bill, Raitt said the work stoppage has hurt the economy.

    "We're here to put people back to work," she said. "We're acting on the interest of Canadians and the national economy."

    The back-to-work legislation would bring the two sides before an arbitrator with their best offer. The arbitrator will pick one of the two offers.

    Raitt said the risk of getting a worse deal from binding arbitration instead of a negotiated settlement is "the danger of asking Parliament to settle your dispute."

    Raitt said she is open to facilitating negotiations between Canada Post and the union.

    Earlier, Jon Hamilton, spokesperson for Canada Post, said the Crown corporation is still hoping to negotiate a settlement with the union before the government steps in.

    However the two sides have failed to gain any ground in recent negotiations, and scheduled face-to-face talks failed to materialize on Sunday.

    The New Democrats have signalled their intention to vote against the back-to-work bill, though they will be unable to stop the majority Conservatives from passing the legislation.

    Raitt tabled similar legislation last week that would have forced striking Air Canada employees back to work, but the two sides worked out a last-minute agreement before the law took effect.

    If legislation is passed before Canada Post and the union make a deal, employees would return to work and an arbitrator would have 90 days to study the proposals made by both sides before coming up with a final settlement.

    Denis Lemelin, national president of the 48,000-member union, said on Sunday he was bracing for a federal order to return to work.

    "We expect the government will put forward something," he said. "It's like the real negotiation between Canada Post and the union is finished."

    Postal workers had been staging rotating strikes across the country since June 3 before they were locked-out.

    Raitt had repeatedly signalled her intention to introduce legislation sometime this week since all urban postal operations were suspended last Wednesday.

    The Crown corporation has said the main sticking point in the dispute is the union's demand for staffing levels beyond the capability of Canada Post, adding that wages were not the key disagreement.

    The union has been emphasizing working conditions and safety issues, as well as arguing that new employees would receive inferior wages and pensions.
  • Santos L. Halper
    Santos L. Halper Posts: 1,966
    Following the passage of back to work legislation, Canada Post has announced that operations will resume on Monday, June 27, 2011. As a result of the almost two week work stoppage, Canada Post has advised that it will naturally take time to sort and distribute the high volume of unprocessed and accumulated mail within Canada and from other countries, including the United States, that has not yet entered the Canada Post mail stream. Canadian consumers and business can expect to start receiving mail again on Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Santos L. Halper wrote:
    Following the passage of back to work legislation, Canada Post has announced that operations will resume on Monday, June 27, 2011. As a result of the almost two week work stoppage, Canada Post has advised that it will naturally take time to sort and distribute the high volume of unprocessed and accumulated mail within Canada and from other countries, including the United States, that has not yet entered the Canada Post mail stream. Canadian consumers and business can expect to start receiving mail again on Tuesday, June 28, 2011.

    it's obviously not your fault, 10C, but still, I WANT MY UKE SONGS PACKAGE! :D
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