Subj : canada post..
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Sep 28 2025 11:55:00

Hello Rob!

** On Saturday 27.09.25 - 07:40, you wrote to me:

 AA>> "The corporation can permanently stop door-to-door home
 AA>> deliveries, shifting
 >> se addresses to community mailboxes over several years.

 RM> They did that to me close to 20 years ago, and a lot of
 RM> other people obviously. Some of them have to drive 10
 RM> miles to get their mail. I'm lucky since the box for here
 RM> is only about a mile distant so I can easily jog or
 RM> bicycle out to check for mail.

It's been 20 yrs since the introduction of those community  
"boxes"?  I didn't think it was that long ago.


 RM> In recent years I've been thinking Canada Post should
 RM> concentrate more on having a reliable courier service at
 RM> reasonable prices and maybe cut back on regular mail
 RM> deliveries to 3 days a week or something.

 RM> There is so little reliance on regular mail these days I
 RM> figure 3 days a week wouldn't hurt too many people that
 RM> much..

But if they cut back the days for regular mail, what will those  
employess do on the other 2 work days in the week?

As a biz owner in town, I get a free little box at the PO in  
town.  But I only check it Wednesdays and Fridays.


 RM> But of course the Canada Post union (CUPW) not only
 RM> doesn't want to see any layoffs, they actually want them
 RM> to hire More people in a business losing around $3 Million
 RM> a day...

The union seems to think they can tell the CPC how to "run a  
business".  I heard the clip by the union leader that "CPC is  
making up the losses" or that the CPC has caused them  
artificially to somehow justify their bargaining stance.

From my rural office, I hear that the workers and delivery  
drivers are happy with the benifits and wages - and that they  
would not necessarily care to stike. But the biggest sway in  
voting is by the workers in the cities.

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  ../|ug

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