Postal workers locked out Excerpt:
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it was forced to shut down operations, locking out striking postal workers nationwide. The lockout started making the rounds in Twitter posts late Tuesday night by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. "Canada Post has locked out all CUPW members nationwide," CUPW Vancouver tweeted. Canada Post confirmed it "has suspended operations across the country" Tuesday evening. "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," a release said. Read more here: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2011/06/14/18283161-qmi.html Interesting. The union had been conducting a series of one day and two day rolling strikes in randomly selected parts of the country which caused a significant drop in mail volume posted by Canada Post customers. Canada post responded by announcing reduction in urban mail delivery to three days per week. The union responded by increasing the stoppages from one or two locations to ten. Finally, Canada Post said "Enough". Lockout talks seem to be popular. There is talk about a NBA and MLB lockout. J - I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. - Benjamin Franklin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338909 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
