Yawwn! happens each and every time there are contract negotiations. The relationship between Canada Post and its workers is so bad that this is typical.
>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:338942 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
