Small businesses suffering with ongoing Canada Post Strike

[@MKBENTOT]

I work for Canada Post. Been with them 8 years. This strike is just BS politics. I’m looking for another job. So ashamed and embarrassed

[@wildfrontierstories]

Bravo. You should be featured here as well!

[@MKBENTOT]

@ maybe next time! 😘

[@moneek696]

You have been lied to.

[@Paul-gf9fc]

Force the lazy union pigs back to work

[@nafiul108]

I left on time, I dont see this company as a whole future looking. Yes it has confirmed pension from day one but no innovation, relying on 80 years old processing system, its more about who you know than what you know scenario, higher up management having romantic relationships their employees, I can go on in this but I think its time for Canada Post to accept the reality and follow its fate. Note: UK's postal service is privatized, Canada Post started from Royal Mail. So is Germany, Spain and Portugal.

[@Magicmudkips64]

time to file a class action lawsuit against canada post and the union for damages

[@mikerose3839]

There's already several being started, may as well sue them into oblivion most of them won't have jobs anymore anyway

[@JamesSmithTexas]

The pay should come out of these striking workers pockets

[@rafial81]

Lol let them bankrupt themselves 😂

[@lianasammartino8490]

absolutely, let's join together and start the lawsuit!!!!

[@FrankH-x7y]

What are you going g to sue for. A post office is not a human right.

[@xToTaLBoReDoMx]

so they purposely misled businesses into continuing to ship packages, just so they could hold more packages hostage

[@taxicamel]

There is an easy way to stop this "hostage" situation. I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR THE EXISTING STRIKE AND ALL FUTURE STRIKES FROM THIS UNION .....BECAUSE THESE STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN UNTIL CANADA POST IS SHUT DOWN IN ITS' ENTIRETY. The "solution" is to make it ILLEGAL for this union to strike in FOUR SPECIFIC MONTHS of the year......OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY. This union can strike for any and ALL the other months of the year. We ALL know why this strike happens at this time of year. It is to HURT ALL THE CUSTOMERS. There IS NO OTHER REASON. So simply make it illegal to strike during this period. If there is any resistance to this solution, then IMMEDIATELY proceed to PRIVATIZE the entire system with no federal or provincial subsidies ever to be allowed. The "mail system" can remain in place and continue to be used. This would force the entire system to pursue efficiencies throughout. The system should also eliminate/sell off, most ALL the thousands of vehicles and go back to the neighbourhood boxes that carriers used decades ago, to pick up from. Carriers can use the transit system for free like they used to, OR, they can use their own vehicles to get to these centralized area boxes. Carriers would NOT have to drive in to the dozens of postal yards to get to their trucks and then drive out to the thousands of customer routes.....only to drive back to these yards to get their personal vehicles. Time to get smart ......and get rid of the union and the workers who think they can do anything they want, whenever they want. These workers work FOR the company. The company does NOT work FOR the workers. If the workers don't like the work or the pay, then they should leave and get a different job ...or get an education. .

[@JessT-vg7ib]

Time to start suing Canada Post workers.

[@youtubeboobtube]

Educate yourself on the law. Workers have the legal right to strike. Can't be sued for doing something legal

[@danv1061]

Canada Post gave notice of a lockout, which is why they went on strike. The union planned on rotating strikes but their hand was forced by the PO.

[@Alilgoomba]

For what? Exercise their right to strike?

[@WaltProbably1394]

No. Sue unions.

[@stripetheworld]

How is this even acceptable?! In a 1st world, g7 country? A whole month with no business revenue due to the Canada Post strike? This is outrageous! Small businesses are already struggling, and now we're left without any way to send or receive packages. It's not just an inconvenience-it's devastating! They need to get their act together and resolve this immediately, or else they’ll lose even more trust from the public. Unbelievable!

[@leschnoothegreat]

Hello CP striking workers! See what your shameful strike is doing

[@Winger222]

Canada Post should just go bankrupt and most workers should be laid off and rehired as private contractors. These contractors can bid on these Canada Post routes with performance bonuses and rural routes get a premium. I can guarantee that Canada Post would be a way more efficient organization with lower rates for consumers. These Canada Post workers would also get a taste of what it's like running a business in Canada...

[@johntitorii6676]

But they couldn't go home early to eat snacks... They couldn't just pretend to deliver packages... They couldn't...

[@LyndaBlackARtiSt]

This is ridiculous! It's causing a lot of stress & has ruined Christmas profits for many small businesses. I'm an ARtiSt and I had to close my ARt ShOP because I cannot ship until this gets resolved.

[@JamesSmithTexas]

Just checked out your art and it’s really cool. Great job 👏

[@xeero24]

Exactly. It it affects other religions I’m sure our pathetic leaders would do something.

[@LyndaBlackARtiSt]

@JamesSmithTexas thank you!! ♡ hopefully the Canada Post strike will end soon so I can actually start selling!

[@JV-yb2lk]

Im so sorry. I wouldnt be mad if all workers just get fired, can easily be replaced in days.

[@LyndaBlackARtiSt]

@@JV-yb2lk thank you!! ♡ i guess we will all just have to wait & see what happens.

[@M62LSJ]

If we had a government that cared about Canadians as much as their own political interests, this would be over by now. But here we are...

[@JamesSmithTexas]

If trump was our leader he would have already fixed this

[@karimhaddad5670]

100 %

[@robertwhelan9132]

This will be worse than COVID. Thousands of small businesses can’t sustain these kinds of shipping costs. I hope they can survive this

[@nittisubramaniam5264]

I think it’s time to sue the Canada Post Union for loss of revenue by small businesses. Who is in?

[@WaltProbably1394]

I am.

[@nancypelosi480]

i work shipping/receiving at canada post. one thing ive noticed is the amount of lesbian couples working together. it actually creates so many problems. at least in london and surrounding areas

[@katherineartelle9047]

Legislate them back to work today!!!!

[@mississaugathere]

Its hard earned money of taxpayer wasted. For 2023, the Corporation recorded a loss before tax of $748 million, compared to a loss before tax of $548 million in 2022. From 2018 to 2023, Canada Post lost $3 billion before taxes. Its hard earned money of taxpayer wasted.

[@TLIOTG-ny3us]

lots of Layoffs coming after this one...

[@fucker4166]

It’s already started and plenty more to come Canada post just doesn’t have the money to give they’re on the verge of shutting down 🤷🏽‍♂️ they could lay the whole lotta of them off and hire a bunch of new employees

[@mikerose3839]

Yup most of them will lose their jobs permanently

[@JamesSmithTexas]

@@mikerose3839And good luck finding a new one. Nobody is going to hire anyone with Canada Post on their resume.

[@youtubeboobtube]

​@@mikerose3839explain how. With what cause?

[@robertcerins]

we are hurting and loosing money that I can not get back!!

[@MrUranium238]

Time to start up a new postal service, of non-unionized employees.... "In the late '80s, Germany's postal service was dependable but slow and losing money. So in 1995, the German government made Deutsche Post a private business, giving it more control over its operations" from google

[@matwilson7904]

Canada Post for as long as I can remember has bankrupted small online businesses in RURAL Canada, not including tiny letter mail, how can you compete with such high shipping here, highest in the world, unless you live bye a Stallion or Chit Chat, you can't compete as a online seller, shipping through Canada Post is outrageous, US is thriving from online sellers through Ebay, Canada could be generating so much income through online sales if the Canada Post shipping wasn't so ridiculous to ship a tee shirt or a pair of jeans, there greed is killing Canadian small businesses. Canadians could be making billions off online businesses, selling new and pre owned goods here across Canada, but instead it all goes into the landfills, people are moving back to the cities causing rent and inflation to go up, it's a dirty sham what Canada Post is doing to this countries economy. Trillions could be generated in taxable income because the future is online sales. Sorry for the rant. And Canada Post is raising there price by 25% in January. And no wonder the Canadian dollar is sitting so low.

[@chrthewrestler2301]

small businesses are going out of business, passports and old pension mails and important mails are not being delivered. driver's license and cheques are not being delivered etc..... Yes this is Canada. God please bless us.

[@rezzbuilds8343]

I started a small business last year, and I finally finished my shopify account. Just in time for the strike. I knew it would be a headache to try and get around the strike so I didn't even bother launching. Now I'm waiting for supplies because all the other couriers are backed up. So even doing local deliveries I'm unable to fulfill orders because I don't have the items to even make the stuff I sell. I don't blame the workers, I just want them to get what they want so we can move on and I can launch my store.

[@martinithechobit]

BUT AN AMAZOn STore IN EVERY STREET CORNER.

[@svuy9801]

Canada Post Corporation needs to engage actively with the union to settle this situation

[@sharonburton9663]

Your postal workers clearly dont care about us but we are supposed to care about them? Nope

[@autumnlover760]

Where is the compassion gone. Shameful

[@kadett75]

The actions of the workers and their "union" is domestic terrorism.

[@shauncameron8390]

Canada can use a Margaret Thatcher in charge right now. She knew how to deal with unions.

[@ksmith4712]

Nope, terrorism requires violence.

[@kram4478silo]

Public sector unions are a cancer. There should only be unions in private industry where the parties involved are owners and union workers without the public being collateral damage.

[@PateshPatel-n1u]

I think this is a wake up call to all canadians.....canada post does not care about you😢....I'm officially on strike from Canada post..... You can fill up that box all you want Im never checking it again or using your service....it's gonna be 2025 soon im paperless and setting up online payments for my business to never have to use canada post again

[@TruthSayer-g2m]

Third world issues

[@elim7228]

Garbage in (office) - garbage out

[@marktep1225-xh2qh]

Canada Post should be charging the going rate, not the rate that the taxpayer has been subsidizing.

[@carcassman666]

CPC released a statement last night on infopost saying that the union is demanding outside contractors in the plants join CUPW. The membership is saying that this issue was not tabled to the union members before the vote to strike. The members are very disgruntled over it as it seems to be a major sticking point in negotiations and most just want to get back to work but can't because they have not been given the option to vote on any proposals yet.

[@Marigold-m2]

She isn't very smart if she "thought" she could still ship things through CPC during a strike. 🙄

[@greggreg2263]

Abolish Canada post let the Ontario teachers Union buy them and run it like a profitable business 👨‍💼

[@richardkeller4892]

Management should grow up and come to the table. People are suffering and they should be working day and night to get to a deal. It is like executives don’t care just because they make more money during strike because Canada Post owns other private courier companies.

[@greatgecks2256]

I don’t understand why the government is not stepping in. It is Canada post don’t we pay into the service as taxpayers it’s not like it’s an independent service like UPS or FedEx right? I have a package that’s sitting in the shipping container. I don’t know if I will ever get it.

[@M62LSJ]

They won't step in and end the strike because that would rupture the relationship between the Liberals and the NDP that is keeping the Liberals in power. The Liberal government is once again putting their own political interests in front of Canadians. This strike is a classic example of a situation that requires government intervention to force binding arbitration. Both sides are very far apart and there isn't a resolution in sight.

[@fucker4166]

The government doesn’t fund them lol Canada post doesn’t even have any money to give

[@HeavnIsEarth]

Because its a means to an end - the worse and harder life gets, the better their suggested solution(s) will appear..

[@skateboarding118]

Our tax dollars do not go to Canada post, it’s just they basically have a monopoly and agreement with the gov to serve ALL Canadians, which is something other couriers don’t do as it is not profitable.

[@yesterochinyan1656]

I'll start a lawsuit against Canada Post

[@ksmith4712]

You never heard of the Constitution or Charter rights? You don't get to sue folks for exercising their rights.

[@pawsforblessings127]

​@@ksmith4712wrong, business damages can very well be suited. In fact there are people getting together to do so. I hope they get their socks suit off.

[@johntitorii6676]

Postal bullies

[@WheredidCanadago.]

Unfortunately small biz will pay! Change your business model , so you never have to deal with them again!

[@BENfromSUNDIAL]

Are there live animal shipments being held back? I watch a lot of aquarium channels on KZbin who ship fish all over. Are the Canada Post workers letting them die?

[@pawsforblessings127]

Not sure they take live shipments in general. But we had neocarodina shrimps shipped. They would have died if it's longer than the guaranteed 2 days.

[@lominiski]

Don't need it for a month+, don't necessary need it. We need to think of a more efficient, better and modern mail system.

[@alanbailey9100]

As if Canada needed yet another thing to fail at! Fire them all, and replace with folks that actually want to work...

[@ThePinballSpot]

Lets all sit back and enjoy seeing these CP workers squirm and lose their homes or fall behind on rent and struggle to put food on the table all because they chose to hold us hostage with our postal system! Enjoy the show folks. It has already started!

[@johntitorii6676]

Tattoo advertisement ?

[@banaweekidane2630]

She's a really beautiful person❤ inside and out

[@FrankH-x7y]

Well Canada post is failing because of what they charge. Maybe do not ship items if you cannot afford the shippers.

[@nsobyalawrence4475]

Even the Syrian war ended 😢 even this strike/boycott by CPW will end

[@Sweeze95-r3b]

Wow sell hearts eh ❤

[@Timberland1963]

If people really cared about small businesses they would order what they wanted and accept the fact it was going to arrive a bit late for Christmas but it’s all talk. It’s not Canada post that is to blame it’s Canadians.

[@kram4478silo]

This is heartbreaking. I am a Canada Employee represented by the Marxist Leninist CUPW. I have always been very ashamed of this union. They are so greedy and seem to hate business and the bite the hand that feeds them often. Their dues are outrageous - 95 dollars a month so they can engage in communist/ leftist agendas. I am leaving - going to cash our pension and start a business. The good thing is when this gets resolved somewhat - there shouldn’t be a disruption for at least 4 years.

[@carcassman666]

Good on you man. I hope your business thrives!👍

[@jes4026]

I only heard a bit about the Marxist woke agendas happening at Canada Post. It seems to be Canada wide mind virus.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@jes4026 Marxist-minded unions fund the CCPA.

[@Sweeze95-r3b]

Dunn Dunn

[@MCMAXTED]

Try Chitchat’s

[@thebelissima64]

I do not recommend. Chitchat's left my parcel with an expensive item outside the front door of my apartment building, basically on the sidewalk and anyone could have taken it. Thank goodness I checked my email a couple minutes after It was left as 'delivered' and rushed outside to get it.

[@jes4026]

@@thebelissima64 I had the same experience with chitchat. My neighbor's dog ate quite a bit of my package before I got to it. She managed that in 15 minutes.

[@willyhwang1059]

looks like constance wu

[@Alilgoomba]

Just boot lickers a class traitors in here i know you might not understand things but a strike is SUPPOSED to harm other business it stops production that's like the whole point take the resentment youre feeling and direct at the people at the top not the workers

[@shauncameron8390]

Those workers are government-protected just like the company they work for.

[@johntitorii6676]

Covid 2.0

[@wirpool85]

I say close Can Post and put the money into FedEx