XPost: bc.politics, can.politics, ont.politics   
   From: beaver@stew.tasty   
      
   On 6/30/2011 6:01 PM, NoMoreCons wrote:   
   >> "Greg Carr"  wrote in message   
   >> news:35083f0a-ce44-4264-b66d->b241265e6818@k6g2000pro.googlegroups.com...   
   >> Canada Post turns a profit so the posties deserve whatever they can   
   >> negotiate out of management. They get $20-23/hr, great benefits with   
   >> sick days, full pension after age 55 and 7 weeks vacation. Hardly a   
   >> loss. Courier companies that are unionized pay $12 hr and force their   
   >> employees to work split shifts and offer no pension benefits and the   
   >> mandatory minimum holidays.   
   >   
   > Looks like "courier companies" - unless they deliver everything on foot,   
   like the majority of   
   > posties do, have nothing to complain about.  More courier types getting   
   unionized - and boosting   
   > their benefits and protection.  These are the bike couriers:   
   > http://www.thestar.com/article/1000442--walkom-unionizing-the-   
   ild-west-of-bike-couriers   
   >   
   > Union participation and membership will help stop the low wages and abuse of   
   workers which is   
   > often found in non-union jobs.   
      
   If you need a union to get better pay then you weren't worth much to   
   start with.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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