XPost: bc.politics, can.politics, ont.politics   
   From: beaver@stew.tasty   
      
   On 6/30/2011 6:17 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.   
   >   
   > NoMoreCons wrote:   
   >>> 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-th   
   -wild-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.   
   >   
   > "Chom Noamsky"  wrote in message news:iuj6b   
   $ist$2@dont-email.me...   
   >> If you need a union to get better pay then you weren't worth much to start   
   with.   
   >   
   > Or if you're a defeated Conservative MP who needs Harper to place you in the   
   Senate, you weren't   
   > much at all.   
      
   Conservative MP... then I guess you're not talking about the series of   
   Liberal senators getting busted for fraud.   
      
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