Canada on Strike! Well....the mail is.

[Rangerscott]

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Ameri...need-a-postman

[Particle Man]

Way to validate cuts: all of 'em don't show up to work... And there's little to no impact to the consumer.

Good choice, ladies and gentlemen.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Way to validate cuts: all of 'em don't show up to work... And there's little to no impact to the consumer.

Good choice, ladies and gentlemen.

That's hilarious... They should make that the public announcement for further cuts... "We took note that with the 3-week strike, the lack of mail service went largely unnoticed... therefore, we will be looking into making significantly deeper cuts in the near future..." Then watch those motherfuckers scramble back to work.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

That's hilarious... They should make that the public announcement for further cuts... "We took note that with the 3-week strike, the lack of mail service went largely unnoticed... therefore, we will be looking into making significantly deeper cuts in the near future..." Then watch those motherfuckers scramble back to work.

Except that the opposite happened. It cost the government about a billion fucking dollars, and totally diosrupted the lives of many, proving that postal workers are indeed a necessity.

You anti-union people fucking sicken me. Without unions, you'd all still be slaving like dogs for almost nothing, with no benefits or pensions. People like you havent the slightest clue what your talking about, yet are the loudest motherfuckers on the planet when it comes to unions. Im guessing your mostly jealous that most union members are earning a fair wage and have a secure retirement to look forward too..

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Apoc

Except that the opposite happened. It cost the government about a billion fucking dollars, and totally diosrupted the lives of many, proving that postal workers are indeed a necessity.

You anti-union people fucking sicken me. Without unions, you'd all still be slaving like dogs for almost nothing, with no benefits or pensions. People like you havent the slightest clue what your talking about, yet are the loudest motherfuckers on the planet when it comes to unions. Im guessing your mostly jealous that most union members are earning a fair wage and have a secure retirement to look forward too..

Heh... fair wage... unskilled/uneducated workers making more than people with actual skills, but you can't fire them because you have to jump through a bunch of hoops for the union... Yeah, I have a problem with that.

My thing is, unions are no longer needed... no doubt they did great things years ago, but now their sole purpose now is to keep themselves alive...

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Heh... fair wage... unskilled/uneducated workers making more than people with actual skills, but you can't fire them because you have to jump through a bunch of hoops for the union... Yeah, I have a problem with that.

My thing is, unions are no longer needed... no doubt they did great things years ago, but now their sole purpose now is to keep themselves alive...

Ya, well, I work in a lead/silver refinery. Without a union, we wouldnt have a leg to styand on when it comes to health and safety. We wouldnt have a right to refuse unsafe work, because people would be afraid of getting fired. We work in poison, and without a union we would end up fired if blood lead, cadmium, anmd arsenic levels got too high, instead of removed from the plant and put in a clean environment until levels are lowered.

As far as wages, yes, a postal worker deserves 50k/year. So does anyone else who works 40+ hours a week. 20-30k is not an acceptable wage to work full time and raise a family on, no matter what you guys think.

Like I said, it sounds more like jealousy that these people are earning a fair wage than it does any of you having an actual problems with unions.

Get rid of all unions and watch health benefits, pensions, and wages dissapear. Unions keep wages competitive. The only people who have a problem with unions are people like you, who are probably underpaid for what you do, and for that reason are jealous of those who make a fair wage for a fair days work.

[Hydrant]

I read somewhere that the Fed is talking about cutting the USPS pensions too.


The way everything is electronic, either bills receivable or payable no one really needs mail. Catalogs are usually outdated by the time they arrive at your doorstep.

I can honestly say that I pay nothing of mine online, I just haven't gotten in to the swing of the new era ( 10 years ago) and being 31 I should be right on top of it. It is just the great mis-trust of having to give out financial info (numbers, ect) over the net. I just don't trust it, even moreso with all the stories of everything getting hacked, and I do realize every place online is at risk. But I have a paypal account so go figure.

Edit - Cable bill is online.

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Hydrant

I read somewhere that the Fed is talking about cutting the USPS pensions too.


The way everything is electronic, either bills receivable or payable no one really needs mail. Catalogs are usually outdated by the time they arrive at your doorstep.

I can honestly say that I pay nothing of mine online, I just haven't gotten in to the swing of the new era ( 10 years ago) and being 31 I should be right on top of it. It is just the great mis-trust of having to give out financial info (numbers, ect) over the net. I just don't trust it, even moreso with all the stories of everything getting hacked, and I do realize every place online is at risk. But I have a paypal account so go figure.

Edit - Cable bill is online.

I had my CC number stolen. They maxed it out. I made one phone call, the card was cancelled. They took care of the money. Sent me a new card and I never heard about it again.

[Particle Man]

I wouln't mind the mail not getting delivered for a few days. All I get is junk and could use a few days break from having to shred the fucking stuff.

[Tsunami]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

I wouln't mind the mail not getting delivered for a few days. All I get is junk and could use a few days break from having to shred the fucking stuff.

I go to the mailbox about once every 2 weeks at the most just to clean it out so my mailman doesn't get mad at me. Then getting rid of that pile of junk is such a PITA