• Legislation Passes: Canada Post Forced Back to Work
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[quote]Mail service will resume early this week after a 58-hour Opposition filibuster ended Saturday night when MPs passed a contentious bill to end a national postal disruption. The bill that will force about 48,000 Canada Post employees back to work still needs to be rubber-stamped by the Senate and given royal assent - a process that begins Sunday. Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said in the Commons mail would begin moving 24 hours after that. The dispute pitted worker's collective bargaining rights against the government's refusal to cow to labour and highlighted the ideological polarization of the current configuration of Parliament between the governing Conservatives and Opposition New Democrats. "After a completely unnecessary delay, I'm nevertheless pleased that very soon Canadians will have access to their postal service," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said after MPs voted 158-113 to pass the bill. "We know what side the public is on." The forecast of the filibuster's defeat came after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers asked the NDP to salvage what it could from back-to-work legislation to end the lockout-strike after new talks between the union and Canada Post broke down. The Conservatives rejected amendments the union asked the NDP to bring forward. Meetings between federal mediators and conciliators at the insistence of Raitt earlier Saturday had also collapsed when Canada Post refused to budge from its position. Union president Denis Lemelin told NDP Leader Jack Layton in a letter that the union was throwing in the towel because of what he described as an "intransigent" employer. "Given these circumstances, we believe it would be appropriate for you to introduce amendments which would at least remove the most offensive aspects of this legislation," Lemelin wrote. The union wanted an imposed wage settlement in the bill changed to reflect the better offer that was on the table before negotiations broke off last Wednesday. It also wanted language changed that gives an arbitrator wide powers. A spokeswoman for the corporation said no future talks are planned. "We had a meeting with the union ... and it was clear that we remain far, far apart on several issues," said Anick Losier. The NDP began its filibuster - a procedural stalling tactic -Thursday night to obstruct the bill. The NDP has also said it wanted to delay its passage to give the union and corporation a window to reach a deal outside of Parliament. The vote marks the final item on the agenda, as the House of Commons adjourns for summer.[/quote] [url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/25/canada-post-forced-back-to-work]**SOURCE**[/url] Well that was fucking close. My lack of sales because of the strike was so bad it hit my paycheck to the point where it nearly bankrupted me. :colbert:
While I'm glad Canada Post is running again I can't agree with the conservatives steamrolling over a union.
Oh God what if they all start shooting
[quote]Union president Denis Lemelin told NDP Leader Jack Layton in a letter that the union was throwing in the towel because of what he described as an "intransigent" employer. [/quote] a what employer?
Mail is for old people and bills. Neither of which are anything I want.
[QUOTE=SteeleCratos;30714053]a what employer?[/QUOTE] Stubborn.
lol @ conservatives zerg rushing even more shit. i'm scared of what ELSE harper is going to do. i want to go to the netherlands :saddowns:
[QUOTE=SteeleCratos;30714053]a what employer?[/QUOTE] it means "as of or pertaining to the lack of a dictionary"
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;30714099]Mail is for old people and bills. Neither of which are anything I want.[/QUOTE] And what about the shit you buy online?
[QUOTE=MIPS;30721855]And what about the shit you buy online?[/QUOTE] 90% of it comes via UPS, by I live in the US. I don't know what you guys have up there.
I was always under the impression that the postal service was considered an "essential service" that restricted the ability to strike in the first place, why didn't they do it that way instead of just attacking the union
My mailbox is going to be so fucking full on Monday.
And there goes worker's rights...
[IMG]http://images.wikia.com/worms/images/b/b1/Mail_Strike.png[/IMG] edit : THEY NEVER GO WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO
I'm glad they're going back to work, but it sucks how they got forced back, like Zeke said
[QUOTE=Zeke129;30722119]I was always under the impression that the postal service was considered an "essential service" that restricted the ability to strike in the first place, why didn't they do it that way instead of just attacking the union[/QUOTE] It isn't. Even then, Essential Services are taxpayer funded while Canada Post isn't. As for the "intransigent" employer quote, that's referring to the fact that CPC is a crown corporation It's like the Air Canada thing all over again. It's sad to see that the government can just force workers back to work.
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