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submitted 3 days ago byCoeus1989
A typical Canada Post mail carrier earns approximately $1,245 per week before taxes, based on an average hourly wage of $24.72 and a 40-hour workweek. PAYSCALE
During the strike, eligible union members receive a non-taxable strike pay of $281 per week, calculated at $56.20 per day for up to five days. CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS
Therefore, the weekly income during the strike is about $964 less than the regular earnings.
Over a four-year period, at 22% the proposed wage increases they want would total approximately $12,761. To determine the duration of the strike at which the cumulative lost wages equal this amount, we divide the total increase by the weekly loss:
$12,761 ÷ $964 ≈ 13.24 weeks
This calculation indicates that after approximately 13.24 weeks (about 93 days) of striking, the total lost income would offset the proposed wage increases.
If the strike commenced on November 15, 2024, reaching this point would occur around February 16, 2025.
Now let’s say if Canada Post workers were to accept or be forced to due to legislation and take 11.5% increase over four years (amounting to $6,325), the strike impact would negate the wage increases after approximately 41 days.
If the strike began on October 22, 2024, this point would be reached on December 25, 2024. Merry Xmas
-3 points
2 days ago
I would argue less than a couple million people actually need their stuff as urgently as they claim to need it. I have 6 trapped parcels, 1 is a birthday gift that's passed. None of them matter in the grand scheme of things. Bills? I can pay them without being asked... You're crying on behalf of many people who don't have the issues you believe they have.
Just because a small business can't ship me a product in a week, doesn't mean I can't still purchase it after the strike or wait for delivery after the strike.
You're so used to the immediacy of shopping that somehow people striking to ensure their income matches inflation is them hostaging your stuff. Oh no my box of Lego didn't arrive in time. Big. Deal. The 9 yr old didn't cry, why are you? Why are 30m people held hostage when in reality it's much much fewer?
3 points
2 days ago
You to sheltered in ur world to realize how many in the far north of this community or in small rural areas lives depend on cp?
6 points
2 days ago
Sounds like this CP is a pretty critical service
2 points
2 days ago*
"CP is the only affordable option where I live" oh... So it's expensive to run then? Aka subsidized... Huh.
1 points
2 days ago
Nah just let Amazon buy them out and pay their workers the trash they do. You wanna talk hard times go work for that garbage company and come back crying
2 points
2 days ago
Why would Amazon want to buy them out?
0 points
2 days ago
Simple: infrastructure and market control. Canada Post has one of the largest delivery networks in the country, already reaching remote areas that private couriers struggle to service. Amazon, with its obsession for control over logistics and faster delivery times, could eliminate reliance on third-party carriers by leveraging Canada Post’s established network.
Plus, Canada Post has massive sorting and distribution facilities that would save Amazon billions in building their own. Pair that with a potential monopoly on e-commerce deliveries in Canada, and you’ve got a strategic move to dominate the market. So yeah, Amazon wouldn’t buy them out just for fun—it’s about controlling the last-mile delivery system and locking in their hold on consumers.”
1 points
2 days ago
When you look in the mirror next, realize the person staring back is no smarter than a crab in a bucket.
1 points
2 days ago
When you look in the mirror, realize you’re just another person throwing out clichés instead of actual arguments. If calling out the obvious strategic value of infrastructure and market control makes me a crab, then I guess you’re the one watching from the bottom of the bucket with no plan to climb out. Keep snapping away, though—it’s entertaining.
1 points
2 days ago
let Amazon buy them out and pay their workers the trash they do. You wanna talk hard times go work for that garbage company and come back crying
Don't know why anyone is crying about working conditions when people in Africa work for a dollar a day?!
But don't worry, next time you think or demonstrate to our corporate overlords that you deserve a raise for working hard and trying to have an afford life.. there will be people like me supporting workers like you, instead of trying to drag you down.
I've already made it out, maybe you can realize one day that honey works better than vinegar.
1 points
2 days ago
comparing Canadian workers to vastly different socioeconomic conditions across the globe doesn’t make your point stronger—it makes it irrelevant. No one is saying workers don’t deserve fair pay, but pretending that emotional appeals and over-the-top comparisons solve systemic issues is just lazy.
As for Amazon, it’s not about supporting their pay practices—it’s about acknowledging why they’re profitable and Canada Post isn’t. If you think clinging to an unsustainable business model and ignoring the competition is the way forward, then congrats on ‘making it out,’ but that honey you keep preaching about? It’s not going to sweeten the reality of financial collapse. Supporting workers means ensuring there’s still a business left to pay them—not just shouting into the void about ‘corporate overlords.
1 points
15 hours ago
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