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I took a look through Kijiji the other day (for those not in Canada that's Ebay's free classified site sort of like craig's list) and there ere quite a few people looking for donations of food, diapers, wipes, laundry soap, formula etc because of the postal strike. They aren't getting their baby bonus and family allowance checks. For some of them that's 40 percent of their monthly income. Postal strike rough on a lot of people.. I'm glad they are working on a back-to-work order.
The strike was on ridiculous grounds anyways. Make an entire country suffer because of retirement, employment and wage benefits that are changing across the board in every industry including their own. Don't like how the company is headed? Go with the competition then.. it's just as bad there. Purolator and UPS have both laid off 100's of employees for the past few years and cut back retirement packages yet only their Quebec based employees (at purolator) are allowed to have a union. Never hear of them striking either. Even though they make less than Canada Post employees and minimal benefits.
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