06-25-2011, 07:15 AM
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The Demon & 12clicks
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: SallyRand is a FAGGOT
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Originally Posted by glocks
I agree, Canada Post shouldn't be able to hold the entire country hostage. It's too essential.
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REALLY?
When Canadian letter carriers went on strike three weeks ago they hoped to force the national postal service, Canada Post, to back down from a cost-cutting proposal to dramatically reduce wages.
Three weeks later, lawmakers are preparing to legislate them back to work, but Canadians are asking just how much a modern cyber-connected society needs the post office anyway.
?If I get my mail, I get my mail, but if I really have to do something I go on the Internet,? says Janina, a bank teller.
True, some businesses say they have had to scramble to try to fill orders and receive payments that would usually be sent by mail, and charities some say they are missing out on donations. But observers say that by going on strike, postal workers have likely sealed their own fate by proving it's possible to function without daily mail delivery.
?Many find mail in paper form to be quaint; it no longer plays a central role in society,? an editorial in The Globe and Mail daily newspaper concluded. ?The strike will only accelerate that trend by making online converts of those who have hitherto been reluctant.?
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