Canada Post employees Vote to Strike!

[delynn]

so what are we to do about our bills? if we don't get them how are we to pay them? I am sure I could just mail what I think my bill is for that month, but I am sure that I will forget a few bills........ hummmmmmm.. and I still haven't got a few trains that I did. and it has been months so now it is even going to be longer........ I am not happy with this one at all....... maybe I should go in to our post office and work will they are on strike....I am sure I could do something to get the mail out and about..... )

[tjthemanto]

so what are we to do about our bills? if we don't get them how are we to pay them? I am sure I could just mail what I think my bill is for that month, but I am sure that I will forget a few bills........ hummmmmmm.. and I still haven't got a few trains that I did. and it has been months so now it is even going to be longer........ I am not happy with this one at all....... maybe I should go in to our post office and work will they are on strike....I am sure I could do something to get the mail out and about..... )

Almost all the bills you can check online or over the phone thesedays ..so you will know the amount & due date ...the companies will charge you interest if you don't pay the bills in time irrespective of whether you got a physical bill in the mail or not so be careful ..they don't care

[Jeniana]

so what are we to do about our bills? if we don't get them how are we to pay them? I am sure I could just mail what I think my bill is for that month, but I am sure that I will forget a few bills........ hummmmmmm.. and I still haven't got a few trains that I did. and it has been months so now it is even going to be longer........ I am not happy with this one at all....... maybe I should go in to our post office and work will they are on strike....I am sure I could do something to get the mail out and about..... )

Mailing in a payment isn't going to do much good if CP is on strike It's not going to reach the company if mail is not being delivered.

Like tjthemanto said, you can probably call and pay over the phone or pay online. If it's something local you could probably pay in person, too. If you are concerned, I would call the companies you have bills with and find out. I am sure they have been getting all kinds of calls and will be able to tell you how you can pay your bill.

You could see if you can get an epost version of the bill - that service (from Canada Post) will email you when your bill is available and you can view it online. Here is a list of participating companies.

Personally, I get most of my bills emailed directly from the company or through epost, so I am not too concerned about missing bills. The only one I get mailed is Cogeco internet and I usually pay online before it shows up anyways It's trades, coupons and freebies I am going to miss I hope this strike will be averted.

[cbou]

Arrghhhhh I'm waiting to get a postcard from my son who is visiting abroad. This mama isn't happy : (

[amanda4]

I hope you get it before the strike!!

Arrghhhhh I'm waiting to get a postcard from my son who is visiting abroad. This mama isn't happy : (

[Lunamoth]

Just talking to our mailman and the only mail that will be delivered during the strike is Social Services cheques. Everything else will be at a standstill. It is going to be hard for everyone. My dad was a postal worker. I remember one postal strike and my mom had food stockpiled everywhere in advance and by the end of the strike there was nothing. My dad was the only one bringing in a paycheque so whatever savings we had were for bills. I'm sure there is more then one postal family out there like that now.

[Angela273]

I am still keeping an eye on this. Our wedding invitations are going out in the mail today.

[ĉąŃ@Ðĺ@Ň ĉЋįċҜ]

Hopefully an agreement can be made before midnight tonight otherwise we wont get any mail after today.

[tinkb]

I am still keeping an eye on this. Our wedding invitations are going out in the mail today.

Me too! I have baby shower invites going out...although I'm now hanging on to them all and wondering if there's something else I can do.

Good luck with your wedding invites.

[elayjosh]

UPDATE

June 2, 2011 - 10:40
Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) / News Alert
The strike will begin at 11:59 p.m. EDT in Winnipeg (10:59 p.m. CDT). The Winnipeg local will be on strike for 24 hours, after which the strike will continue in other locations to be announced later.
The purpose of this strike activity is to encourage Canada Post Corporation to abandon their proposals for significant concessions and instead negotiate solutions to the very real problems that are being experienced by 48,000 postal workers.
Winnipeg has been chosen as the location for the first strike activity because it was the first city to be impacted by Canada Post's modernization program. The results have been a sharp deterioration of service to the public as well as a host of health and safety problems experienced by postal workers due to the new work methods and equipment.
CUPW has negotiations demands designed to resolve these problems and we want Canada Post to address them.


http://www.cupw.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/13068/la_id/1.htm

[WAKEFORSOUL]

Yes it now looks like it will be rotating so everyone will still get there mail and will only be effected for a 24 hr period at a time.

[hollyhill]

Phew......

I won't have to go through withdrawl..

[sarah_300c]

UPDATE

June 2, 2011 - 10:40
Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) / News Alert
The strike will begin at 11:59 p.m. EDT in Winnipeg (10:59 p.m. CDT). The Winnipeg local will be on strike for 24 hours, after which the strike will continue in other locations to be announced later.
The purpose of this strike activity is to encourage Canada Post Corporation to abandon their proposals for significant concessions and instead negotiate solutions to the very real problems that are being experienced by 48,000 postal workers.
Winnipeg has been chosen as the location for the first strike activity because it was the first city to be impacted by Canada Post's modernization program. The results have been a sharp deterioration of service to the public as well as a host of health and safety problems experienced by postal workers due to the new work methods and equipment.
CUPW has negotiations demands designed to resolve these problems and we want Canada Post to address them.


http://www.cupw.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/13068/la_id/1.htm

That's great news! I'm a pretty happy girl.

[Jayne300]

Unfortunately, I don't think the postal workers will be moving at thier normal pace when they are not on a 24 hr strike rotation, It's likely they will work to rule, so the mail will be extraordinarily slow......

Super snail mail......who knew?

[Natalka]

No, they aren't doing work to rule - that would be a whole different tactic.