We in Toronto are in trouble. More people need to rely on Foodbanks. Jobs are being lost and though governments sing a good song, what are they actually doing? Are they the cause? Here is the Post Office. I will not be revealing my sources.
The year 2030 is the magical number and I do hope that the employees have good lawyers and supporters.
The Post Office has already begun to remove Post delivery in Etobicoke, and they were surprised. What may work in a town is not going to work in Toronto. We have enough crime to worry about and breaking into mail boxes will be a given.
I am to understand that 30,000 employees per depot will be losing their jobs. Post employees with one foot to retirement will have their route decreased until retirement. More part time employees will be hired to avoid providing a pension. Full timers will be on a call basis and can be sent anywhere even as far as Niagara Falls. If one declines then it is considered a refusal regardless of the distance.
Canada Post laid out last year. There were annual 16,000.00 bonuses provided to upper challance and 6,000.00 to every manager. This was called hazardess pay which is not appropriate, since they face no hazards. Since there will be merging, employees will lose seniority and may not even be able to keep their routes. They will have to bid for their areas,
I heard about seniors who can barely walk or leave their homes are now struggling since post boxes are being removed from their communities. I understand that the Community boxes in my area can be picked up from Fair Banks Park which is already ridden with crime and drugs. That should become a prime spot for thieves. Where there is drugs, there is theft.
Post Carriers do more than deliver mail. One was holding an elderly woman's mail and one day she was seen by the letter carrier that she was stuggling to open the front door because snow was making her house bound. This letter carrier had though she was away for three weeks, however she was house bound. What did the letter carrier do? He shovelled her snow providing her with the opportunity to open her door and leave the house,
I also learned that the post office vehicles are not maintained properly. I won't even go into that.
At least if I move to Niagara Falls next year I may still get a delivery from my postman, for a day.
This is so sad and I only hope that the people of Toronto will fight another fight. It is getting harder and harder to vote because priorities have become profits. We need fresh blood who actually care about people and our survival. What do you think?
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