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CaptainCrunch · 07-05-2016, 04:44 PM

I think CUPW is going to find out that their usual tactics of bluster and walking off of the job and then having the government step into the negotiations is going to fail.

With their pension 6 billion dollars in debt this is the battle ground that's going to make or break this union. Also with the damage mostly already being done with parcel posts going to their competition, and normal mail being easily replaced by electronic, there's no need for CP to rush people back to work with a deal that continues to bloat the pension, and increases payroll.

The government has basically said they're not going to intervene, so I think the expectation is to break the resolve of the union.

So um have a nice summer.

07-05-2016, 04:44 PM	#231
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	I think CUPW is going to find out that their usual tactics of bluster and walking off of the job and then having the government step into the negotiations is going to fail. With their pension 6 billion dollars in debt this is the battle ground that's going to make or break this union. Also with the damage mostly already being done with parcel posts going to their competition, and normal mail being easily replaced by electronic, there's no need for CP to rush people back to work with a deal that continues to bloat the pension, and increases payroll. The government has basically said they're not going to intervene, so I think the expectation is to break the resolve of the union. So um have a nice summer. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!