It has already started as of 12:01 this morning. Winnipeg has no service.
They plan to do a "phased strike" affecting one city at a time. But it's not rolling - meaning that when Toronto goes (for example) winnipeg doesn't go back to work - winnipeg AND toronto will be on strike - and so forth and so on.
Strongly advise that people don't send or have people send to them any parcels until this is settled.
Could you please point to a source where that statement is made because my reading of the news says its supposed to be a rolling strike, not a phased one.
Honestly though, who do they think they are kidding with the "phased strike" idea? Slowly shutting off the mail is just going to piss the public off even more, and I think moreso than an abrupt nation-wide walkout would.
Yeah there's still some service, but various locations process mail through them to other destinations in Canada ( as I understand it) and if the mail tries to funnel through there it'll get caught up in the stoppages anyway, so whatever service there is in the still active areas slows down regardless.
I have some parcels inbound ( one I've been very much wanting) and I have some letters that could be affected by this, so I'm antsy about this strike, and the length it could have. And there's stuff I want to order from places like Bounty Hunter Toys and I can't place an order because I don't want it tied up in the strike mess.
