Canadian Union Of Postal Workers
Here we go again. It might be some time since Canada has last had a postal strike, but somehow it seems like just yesterday. The service is one that was at a time in history invaluable to Canadians. It has fallen out of favour for most Canadians under the age of 50 who have become familiar and comfortable with the use of the Internet for all their business transactions; no need to use the postal service.
Yet Canada Post continues to think of itself as providing an utterly indispensable service to Canadians. Parcel delivery, which is, for most Canadians, the only reason Canada Post might serve a function now, given the easy use of Internet technology, is available through alternate sources. Still, CUPW feels its members, who are notorious for going out of their way to avoid stressing themselves, need a hefty pay rise.
The motto of the public postal service once really did describe the dedication to the job that most postal workers felt and acted upon. Thanks to CUPW, however, service to the public seems to have taken a back seat to self-service by CUPW members to all manner of work perquisites and reasons why posties will not deliver in an ongoing mission to make postal delivery 'safe' for the deliverers.
The public has been ill served for quite some time. Group mailboxes have been erected in new subdivisions where people must go to obtain their mail, rather than expect a postal worker to deliver mail personally, door-to-door, as was once done. The presence of a barking dog is enough reason to send a notice to the homeowner of potential danger to the postal worker.
Postal delivery is pretty well accurately named 'snail mail', because the once-vaunted service that took pride in swift delivery no longer makes an effort in that direction. So the service certainly does not represent the vital need it once did. Except for small business owners and rural residents who continue to rely on postal delivery.
It is that category of consumer who will be hurt by CUPW's demands and a resulting strike. But there's yet another issue here, with CUPW. Its sanctimonious concerns for the well-being of those it serves has for too long been extended to encompass areas of the world that they should have no concern with as a union, but since they're resolutely left-wing, as unions are wont to be, they have embraced a notorious cause.
In 2008 the Canadian Union of Postal Workers passed a resolution at their annual meeting in support of the international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. Israeli postal workers, in a country where trade union presence is strong and respected, were rather taken aback at this attack on their country. But then, this is the zeitgeist of our times, attacking Israel.
CUPW is also in enthusiastic support of Canadian 'activists' who have been involved in 'bringing supplies' to Gaza through a blockade-busting ship named the Tahrir, despite the Government of Canada requesting that this plan be abandoned. Gaza is, after all, under the aegis of Hamas, an Islamist group whose fundamentals have resulted in the group being outlawed as a terror group in Canada, the United States and the EU.
CUPW's hostility toward Israel through its International Solidarity committee is boasted of pridefully as a badge of honour. The members of the postal union whose compulsory dues pay for all of this activism along with the union's legitimate labour representation have been ill served by CUPW.
More than that, however, the public has been ill served by a union whose dedication to involvement in targeting and isolating a democratic country in the guise of providing socialist support to an 'oppressed' Palestinian population in a show of 'solidarity' for the underdog, proves an embarrassment to Canada itself.
CUPW's presence through sending representatives to Geneva for meetings related to the Durban anti-racism agenda has solidified the union's reputation as an anti-Semitic-approving public union. Its president, Denis Lemelin, forwards his personal agenda and that of the union executives who find value in denigrating Israel and dedicating support and solidarity toward the Palestinians.
How this agenda fits into the priorities and needs of Canadians and public service employees is a mystery yet to be solved.
Yet Canada Post continues to think of itself as providing an utterly indispensable service to Canadians. Parcel delivery, which is, for most Canadians, the only reason Canada Post might serve a function now, given the easy use of Internet technology, is available through alternate sources. Still, CUPW feels its members, who are notorious for going out of their way to avoid stressing themselves, need a hefty pay rise.
The motto of the public postal service once really did describe the dedication to the job that most postal workers felt and acted upon. Thanks to CUPW, however, service to the public seems to have taken a back seat to self-service by CUPW members to all manner of work perquisites and reasons why posties will not deliver in an ongoing mission to make postal delivery 'safe' for the deliverers.
The public has been ill served for quite some time. Group mailboxes have been erected in new subdivisions where people must go to obtain their mail, rather than expect a postal worker to deliver mail personally, door-to-door, as was once done. The presence of a barking dog is enough reason to send a notice to the homeowner of potential danger to the postal worker.
Postal delivery is pretty well accurately named 'snail mail', because the once-vaunted service that took pride in swift delivery no longer makes an effort in that direction. So the service certainly does not represent the vital need it once did. Except for small business owners and rural residents who continue to rely on postal delivery.
It is that category of consumer who will be hurt by CUPW's demands and a resulting strike. But there's yet another issue here, with CUPW. Its sanctimonious concerns for the well-being of those it serves has for too long been extended to encompass areas of the world that they should have no concern with as a union, but since they're resolutely left-wing, as unions are wont to be, they have embraced a notorious cause.
In 2008 the Canadian Union of Postal Workers passed a resolution at their annual meeting in support of the international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. Israeli postal workers, in a country where trade union presence is strong and respected, were rather taken aback at this attack on their country. But then, this is the zeitgeist of our times, attacking Israel.
CUPW is also in enthusiastic support of Canadian 'activists' who have been involved in 'bringing supplies' to Gaza through a blockade-busting ship named the Tahrir, despite the Government of Canada requesting that this plan be abandoned. Gaza is, after all, under the aegis of Hamas, an Islamist group whose fundamentals have resulted in the group being outlawed as a terror group in Canada, the United States and the EU.
CUPW's hostility toward Israel through its International Solidarity committee is boasted of pridefully as a badge of honour. The members of the postal union whose compulsory dues pay for all of this activism along with the union's legitimate labour representation have been ill served by CUPW.
More than that, however, the public has been ill served by a union whose dedication to involvement in targeting and isolating a democratic country in the guise of providing socialist support to an 'oppressed' Palestinian population in a show of 'solidarity' for the underdog, proves an embarrassment to Canada itself.
CUPW's presence through sending representatives to Geneva for meetings related to the Durban anti-racism agenda has solidified the union's reputation as an anti-Semitic-approving public union. Its president, Denis Lemelin, forwards his personal agenda and that of the union executives who find value in denigrating Israel and dedicating support and solidarity toward the Palestinians.
How this agenda fits into the priorities and needs of Canadians and public service employees is a mystery yet to be solved.
Labels: Anti-Semitism, Canada, Conflict, Crisis Politics
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