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Thursday, 24 July 2003
The Hotel California Project
Mood:  special
While I've worked at the Canadian Post Office for many years, it certainly doesn't influence me to the extent that "The Hotel California Project" does. Many of the links on the left hand side of this blog relate to this project and my own spiritual journey. In dealing with the mysteries of life after death, I hope you can find something here that rings true for you.



Posted by qualteam at 5:08 PM EDT
Updated: Thursday, 24 July 2003 6:05 PM EDT
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Wednesday, 23 July 2003
It Looks Like A Deal Between CUPW And Canada Post
Mood:  surprised
After four extended strike dates, we should be looking at a ratification vote very soon. Here's the latest news.

Posted by qualteam at 7:31 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 7:33 PM EDT
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Tuesday, 22 July 2003
Happy "Soul" Food
Mood:  silly
Have you taken a bite out of the Joke Buffet Page, yet?It's either a good laugh or a good hurl.

Posted by qualteam at 5:02 PM EDT
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Monday, 21 July 2003
The World's Strangest Golf Course
Mood:  chillin'
If you like playing golf with freaky partners, this course may be for you. It's right next door to a graveyard near the Hotel California in Arizona.

Posted by qualteam at 11:18 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, 21 July 2003 11:21 PM EDT
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Sunday, 20 July 2003
Incentive and Bonus Program For Canadian Posties
Mood:  energetic
* All employees will get non-transferable non-saleable "shares" in Canada Post. There are two different types. One is "a retirement share" based on the surplus in the pension fund. The other is "an incentive or dividend share" based on the profits of the Corporation.
* When a person is hired, he gets one retirement share a year to a maximum of 35.
* Of course, all types of shares pay dividends that are RRSP eligible.
* "Incentive shares" are earned by meeting or exceeding delivery targets and lowering the amount of overtime in a facility, section or value stream on a monthly and yearly basis while still meeting delivery targets.
* I see "incentive shares" going to the employees in a section that works and produces very well as team.
* When a person retires, he cashes all his shares in for a severance pay-out.
* Both the union and management would be involved to see that the program was run fairly.

It is highly likely that the value of these shares and their dividends would exceed any severance package by thousands of dollars.

With these incentives in place, employees would work harder, more efficiently and get more mail to the customers quicker. This would improve revenue flow and increase customer satisfaction.

Less overtime while maintaining delivery standards would lower costs substantially.
Employee job satisfaction would rise because their hard work and resourceful actions would be rewarded.



Posted by qualteam at 6:26 PM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 20 July 2003 6:31 PM EDT
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Saturday, 19 July 2003
Weird Site Of The Day
Mood:  spacey
It's called "Alien Organizations". I also think the aliens have infiltrated the Canadian Post Office so they won't be noticed.



Posted by qualteam at 4:46 PM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 20 July 2003 12:03 AM EDT
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Friday, 18 July 2003
Canadian Postal Strike Delayed
Mood:  loud
It looks like some meaningful progress has occurred in CUPW/CPC negotiations last night. The strike deadline was postponed until Monday or Tuesday next week. You can get updates from the union's viewpoint on the CUPW website.

Posted by qualteam at 5:13 PM EDT
Updated: Friday, 18 July 2003 5:18 PM EDT
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Thursday, 17 July 2003
Happy Birthday Irene
Mood:  celebratory
Today is my lovely wife's birthday. She orginally came from Newfoundland and you can find out more about her and that Canadian province by going to our personal website on the left: The Barron Family Pages.

Posted by qualteam at 5:25 PM EDT
Updated: Friday, 18 July 2003 5:08 PM EDT
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Wednesday, 16 July 2003
Postal Dispute Update
Mood:  irritated
What's really going on? The teachers are getting 100% coverage on their health plan with no problem and the Nurses and Canadian Tire have opted for Liberty Life.

The postal workers and maybe even government workers are getting gouged by the Great-West Life monopoly. What is it with the postal insurance brokers who get these contracts? Kickbacks? Secret sweet deals? A technique to force CUPW on strike? That's not a bright idea.



Posted by qualteam at 4:15 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 16 July 2003 4:25 PM EDT
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Tuesday, 15 July 2003
2003 Canadian Postal Dispute
Mood:  smelly
A visit to Canada Post's Web site tells you a lot about the forces that have pushed the crown corporation and its 48,000 workers to the brink of a strike, which could start Friday.

The focal point of the site is a message featuring continuously changing logos for some of the 65 businesses for which you can receive and pay your bills on-line through epost, an Internet alliance between Canada Post Corporation, Bank of Montreal and TELUS Corporation.

In a bid to stay relevant in a world changed forever by the revolution in information and communications technology, Canada Post has created new lines of business that compete directly with its old, and once dominant business, delivering the mail.

At the same time, the company has tried to keep its historical business viable through ongoing efforts to keep trimming costs. Accordingly, it has gone after employee benefit plans and a generous severance package in this negotiating round.

On the other side of the table, the workers are understandably reluctant to give up benefits they have fought for by making other concessions over the years.

Adding to the strain of these down-to-the-wire negotiations, both sides know that a strike would drive more customers away permanently. Canada Post still has not regained the mail volumes it enjoyed before the last nationwide strike in 1997.

There are no villains in this piece. The company and its workers are the natural victims of a technological advance that has given Canadians cheap alternatives to first-class mail.

Against that reality, compromise is the only outcome we can see that would not do lasting damage to both sides in this dispute.
-Toronto Star Editoral-July 15/03

Posted by qualteam at 5:04 PM EDT
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