Oh my gosh, Winnipeg’s postal workers first strike the picket lines in one of multiple rotating 24-hour strikes. So? What’s the big deal? We all have email, Skype, IMs, Facebook, etc., etc. Will we miss that we don’t get a ton of snail mail delivered to our offices — most of which is junk mail? What do you think?
It seems that the union is picketing for wage hikes while on the opposite side of the fence, the Crown corporation says it really must cut labour costs. Crown says it’s all because letter mail has dropped 17 percent since 2006. A big reason for this they explain is due to how widely used digital communication is now being used.
There’s no doubt that many Canadians will be at a loss as they attempt to find alternative solutions. People being paid by cheques will not receive them through the mail. Welfare cheques would need to be picked up directly or direct deposits set up (of course the banks will love this as they sell their online banking solutions).
So what about you? Personally, I wouldn’t miss snail mail all that much except for the occasional client that prefers paying by cheque. But, again I ask you — what about you? Idealogical has some great email and networking solutions that will help you out while we’re all waiting for the strike to be over. We’d be glad to have you contact us.
In the meantime, why not let us know your thoughts — will the snail mail strike have you sit up and take notice and leave you scrambling for other methods of communication — or will it be just business as usual?
Read the Globe and Mail report about the Canadian Postal strike.
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