A Review of Canada Post’s Five Point Plan

Canada Post’s Five Point Action Plan is the second iteration of the modern post business plan. The first version, which started in 2008, was unsuccessful and this new one adds the elimination of door-to-door delivery to bring it back to profitability.

This is not the typical business blueprint for future growth. It is a survival plan.

The Five Point Action Plan available at Canada Post’s website has no author, nor any endorsements by any leading corporate or government figures. Nobody, including the president of Canada Post, wants to take direct ownership for this document.

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Staffing Shortages and Forced Overtime at Canada Post

The meaning behind staffing shortages and forced overtime at Canada Post.

The present collective agreement between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers has a clause that allows Canada Post to force its letter carriers to do overtime in order to cover routes that are vacant due to illness, disability, vacation or other staff shortages.

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