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Canada Post Struggles With 40M Letter Backlog

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First Posted: 07/07/11 09:02 AM ET Updated: 09/06/11 06:12 AM ET

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CTV News:

Canada Post says it is doing its best to cope with a 40-million-letter backlog in the wake of the recent labour disruption, but the postal workers' union says it is being denied the overtime hours needed to get that mail delivered quickly.

The corporation said Wednesday that in addition to the eye-popping backlog, workers are also coping with an average of nine million more pieces of mail per day than they normally would be at this time of year.

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Canada Post says it is doing its best to cope with a 40-million-letter backlog in the wake of the recent labour disruption, but the postal workers' union says it is being denied the overtime hours nee...
Canada Post says it is doing its best to cope with a 40-million-letter backlog in the wake of the recent labour disruption, but the postal workers' union says it is being denied the overtime hours nee...
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MochasMom
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02:36 PM on 07/10/2011
A friend who works for CP told me they were told to take their time...
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Steve Karmazenuk
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11:04 AM on 07/07/2011
Me and a couple of other people I know have been getting "Delivery Failure" notices in the mail, telling us where we can pick up our "fail mail".

The checkbox indicating why delivery failed is [Other] and the written explanation:

"Can't do overtime anymore".

So...to be clear: The posties can deliver delivery failure notices but the can't deliver mail?

Do they honestly expect this kind of shenanigan is going to garner public sympathy?
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Cael
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09:14 AM on 07/07/2011
Or the Union is playing it up to show that the mail service is still relevant.
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GreenCanadian
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08:26 AM on 07/07/2011
A mountain of backlogged mail? I thought mail volumes were declining? Hmm, seems that management's Bee S is coming out in the wash.
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