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My dad was a letter carrier for almost 30 years. It was a good job back in the 80s and 90s for someone like my dad with no hard skills and a high school education. It kept him in shape. It was a respected job in a different time.
He's living a dignified retirement with a defined benefit pension.
But, the business model has changed and mail service no longer serves our society in the way that it did a generation ago. It needs to exist to serve the 5-10% in Canada who need it, but the union has to be realistic and understand what the business is today.
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