Canada Post versus the union — Is this the last strike?
The following is a preview from the Financial Post
Lee has his views on how to restructure Canada Post into a competitive and profitable operation, one that is radically reduced in scope, size and manpower. In an interview, Lee estimated that a proper restructuring of the operation could involve reducing staff levels from existing 55,000 employees to 15,000. Lee proposes franchising all post offices, an end to door-to-door delivery and partnerships with existing parcel delivery services.
The restructuring would also have to take into account the ongoing emergence of new competitors coming up through the market. An example is Trexity, an Ottawa-based parcel and letter delivery service with operations in major Canadian cities. The founder and CEO of Trexity is Alok Ahuja, an entrepreneur now set to deploy his gig-driven business-to-business and business-to-consumer tech-driven operation to replace Canada Post in coming days as the strike continues. Looking ahead, however, Ahuja told me in an interview that his business model could not only compete with Canada Post and other delivery services, it could also become a complement — even a partner with— a revamped and reformed Canada Post.
When it comes to Canada Post, anything and everything seems possible as the current union negotiations unfold in what could be the last strike.