5/31/2005

The Unions Have Too Much Power?

Well... If they can't deliver the mail, how will I ever get my "Tax Over-Due" notices?

From the Ottawa Citizen:

"...Ms. Charbonneau is being threatened with having mail delivery to her Orleans home cancelled because, according to Canada Post, her steps are too dangerous for a postal carrier to negotiate -- never mind that her elderly mother-in-law has no problems making the climb..."

"...Because employee safety is very important, we have to ensure access to mailboxes poses no hazard to our delivery staff and an extra four inches is too much," said corporation spokeswoman Martine Lepine. The step must be reduced to a rise of 20 centimetres, or the mailbox moved to permit mail to be delivered without using the step, she said..."

I'm an occupational health and safety specialist myself and it pains me to see crap like this put forward in the name of "employee safety". I guess every profession has moonbats.