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| What’s going on? With the Canada Post strike dragging on, I would like to share a few things with you all regarding this situation and how it affects Druthers and Druthers supporters. First, I should point out, more than 90% of Druthers newspapers each month are sent on skids as freight on trains to our hubs across the country for free for local volunteers to collect bundles and distrubute freely as they see fit in their communities. For the large majority of papers, Canada Post has zero effect on Druthers. Where the Canada Post strike most affects Druthers is with our postal subscribers, yet even so, that has only impacted a portion of our subscribers. Who is affected? Subscriptions of 3 papers or 12 papers are the ones that are currently held up because they ship as lettermail (and Canada Post is the only organization ‘allowed’ to deliver lettermail in Canada). So those letters are not moving right now. In the meantime, everyone is invited to read the online PDF version for free at druthers.ca/newspapers Subscribers who receive 50 papers or above each month have all received their packages this month as we were able to send packages through another company. Sadly, only Canada Post is ‘allowed’ to deliver to post office boxes, therefore, all subscribers who have PO Boxes have all their lettermail and parcels held up. How is this even allowed to happen? How is it ‘allowed’ for the union to call a strike and just hold everyones letters and packages hostage like this? It quite literally is a hostage / ransom type of situation. And since Canada Post is the only company ‘allowed’ to deliver lettermail in this country, how is it they are even ‘allowed’ to go on strike in the first place?? Something smells funny about all this. I could go on with further thoughts but they are all just theories and possible scenarios. We’ll see. Time will tell. Regardless, if this strike continues past Christmas, we will initiate plan B and our subscribers will receive both the December and January papers. I won’t elaborate on that yet as I wish to just keep focus on Canada Post getting back to it, sooner than later. But know, we have a plan B and very much appreciate your patience and understandiing. As for collector packs and other merchandise… We are still able to ship the following items since they go out as parcels with other shipping companies. – 50 copies or more of Druthers newspapers – 3 or more shirts in one order – 3 or more collectors packs in one order Note: You still have time get these in time for Chistmas if you get your goodies ordered this week. And of course, please also keep the donations going so we can keep the presses running and getting these eye-opening newspapers to our fellow Canadians. Much love to you all!! Shawn Jason |
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