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[Mike K.]

$$$ will solve that issue. Everyone has a price.

 

CNN and the big media need you scared about something, and chain retailers would prefer it if you bought Christmas presents in October, rather than in December, because you'll still likely want to buy more stuff in December.

 

The shipping industry is not at its top shape but there will be no 'collapse.'

[Sparky]

Apparently space for Sea Cans on freighters from Asia is going to the highest bidders.

 

Our battery supplier was expecting a shipment only to be told that his container was still sitting on the dock as some other manufacturer paid more to have his load "bumped". 

[Mike K.]

See, it's all about the $$$.

[Victoria Watcher]

Apparently space for Sea Cans on freighters from Asia is going to the highest bidders.

Our battery supplier was expecting a shipment only to be told that his container was still sitting on the dock as some other manufacturer paid more to have his load "bumped".

I presume that’s always they case it’s just more amplified right now.

 

 

 

 

 

Conspiracy claims container shipping crisis is 'manufactured'

 

https://www.seatrade...is-manufactured

 

Photo: YouTube screenshot

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 04 October 2021 - 08:46 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

The B.C. government is requiring its 30,000 public servants to be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22, the day when those working from home must return to government offices.

 

Public service employees working in core government services or ministries will be required to provide proof of full vaccination — two shots — via their B.C. Vaccine Card.

 

 

https://www.timescol...v-22-1.24362174

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 October 2021 - 02:51 PM.

[Mike K.]

Boom. There it is.

[Victoria Watcher]

however, 2 days ago:

 

 

 

Despite initially planning for a return to the office this fall, companies across the country are now starting to push back the expected date to early 2022, marking nearly two years of remote work.

 

Many companies initially planned to reopen for Labour Day, or targeted Thanksgiving as a pivotal point in their return-to-office plans. But those plans are being deferred as the Delta variant of COVID-19 surges and companies continue to deliberate on how to organize the complexities of flexible work arrangements while balancing employee preferences.

 

Toronto-Dominion Bank is among those delaying a broad return, telling employees in a mid-September internal memo to look to next year, further putting off previous plans to open in the spring and summer of 2021. The bank is also requiring employees to upload their vaccination status to a mandatory registry.

 

Laurentian Bank of Canada and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce are also deferring a reopening until the new year, and Manulife Financial Corp. is limiting in-office staff to essential workers for the remainder of 2021.

 

Similarly, Desjardins Group has not yet set a date for office return for its 40,000 employees currently working from home, according to spokesperson Chantal Corbeil in an e-mail. Instead, she said, they will wait until public-health officials provide further guidelines.

 

U.S. companies are following suit. At the beginning of September, American bank Wells Fargo & Co. told its employees they could expect to return at the beginning of November. On Sept. 28, it pushed that date to Jan. 10. Uber Technologies Inc. recently announced its reopening plans for the same date, with Facebook Inc., Apple Inc. and Google LLC sharing similar plans for the beginning of 2022.

 

“Most, if not all, the companies we work with made the decision to push back the work-from-home policy to the new year,” said Jean-François Vézina, executive vice-president for Canada for recruitment company Randstad Sourceright. “They realized the cases are rising and that it’s not worth the risk in the long term.”

 

https://www.theglobe...riant-concerns/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 October 2021 - 02:56 PM.

[Mike K.]

Wow, interesting.

So are we anticipating a potential push back, while in the meantime people get their first shot?

[Victoria Watcher]

Even federal employees who work from home will have to be vaccinated to keep their jobs if the government's draft mandatory-vaccine policy stands, according to one union executive.

 

Stéphane Aubry, vice-president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), says the draft, as well as other communication between unions and the government, suggests that the Treasury Board is leaning toward making vaccination a condition of employment.

 

He says that would mean workers would need to be fully vaccinated, even if they work from home or outside of the country.

 

 

https://www.richmond...on-exec-4488573

[A Girl is No one]

Wow, interesting.

So are we anticipating a potential push back, while in the meantime people get their first shot?

Yup. Mandatory vaxx has nothing to do with safety. Even those working from home 5 days a week will get terminated if not vaccinated. It’s bullying people into getting vaccinated.

[Victoria Watcher]

are that many actually being terminated?  i think many organizations are just putting people on unpaid leave.  for up to 6 years in some cases.

[A Girl is No one]

are that many actually being terminated? i think many organizations are just putting people on unpaid leave. for up to 6 years in some cases.

BC gov says termination ultimately… there are a few steps before termination but still very much in play… it’s pure bullying IMO

Edited by A Girl is No one, 05 October 2021 - 06:10 PM.

[spanky123]

Boom. There it is.

 

I know lots of Fed and Provincial employees who simply respond that they no longer feel safe travelling to the office in downtown Victoria and 'Boom' at home they stay.

[LJ]

I know lots of Fed and Provincial employees who simply respond that they no longer feel safe travelling to the office in downtown Victoria and 'Boom' at home they stay.

And then the gov says, I don't feel comfortable paying you.

[spanky123]

And then the gov says, I don't feel comfortable paying you.

 

Perhaps for non-unionized staff. For most their union has done a great job of ensuring their safety if the City choses not to. 

[Victoria Watcher]

NP View: COVID-income supports must end for the recovery to truly begin

Businesses shouldn't have to compete with government benefits to find workers


https://nationalpost...-to-truly-begin

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 08 October 2021 - 11:56 AM.

[spanky123]

^ They are just saying what everyone in business knows but no politician will admit because they are afraid of calling people "lazy".

 

Other thing that needs to go is the CEWS. Far too many employers and employees gaming the system to collect money for doing nothing. Businesses that shut down 18 months ago and have no intention of ever re-opening are still claiming funds.

 

As I have said before though, the Liberals are of the opinion that keeping employees out of the workforce will force wages up and that once they have increased employers won't be able to lower them. They are right and Walmart and other large retailers are reacting by vastly reducing jobs with automation.

[Mike K.]

Yes, the automation that is happening is going to be a rude awakening for labour relations. Perhaps this is why Trudeau is contemplating introducing automated labour taxes.

[Victoria Watcher]

automated labour never hurt us in the past.

It made thing better and cheaper. The displaced workers found jobs.

I’m open to any evidence to the contrary, but there is none.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 08 October 2021 - 01:31 PM.

[spanky123]

automated labour never hurt us in the past.

It made thing better and cheaper. The displaced workers found jobs.

I’m open to any evidence to the contrary, but there is none.

 

You must have wax in your ears my friend as the NDP and Liberals have been blaming automation for the equity gap for years!