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I generally agree, but also governments often don't run services very efficiently

Chef requires essentially apprenticeship and repeated effort to become proficient at over a significant amount of time at that. Cook at a fast food place with a prescribed method of prep? Low skill but requires a small amount of time for a TEEN to become proficient at.

There are MANY jobs that do not require much skill, that I held in the past in my teens. Sure you suck at them for the first week or so but your skill in them often tops out fast as they are NOT really difficult to learn or train IE ideal for part time.

Retail SUCKs because of the people, but is NOT a "technically hard" to learn job.

Many jobs are PHYSICALLY difficult but NOT HARD TO LEARN.

Question do you think the following positions should all get the same pay have the same skill? Which require a greater investment in knowledge or training?

• Chef
• Line Cook
• Dishwasher
• Server
• Busser
• Bartender

I just don't personally think mail delivery is anything but a part time level skill job.

Average Canada Post Mail Carrier hourly pay in Ontario is approximately $23.55, which is 7% above the national average.

As of December 1, 2024, the average annual pay for an elementary teacher in Ontario is $41,226, or about $19.82 per hour.

No they want to have fewer part time, more full time and all new staff to have pensions.

To me, being a mailman is a hard job that requires a lot of physical and mental labour

It may be physically demanding but not a particularly skilled one.. You have routes, you learn them you haul your load every day. Kind of like a bus driver, warehouse picker or even a retail staffer.. This should be an entry level job geared to the young and able part time that you move on from later.. Not a life long career with a pension.

I’m pretty reliant on Canada Post so I’d really like them to pay the workers what they’re owed.

OK but what is the difference between OWED and WANT? I was looking at listings for Canada post positions and they apparently already made living wages in most markets AND have pensions on top of that?

Without all the numbers it is speculation.

However Canada post is NOT tax payer funded it is a for profit entity that has been in a death spiral for quite some time not dealing or not being allowed to become more efficient while mail volume keeps dropping.