The back to work legislation passed by the House of Commons is awaiting Senate approval, which is due Monday night. And negotiations are still taking place until then.
Cyber Monday special are under way at Amazon.ca, Amazon.com and will begin at midnight at chapters.indigo.ca,Newegg.ca
and American retailers Barnes & Noble
and Musician’s Friend
.
Legislation to end the postal strike has been tabled in the House Of Commons as Black Friday sales begin.
Black Friday sales will begin at 6pm Eastern at Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, American retailers Barnes & Noble and Booksamillion.com
, chapters.indigo.ca
, Newegg.ca
, software companies Pinnacle Systems
and Roxio software
, Sheet Music Plus and thesource.ca.
Additional Black Friday sales will begin online at midnight Eastern at American retailers Entertainment Earth (Black Friday Sale! Up To 80% Off! ), GuitarCenter.com
, MacMall/PC Mall
and Marvel Store (Check out the All New Marvel Shop! Shop Now!
), Best Buy Canada, Walmart Canada.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers have rejected mediation and a request by Canada Post for a cooling off period. Delays are to be expected for both domestic and international shipments handled by Canada Post. But options are being made available via several retailers, as previously mentioned on this blog.
International shipments into Canada are backlogged due to the rotating strike and Canada Post have asked international shippers to stop bringing them mail. And this of course means international letters and parcels that are not handled by private couriers like Fedex, UPS, DHL and Purolator will be delayed.
eBay has requested an end to the rotating strike through legislation but it appears that those taking advantage of the foreign Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers will need to either wait for their parcels or use couriers.
In regards to domestic shipments, Amazon.ca, Best Buy Canada, chapters.indigo.ca , Hudson Bay, Newegg.ca, Oldnavy.ca and many other online retailers have opted to go with their own courier services and/or offer ship to store services.
Please consult your favourite retailer for shipping options.
Pre-Black Friday discounts are up an running at Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, chapters.indigo.ca , GuitarCenter.com
and Roxio.com
.
Vinyl can also be purchased up to 50% off from Amazon.ca and Amazon.com.