From The National Association of Letter Carriers:
Young protests “wasteful” appropriations amendment: President Young is urging Congress to reject a proposal by Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) to order USPS to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of adopting a five-day delivery week. In a letter sent to top congressional leaders, Young notes that a similar yet more comprehensive study of universal service is already underway, as mandated by the 2006 postal reform law. “Saddling the Postal Service with the responsibility for conducting or participating in a duplicative study of Saturday delivery is unnecessary and wasteful,” Young said. Letter
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House Committee Approves Study On Ending Saturday Mail Delivery (6/26/08
rca – you should know that a usps promise is worth as much as the paper it was not printed on. you should also know that it is not only your jobs on the line, anyone of us can lose our jobs also.
clerk – how hard is it to sit in the breakroom and talk to the other clerks for an hour. plus the heat you get when u walk from the door to your car, or vice versa, does not compare to what we carriers go through every summer. and also to mention the weight we carry on our shoulders, and i am not just talking about the mail, has us going above and beyond what we signed up for.
our three day weekend are followed by a six day work week, so what do you have to say about that?!
Who said it would be Saturdays? the PMG stated Tuesdays are the lightest days of mail volume. I believe that i should be Saturdays off for all USPS carriers and clerks at Stations and AO’s.
What about the people in my position (RCA)who have sacrificed a full time job elsewhere for years to obtain the full time position that we were promised. What happens now? It is starting to look like a wasted effort if the PO goes to a 5 day work week. Many RCA’s have made the sacrifice of putting the PO first and not being able to hold another regular job because of it. All these carriers say go for sat. off, What about your subs? Does that not concern you at all?
WHAT ABOUT ME!!!
Im a t-6. 5 day work week doesnt help me
thanks carrier i was just going to say that. but i heard tuesdays b/c there saying no one sends out mail on saterday. and if we do close during the week we are going to lose so much revanue from business because we wont be opened during the week when they are open. it will force business to go to other companies like fedex and ups. i feel it will defently be the beging of the end of the postal service
thanks carrier i was just going to say that. but i heard tuesdays b/c there saying no one sends out mail on saterday. and if we do close during the week we are going to lose so much revanue from business because we wont be opened during the week when they are open. it will force business to go to other companies like fedex and ups. i feel it will defently be the beging of the end of the postal service
thanks carrier i was just going to say that. but i heard tuesdays b/c there saying no one sends out mail on saterday. and if we do close during the week we are going to lose so much revanue from business because we wont be opened during the week when they are open. it will force business to go to other companies like fedex and ups. i feel it will defently be the beging of the end of the postal service
thanks carrier i was just going to say that. but i heard tuesdays b/c there saying no one sends out mail on saterday. and if we do close during the week we are going to lose so much revanue from business because we wont be opened during the week when they are open. it will force business to go to other companies like fedex and ups. i feel it will defently be the beging of the end of the postal service
clerklmc…you also dont have to be out walking for six hours in the heat or cold either as a clerk your in a nice air conditioned office standing or sitting all day so give me a break. Im a t-6 i say lets keep open on sat i like the extra pay. Also havent you heard if the do go to 5 days it will be closed on wed. not sat.
I am all for a 5 day work week. The Post Office woul save enough it could afford to pay an incentive for early outs, then. But it needs to be for everyone, not just carriers. We are just as tired as the rest of you of having to work every Saturday, and we don’t get the three day weekend evry fifth week.
Ending sat. delivery makes great business sense, plus it would allow a weary work force a chance to recover w/2 days consecutive off ,happy workers are more efficient workers…
Eliminating Saturday delivery is a great idea. Moving to four ten hour days would help move the heavier volume of mail and would not eliminate the jobs of TE’s, PTF’s, or RCA’s
But, our almighty union president has Saturdays off, so why should he give a rats rear end whether you see your kids ball game, or dance recital.
He’s too busy kissing politicians behinds to tend to union business. How did he get that job anyway? I’m sick of looking a his poodle head every time I turn around at the Post Office.
Heaven forbid, the Postal Service would make a logical decision, like eliminating Saturday
delivery.
No, Postal Customers need to keep receiving front door delivery for free. . . I mean, after all, they used to receive delivery two times a day, for FREE. . .
It’s too late for me. . .I’ve already missed all my kid’s Saturday Ball Games, and now I’m missing my grandkids, but if I were young, and still had years and years to work, I would REALLY be raising a ruckus. . .
Have fun with it, get everyone to participate. write your Congressmen and Senators. . .
???? Who is NALC working for? It sure is not the had working letter carrier. I bet Young and his playmates are not delivering mail sat.
Do people really need the new Cabela’s catalog Sat. morning? This would be 1/6 fuel savings, 1/6 less accidents, 1/6 vehicle wear and tear, 1/6 less dog bites etc, etc,. Plus, we could actually spend our weekends with our families fishing, going to the zoo, grilling, etc. Better bottom line plus higher morale? Hmmm.
I don’t see anyone losing their job. We are down routes everyday and with sick calls and vacation time there would be routes open.
Most routes are over burden so others too help will be good.
Yes for saturday day off.
1. Postal service will save so much money
2. Postal workers would be so much happier and moral will be up so much
3. We can spend the day with our families watching our kids sports and other things the kids do
Get RID of Saturday delivery. It will help the morale of Letter Carriers. Right now, Letter Carriers are at it’s lowest low in morale Mr. President, NALC.
You wouldn’t have to get rid of anyone but the TE’s.
I think going to a 5 day work week would be what could really keep the PO up & running, the reason the unions fight the 5 day work week is money, because the jobs lost would hurt there bottom line. Lets say that 10000 letter carriers across the United States would either go to another craft or be out of a job because of the 5 day work week. that would be 10000 letter carriers that would not be paying whatever there dues would be for 26 pay periods Say they pay $20 a pay period probable more thats $ 520000.00 a year that the big wigs in the union cannot spend. I think the Postal Service should do what it has to do and the heck with the union leaders taking more money.
Thanks Bill Young for pissing our OT away by allowing TE’S to be hired.You may as well eliminate Sat. delivery.