Comments on: NALC President: Five-Day Delivery Not The Best Economic Solution For USPS

By: rizngfenix

rizngfenix — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:29:04 +0000

Here! Here! Pass HR.22. Get rid of the broke dicks- you know who you are, investigate fraudulent injury claims, buy not rent your mail vans, offer early out. Keep those that actually wan to work.

By: COMP WE THE UNION

COMP WE THE UNION — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:36:23 +0000

WE WILL SURVIVE!!!!!!!!!!

By: WE THE UNION

WE THE UNION — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:33:25 +0000

Six days a week. That is what separates us from the others. Why don’t all of you Man Up and understand that we are in a financial crisis not because of our own making. This situation has been placed upon us from good old American greed and some knuckle head politicians. We need to keep our cool and call our local Congressman and urge them to pass HR.22. This will stop some of the financial bleeding we are experiencing. We also need to pick up our bootstraps and do a little extra at the work place. This will also help us in the long run. Across the Country, we have reduced our overtime, saving a massive amount of capital. If we continue to make these small but needed changes, we will surely make it through this dark and troubled times.

By: mailmanswife

mailmanswife — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:32:13 +0000

how come no one is paying any attention to the fact that your organization is paying out the rear to prefund retirees, the ONLY federal organization required to do so? also the ONLY organization required to do so in one-third of the time usually alotted? I think the prefund is a great idea, just cut back on some its funding. its already worth $32 billion. the usps has already laid off 120,000, with plans to reduce its work force by another 15%. there are families that depend on these jobs. mine is one of them

By: steve11215

steve11215 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:01:36 +0000

They may s well cut out 2 days of delivery per week. I dont get mail 2 days a week then get everything other 4 days. Oh yes, Im a former postal worker .

By: chad

chad — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:03:27 +0000

i would love to have a 5 day work week but that is strictly a political decision, so i already know the answer. dont forget that the usps is not losing all of this money because of day to day operations. it’s being lost on the prepayments. it just has taken to long for potter to bitch about it.

By: tex

tex — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:36:07 +0000

And another thing on the carrier side. I know its in the contract but regular carriers should be required to be able to work up to 9 hrs a day before giving up time to an odl regular or ptf or te. Think about all of the 30 min splits that are taken off carriers everyday. By the time you sort through DPS, parcels, Flats, accountables, throw in travel time to and from that 30 mins turns into an hr real quick. Thats just something that has always bothered me.

By: tex

tex — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:29:00 +0000

Think about the number of call ins we would have on Mondays if we were off sunday and tuesday? If there is to be a 5 day work week than saturday is the only day that makes sense. Moral would definately improve along with attendance in my opinion. And I thought that a 4 day ten hr a day work week was considered years back and the NALC wanted to keep penalty overtime, and that of course wouldnt work.

By: Thinker

Thinker — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:51:10 +0000

Welcome to Pottersville, Its A Wonderful Life. Why don’t you offer Fers employees incentive to leave. We cant touch our thrift, without penality, because most of us are under the age of 56, we cant get a Social Security supplement for the same reason. You are offering us 1000 a month average. Lets do some deductions, tax, health care, surviveship bennifits, that should leave us with a total of 350 to 400 a month to pay bills and live on, wait thats this year, with expected rise in health care cost next year might be 250-300 a month, wait what about the following year 150-200, lets look 5 years down the line, oh I get it we will be paying the Postal service 200 a month to cover health care, total five years from now -200. Of course we all can refiance our homes with CountryWide and since we work for you, Mr. Potter, perhaps we can get some points shaved off the loan, you would put in the good word for us won’t you? P.S.: Have u ever told Senate, Congress or the American People while it is true that mail volume is decreasing, more then a great part of our upcoming 6 billion dollar loss is equipment purchases, DPS Flat Sorters and service contracts.

By: retmgr

retmgr — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:26:34 +0000

shift more responsibilities to the craft and take away some management duties.
As it is first line supervisors are already burdened with increasing duties with programs and overseeing how craft works.
Give more autonomy to those who know how to do things safely and correctly. Supervise those that demonstrate that THEY need more guideance. Take a more common sense approach. The task is simple but over supervised.