Comments on: PRC Chairman Goldway: USPS $238 Billion Loss Proclamation Is an Unsubstantiated Figure With No Connection to Reality

By: Joe America

Joe America — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:12:56 +0000

Mr. Potter paints a bleak picture, as much as he can. Cries out for reducing delivery days as a ‘must have’ measure, and they come up with a nonsensical 238 billion figure. It’s posturing for the upcoming contract. I doubt he expects to get the 5-day delivery week, but rather counts on that measure being stopped as a rationale for denying labor as much as possible during the contract negotiations.
One figure we’re not seeing, especially now that so very many craft hours have been cut, is the ratio of management pay to craft pay. They were at 48% a few years back….are they over 50% now? They always decry payroll at 85% of the USPS operating costs, but don’t mention that that includes management pay as well. Potter likes to point out that his lavish compensation – 39% in pay raises over four years, plus all the other monies he is collecting, or will collect, putting his yearly compensation at $800.000 according to the GAO – is in line with “industry standards”. So, why does that matter for a hill of beans? He’s a public servant. Also, does management taking more than half of the payroll meet that arbitrarily applied standard?
I’ll be happy to help the USPS out by settling for one-fourth of Potter’s raises – give us 10% over the next four years.
We all know that mail volumes are down, and adjustments must be made. It would work a lot better if management would share the sacrifices. So far, they are not, and it goes a lot farther down than the PMG’s office, although his example is truly representative.

By: Hey Monroe,

Hey Monroe, — Sat, 08 May 2010 05:21:21 +0000

You can hit spell check for free, but one thing SPELL CHECK CAN’T FIX IS: You! you are an IDIOT! for one thing OBAMA is nothing like the other IDIOT! PMG POTTER!! I only wish he would step in and FIRE HIM!! It’s to bad that your union the APWU, that I’m sure your not a paying member of (SCAB) still protects your job and I’ll bet you’re one of the biggest cry babies @ work who always worries about what everybody else is doing but you don’t do shit… Just what kind of lifestyle do you think PMG POTTER has? I’ll bet it’s pretty good not only his base pay but his big ass bonus he definitely don’t deserve! he’s destroying the USPS and the longer he stays, the more jobs will be lost (CRAFT) not MANAGEMENT! I ONLY WISH PRC CHAIRMAN RUTH Y GOLDWAY COULD BE THE NEW POSTMASTER GENERAL! SHE HAS IDEAS AND SHE DON’T BELIEVE IN CUTTING SERVICE! WHY WOULD YOU CUT WHAT YOUR BUSINESS IS ALL ABOUT? DUH!! I GUESS PMG POTTER DIDN’T GET THAT MEMO!!!! AND SHE KNOWS HE’S LYING ABOUT THE SO CALLED $238 MILLION DEBT AND THAT THE USPS HAS WAY TO MUCH MANAGEMENT AND NOT ENOUGH REAL WORKERS (CRAFT) TO GET THE MAIL OUT!!!

By: kv

kv — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:21:14 +0000

Monroe, you are an idiot. the APWU does not defend people (especially drug DEAKERS??) they defend the contract. If management would do its job correctly, & abide by the contract & follow the correct procedures, those who deserve to lose their jobs would. You should spend some of your money (that was negotiated for by the UNION, by ther way) on typing/spelling lessons.

Oh yeah, chairman Goldway is one of the few that “get it”

By: Monroe

Monroe — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:41:59 +0000

Why ask Obama for help. He is more inept than Potter. A good portion of the balme lies with the APWU (Awfull Pathetic Workers Union) who just want your money to keep BURRASS is his lifestyle. All the APWU is protect thos who deserve to lose their jobs, drug deakers and chronic absentees

By: JBK

JBK — Thu, 06 May 2010 10:41:04 +0000

I have already written to my Madam Goldway via the PRC site but I must acknowledge you once again and say Thanks! You have a far more level head and ideas than the PMG and his army od V.P’S. As a commenter said earlier, there is an AGENDA for them but it is anti-union,anti-worker,anti-PostalSERVICE….this is not what it should be about and in this economy NOT what this country needs!! Thanks again….don’t give up or IN to these monsters…

By: regular carrier

regular carrier — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:33:41 +0000

Chairman Goldway, what a breath of fresh air! We need to expand service. How about a premium price for Express Mail delivered on Sunday? How about larger “one price” boxes? How about a reduction in management personnel at national headquarters? If you’re not selling the mail, moving the mail, or delivering the mail, you’re overhead! Oh yeah, one more thing, make managers responsible for the grievance settlements they pay out; take it out of their station budget. Management wastes millions of dollars paying grievance settlements for their violation of basic contract issues. And of course, fire PMG Potter, he’s trying to bring the Post Office into ruin with his defeatist, un-creative falsifications.

By: Just How Long?

Just How Long? — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:51:20 +0000

Just how long does PMG POTTER GET TO KEEP HIS JOB??????? A Job that he is WORTHLESS at!!! Who REVIEWS HIM? It’s time for a NEW POSTMASTER GENERAL!!!! “HELLO” SOMEBODY IN WASHINGTON WAKE UP!!! DO YOUR JOB AND FIRE HIM! HE’S DESTROYING THE USPS OR IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? The USPS is a SERVICE so SERVE the PEOPLE! We need REAL LEADERSHIP @ THE USPS and POTTER ISN’T IT………. START HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE!!!

By: RedRidingHood

RedRidingHood — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:19:59 +0000

This is the most bizarre FACT that has come out of the maturing USPS bogus
argument on their bogus “gigantic deficits”…the Postmaster General KEEPS
TELLING THE SAME LIES to anyone that will listen.

Those with “AGENDAS”, Senator Tom Coburn for example, who is anti UNION
and ANTI WORKER, uses the PMG’s lies to buttress the argument that Union
Employees MUST give back pay and benefits and collective bargaining should
be ended and USPS service standards need to be revised(five day delivery) along
with mass closing of Postal Facilities.

I believe that the PMG and his Executive Cadre have been advised by their
LARGE CORPORATE FRIENDS to keep up the lies and pressure in order to
“WIN” this game of Postal Reformation…..gutting the Postal Service for the
purpose of shaping it into a more USEFUL TOOL FOR THE LARGE DIRECT MAILING CORPORATIONS…..this will screw the average American Consumer,
but WHAT DO THEY CARE???
CORPORATIONS

By: R MAZZARELLA

R MAZZARELLA — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:59:14 +0000

PMG POTTER IS FUDGING THE NUMBERS TO MAKE IT LOOK WORSE THAN IT IS. THE USPS IS SPENDING MONEY LIKE A DRUNKIN SAILOR. THEY ARE REPLACING LIGHTS THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY PUTTING UP FSS MACHINES EVEN WHEN THEY CLAIM THE MAIL IS DISAPPEARING. WE HAVE THE WORKERS UTILIZE THEM DONT WAIST MONEY ON THE MACHINES UNTIL YOU LOSE YOUR WORKERS VIA ATTRITION. SPEND ,SPEND CRY POOR MOUTH , AND CUT ALL THE WORKERS. PAY BONUSES TO MANAGEMENT THAT DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE MAIL SAVE US FROM THE INCOMPANANCE OF PMG POTTER.

By: TO:PRESIDENT OBAMA,

TO:PRESIDENT OBAMA, — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:24:19 +0000

How can you allow an IDIOT, A LIER, A PMG who isn’t in touch with REALITY.. CONTINUE TO STAY AS THE NATIONS POSTMASTER GENERAL (POTTER)? He lies under oath about the FINANCIAL NUMBERS to TRY TO MINIPULATE CONGRESS AND SCARE THE PUBLIC! NOT EVERYONE WANTS OR CAN AFFORD a computer, the US MAIL is their only means of communication, some people don’t want to pay bills on line due to no bank accounts or flat out don’t trust the Internet. But the BOTTOM is PMG POTTER SHOULD BE FIRED! HE’S DESTROYING the USPS!!! AND HE’S AN EMBARESMENT TO THE USPS!!!! WHAT CAN YOU DO AS OUR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? THIS IS A SERVICE THAT WAS PROMISED TO ALL AMERICANS (EVERY ADDRESS IN AMERICA)