Comments on: Updated: Postal Service’s History of Seeking Five-Day Delivery to Cure Financial Woes

By: David

David — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:19:06 +0000

Why are we the only nation in the world with 6 day delivery? We are a disgrace to the rest of the world. Being of an environmental mind. It is sad to me that the left union is more concerned about union dues than saving fuel,energy and money and reducing pollution. The union bottomline is dues. Less days means less dues period. No jobs would be lost. I am a regular and not on OT yet forced to work 6 days often. It is not right, and for what… To add union dues to the union???Let us get into the year 2010, get rid of Saturday, the environment you save, may be your own.

By: Mary city carrier

Mary city carrier — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:59:31 +0000

I don’t know what kind of Post Office everyone else comes from, but a 12 hour route on a hot day and cold snowy day will be no fun, needless to say I have a family and they like to see me at night. 12 hours is too much! I start my day at 6:30 – 7 am and we go nonstop thru 8, 10, 12 hours. Our management is always on our tails about can we justify our time and if we can’t go home.
As for the 5 day a week delivery, we don’t have the mail volume to support a 6 day delivery and people don’t want their mail on Sat anyway. I want a job in the future so we need a 5 day delivery. As far as cutting back, if they go to a 5 day delivery that will also eliminate some supervisor jobs. Everyone will pay the price. Overtime takes a lot of extra money. The USPS needs to be run more like a bussiness and not a goverment agency!
Many Blessings

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:29:45 +0000

I am a carrier that has worked all through out the Chicago and near suburbs area for the past 19 years. There is no longer the mail volume or customer base to justify working six days a week. On a typical Saturday we will start our day at 730 am and be dine with our deliveries by noon and will sit around for four hours. It is only the incompetent and unfit for duty carriers that take a bit longer. I am thinking about my retirement and the ten years to go on my mortgage and cannot support a union that is only worried about the loss of union dues, flashy conventions and do nothing stewards that would have to go back to doing what we have to do six days a week. Five day delivery will help make sure you still have a job tommorow. Lay offs are in our contract every carrier knows that he doesn’t really work for the usps until their six year anniversary. If you have less than this STOP buying houses and cars as wether we go the five day or not the post office no longer needs or can afford you and there is a 99% chance you will be latex off. Why is our dear union not telling you this?

By: Rural Carrier

Rural Carrier — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:06:45 +0000

Get rid of the door to door delivery and the park and loop routes. Make the delivery more efficient, and we won’t have to cut back on days, just carriers. Rural routes service three times more customers than city routes, in half the time. Get everyone on the same pay scale, and city routes will drop in time. People are out ther milking the system…and that’s why we are failing.

By: regular carrier

regular carrier — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:35:13 +0000

It’s been tried and failed before. The current effort will fail also. We need 6 day delivery or it’s the end of the post office. Period.

By: james buckley

james buckley — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:00:59 +0000

how can you be so cruel? each route should be at least 12 hours. also,supervisors should be given another 10 minute break.

By: fat john potter

fat john potter — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:44:43 +0000

I propose a one day of delivery to start immediately. Each carrier will be required to work one 24 hour shift per week and each route will be 23 hours long but I will give you a one hour lunch break to show you all that I do have a heart