Comments on: NAPUS President says “NO” to pay freeze for Postmasters

By: Tony Greco

Tony Greco — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:29:17 +0000

No way I worked hard for that merit.
I made all the requirements
that was needed for this raise.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:04:00 +0000

No, we need to stop wasteful practices.

By: gail

gail — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:50:50 +0000

Plain and simple – NO to both–

By: Get Working

Get Working — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:52:32 +0000

It took me over 7 years in an EAS position to get to the level of pay I received as a carrier (with overtime). I work harder now than I ever did as a carrier. Cut back on carrier pay 20%, clerk pay 30%, and mail handler pay by 40% and make them work. Most of the carriers in offices make as much as supervisors now.
The field does infinitely more today than they ever did in the past, with all the departments going to shared services.
The USPS is trying to drive more employees into retirement.
If EAS pays go down, the craft is sure to follow…

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:14:46 +0000

Let’s be honest….there are plenty of way’s to avoid non-payment of NPA’s or massive layoffs!

Front line management is scrutinized daily and are micro-micro-micro managed. Each and everyday they try diligently to implement the program or the mandate of the hour, to acheive the results that our PMG is proud of.

For the most part, we have employees craft and managment alike who come to work everyday and take great pride in what they do. And do a heck of a job, sometimes with very little resources with which to accomplish the task at hand.

What it will take, is for all of the leaders i.e. unions, Board of Govenors, NAPS, NAPUS, The League, and HQ to come together and excercise the skills that we have been taught our whole postal careers and actually brainstorm ideas and suggestions that we can present to the President that will help us overcome our adversities and challenges. For instance:

1. We could go to five day delivery, not accept any dated mailings for Monday, manage the workload with acceptable thresholds for delayed mail Mon-Fri. The transportation networks, the clerks and the working flow of the mail can remain unchanged.
2. Collect for the millions of dollars of political franked mail.
3. Repeal the ridiculous mandate for us to overfund CSRS.
4. Realign the plants and do away with tour 2 operations where feasible.
5. Combine/Consolidate small Post Offices.
6. At the risk of being cynical, put all of the cubile czars to work out in the field verses having them sit in their cubicles generating endless reports/mandates/deadlines/mandatory talks in order to justify their existence and cover their assets. In the old days we used to eat the elephant and everyone worked. I say do away with the elephants period.

The real problem with this organization is that is has been, and always will continue to be, an autocratic bureaucracy, that manages by theats, intimidation, and fear of reprisal.

One thing that we have in common with all of America whether you are a CEO, front line manager, or craft employee is the “I” syndrome. It’s all about me. We put on a good front, but when push comes to shove personal motives and agendas always take precedence!

Let’s take a novel approach and really implement the skills we all have.

By: Postalblues

Postalblues — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:11:09 +0000

If Congress didn”t screw us on the health benefits for retirees we would have made money this year. We, Supervisors worked hard to achieve our goals and save money this year by cutting OT and pivoting. We deserve our raises and more importantly we earned them.

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:23:17 +0000

Upper management are mandating Postmasters deliver late arriving Priority and First Class Mail which arrives after the carriers depart for their route just to chase service scores. We’re spending $20-$30 to deliver a 42 cent or $4.80 pice of mail because the mail didn’t arrive as scheduled. When upper management stops this ridiculous practice, then I’ll consider not taking a well deserved pay raise. I would also consider the return of my Cola in lieu of the current NPA system. We were told they took our Colas so they could do the same with the craft. Another lie provided courtesy of L’enfant Plaza.

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:54:40 +0000

This organization has been mismanaged for way to long. Obviously my answer is NO! The USPS needs to restructure, starting with the elimination of the Areas. If they completed a time a motion study, the results at a minimum would be 40% reduction in staff positions. We also need 5 day delivery.

Why not increase merits over the last three years for CSRS employees to a maximum of 8% to 10% and let people retire. That may be one solution to by-passing OPM.

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:06:36 +0000

Hearing this has made me so mad I could spit nails. If we make the NPA goals (THAT HQ’s SET!!), then we should get our raise, period! I don’t bust my tail every day just for the sheer thrill of it. We are already treated worse than the craft employees when it comes to raises and COLA (I have almost forgotten what that word means). If they agreed to it and we earned it, they should pay it. No freeze, no deferred period. I hate to beat the proverbial dead horse, but the HQ Big Wigs got a MASSIVE increase that was retroactive. We have more and more duties heaped upon us as they consolidate or abolish departments, yet we get nothing. We work longer hours and do more craft work because they implement a hiring freeze. They are all take and no give. I don’t mind the long hours and working short-staffed when it helps my budget, and therefore, my NPA, but to take blood from a stone and give nothing in return is just plain heartless.

By: Ada

Ada — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:37:40 +0000

No, is there any reason we should agree?