Comments on: NJ Congressman blasts USPS for plans to close station

By: ex ups now postal

ex ups now postal — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:15:34 +0000

1st NALCstew-ups is teamsters union they have it better than usps unions they allow alot worse

As for everything else why are there less window clerks and longer lines???? that helps how????

People hate to wait will just give up…..

many things need to change…want people to retire offer money take a bailout money and send them on there way many people would take anything the csrs people are stuiped for working over 40+ anyways 80% pay to stay home….. so usps dont want them to leave
fers is alot less so if the give them money they will go and save in the long run…. but making sence is not the postal way……..

Contracts?? if they would follow the CBA they all agreed to…. they could same millions……any one know how much money is paid out anually for this?

any great ideas would be great?

By: NALCstew

NALCstew — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:52:51 +0000

postaldude, Management can be faulted for thier part in this mess, but as a Steward and past president for over 10 years I’ve filed on behave of some members who were just flat out worthless. One carrier didn’t come to work but 2-3 weeks out of a year, claimed medical conditions, then was arrested in Florida while he was supposedly to ill to work.
I represented a carrier who for being arrested, DUI, drugs in the car, assaulting an officer, car chase across the county, etc. My NBA sent me a arbitration NALC won and the PO had to pay other carriers to drive this man around his route because he lost his license. Two times the pay to deliver one route because this man wants to drink and drive. While I believe in the basic ideas of the union, I think we’ve gone off the deep end. My nieghbor works for UPS, if they have a driver who doesn’t work up to standards, they protect the work ethic of all thier drivers who give “an honest days work for an honest dollar” and put that driver on notice. I think as employees of any company we have an obligation to uphold our standards and ensure everyone works to provide the service that puts money in our pockets.

By: postaldude

postaldude — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:43:09 +0000

apparently you are NOT a postal employee, or are a stupidvisor, or blind. it doesn’t take a smart person very long to see that there is too much managment in the postal service to be obserdly rediculious!by the way i was not being negitive, what was said is the truth,too many managers!!!!when there is 3 stupidvisors and a level 22 postmaster to supervise 5 employee after the carriers go to street dont you think that is wastful? they do not do street supervision as they think this is a waste of time. real cost effective. huh?

By: Jak

Jak — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:22:41 +0000

It’s poor comments like the above that give the potal service the reputation it has now. Negativity does nothing for your position.

I would conceive that the Post Office is posturing because of congressional inaction. The postal leadership is tasked with operating in the black but congress and unions have got the cuffs on providing no real solutions or alternatives to initiatives put forth. A five day work week is a much easier solution but hey, you don’t want it so here’s the altrenative.

This is going to get real interesting, I beleive we haven’t seen the last of this issue.

By: postaldude

postaldude — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:16:01 +0000

imagine that!!! the usps did not keep up thier end of an agreement! everyone acts like this is somthing new. this is everyday business at the post office. this is the number 1 reason for labor unions!!! postal managment is the biggest bunch of two face liars ever seen!!! if the postal service would cut about 1/2 of the managers, and ALL of the managers BONUSES, they could operate in the black. its not the employees saleries that is hurting them,but the outragous bonuses they pay to managers. pmg pay package…..$800,000 yr….. FOR WHAT!!??? in our office we have 3 stupidvisors,and a postmaster to supervise less than 75 people. once the carriers leave to the street there is only 5 employees in the office with 3 stupidvisors and 1 postmaster.no street supervision at this office,so we have all this managment sitting around doing WHAT???

By: Crybaby

Crybaby — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:34:42 +0000

WAHHHHHH WAHHHHHHH

By: JPL65

JPL65 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:44:46 +0000

This is just an example of not in my back yard. The big picture is USPS is in the red and has its hands tied with union agreements settled by arbraitors and political influence of not being able to reduce costs by running the operations like a business. The alternative is to increase postal rates if cost cannot be cut the business/mail vol is no longer there. Today they are debating over 5 day delivery and other countries have gone down that path. Reality is we’ll probably be talking about 4 and 3 day delivery in the not to distant future if the trend continues with delcline mail vol.s and increased use of electronic bill pay and email. Something has to give.
No matter how it ends up looks like no one will be happy unless they want the government to subsidize with tax money USPS operations and then they will be able to complain about paying taxes.

By: jake

jake — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:05:13 +0000

“The data is lacking and the timing suspect,” said Smith

Like the data for the cap and trade bill he voted for!!

By: just observing

just observing — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:41:35 +0000

I guess “snail” mail is still pretty important to the majority of people.