Comments on: Congresswoman says five day delivery will hurt rural areas http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/ more from postalnews.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:55:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brian http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-153661 brian Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:51:59 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-153661 Theresa- you're entitled to your opinion as to whether postal employees are overpaid. But you are incorrect in your assertion that taxpayers foot the bill for postal workers' health benefits. Those are paid for by the employees, and by the Postal Service. The share paid by the Postal Service comes from its postage revenues, not from your tax dollars. Feel free to look that up if you like. Theresa- you’re entitled to your opinion as to whether postal employees are overpaid. But you are incorrect in your assertion that taxpayers foot the bill for postal workers’ health benefits. Those are paid for by the employees, and by the Postal Service. The share paid by the Postal Service comes from its postage revenues, not from your tax dollars. Feel free to look that up if you like.

]]> By: Theresa http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-153638 Theresa Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:36:47 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-153638 The pay as well as the overtime is outrageous. A base rate of $27.00/hr to deliver mail? Then pension, TSP. Where does it end? Also, they say the post office is not funded by taxpayers. Lie! I pay for usps employees to get better health insurance then I have! Look it up, they can enroll in Federal Employee Health Benefits(FEHB). I understand government employees such as police and fire, but not letter carriers. The pay as well as the overtime is outrageous. A base rate of $27.00/hr to deliver mail? Then pension, TSP. Where does it end? Also, they say the post office is not funded by taxpayers. Lie! I pay for usps employees to get better health insurance then I have! Look it up, they can enroll in Federal Employee Health Benefits(FEHB). I understand government employees such as police and fire, but not letter carriers.

]]> By: Sally http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-151063 Sally Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:33:41 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-151063 Stop giving out overtime. I know lots and lots of carriers that are still getting overtime tons of overtime. I understand the full time guys want it, but too bad. I am sorry if you built your life around a salary based on overtime, but overtime is not a guarantee. Stop with the overtime and they would save a ton of money. There are unions out there that won't let part timers get hours because they feel they should get the overtime first. Thats just stupid in this day and age. Each full timer should get 40 hours then the PTFs should pick up hours, then the TEs if there are any, overtime should be a last resort not an expectation. Stop giving out overtime. I know lots and lots of carriers that are still getting overtime tons of overtime. I understand the full time guys want it, but too bad. I am sorry if you built your life around a salary based on overtime, but overtime is not a guarantee. Stop with the overtime and they would save a ton of money. There are unions out there that won’t let part timers get hours because they feel they should get the overtime first. Thats just stupid in this day and age. Each full timer should get 40 hours then the PTFs should pick up hours, then the TEs if there are any, overtime should be a last resort not an expectation.

]]> By: Sorry Tammy http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-150267 Sorry Tammy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:56:52 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-150267 I am a city carrier and yes tammy I know what your talking about. I would like to say thank you for the two weeks of light mail that we get to carry while they are doing your count. Where are they hiding it all??? Last year I was the last city carrier next to a rural guy and I listened to the count. The OIC would say... "I'll put this down as a seven?" You notice the question mark. He didn't say it was a seven, he asked permission from the rural carrier to mark it as a seven. What was it really? After the count the rural carrier told me he lost 4K a year. I told him he didn't lose it, he gave it away. If they were cheating me the way they cheated him then I would go online and order new phone books for my entire route. Sears catalogs for half, Victoria's secret will send a catalog to any one that requests it and who wouldn't want one... Go through the list. But no, there is no corruption in the post office... Why does the OIC count the mail while the rural carrier cases his route? Who verified that it really was a seven if every ones back is turned? I am a city carrier and yes tammy I know what your talking about. I would like to say thank you for the two weeks of light mail that we get to carry while they are doing your count. Where are they hiding it all???
Last year I was the last city carrier next to a rural guy and I listened to the count. The OIC would say… “I’ll put this down as a seven?” You notice the question mark. He didn’t say it was a seven, he asked permission from the rural carrier to mark it as a seven. What was it really? After the count the rural carrier told me he lost 4K a year. I told him he didn’t lose it, he gave it away. If they were cheating me the way they cheated him then I would go online and order new phone books for my entire route. Sears catalogs for half, Victoria’s secret will send a catalog to any one that requests it and who wouldn’t want one… Go through the list. But no, there is no corruption in the post office… Why does the OIC count the mail while the rural carrier cases his route? Who verified that it really was a seven if every ones back is turned?

]]> By: cowmama http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-150170 cowmama Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:03:39 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-150170 The mailcount for Rural Carriers is not determined by the Postal service, but by arbitrators as stated. However, the planned DATES are provided to all bulk mailers, with the understanding that if they choose to mail things during these dates, their postal rates WILL increase. what do you think will happen during mailcount with regard to volume? Face it, the Rural Union is just weak, and the other unions are stronger. Because the City Carrier Union refuses to allow it's carriers to go to a salaried pay scale rather than being paid by the hour (read:being paid to be slow), and other unions for clerks and handlers refuse to make choices to change the way they are paid in order to save jobs and help the Postal service, they are Helping the Postal Service go private and will, by these choices, HURT their Union Members. Reduction in the work force, by way of firings and letting carriers and clerks go is going to be the result of the Unions hard stance against these 'easy' solutions for some small changes made to their method of pay. The mailcount for Rural Carriers is not determined by the Postal service, but by arbitrators as stated. However, the planned DATES are provided to all bulk mailers, with the understanding that if they choose to mail things during these dates, their postal rates WILL increase. what do you think will happen during mailcount with regard to volume? Face it, the Rural Union is just weak, and the other unions are stronger. Because the City Carrier Union refuses to allow it’s carriers to go to a salaried pay scale rather than being paid by the hour (read:being paid to be slow), and other unions for clerks and handlers refuse to make choices to change the way they are paid in order to save jobs and help the Postal service, they are Helping the Postal Service go private and will, by these choices, HURT their Union Members. Reduction in the work force, by way of firings and letting carriers and clerks go is going to be the result of the Unions hard stance against these ‘easy’ solutions for some small changes made to their method of pay.

]]> By: Rebel http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-150013 Rebel Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:04:56 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-150013 The USPS is not getting rid of their managers and they ARE going to 5 day delivery.... they simply can't afford all of us anymore.... most of the mail we have is JUNK.. I received an entire package of legal papers through EMAIL.... as a 30 year carrier (as of TODAY), I like the idea of them offering a SERIOUS retirement early out to all of us CSRS people.... they could get rid of us QUICK! and leave our jobs to the lower level, lower paid folks.... The USPS is not getting rid of their managers and they ARE going to 5 day delivery…. they simply can’t afford all of us anymore…. most of the mail we have is JUNK.. I received an entire package of legal papers through EMAIL…. as a 30 year carrier (as of TODAY), I like the idea of them offering a SERIOUS retirement early out to all of us CSRS people…. they could get rid of us QUICK! and leave our jobs to the lower level, lower paid folks….

]]> By: WATCH TH DOGGIE http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-150002 WATCH TH DOGGIE Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:14:52 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-150002 THIS OUTFIT NEEDS TO TRIM THE FAT AT THE TOP AND IN A HURRY. THERE IS AT LEAST 6 TO 10 CHIEFS IN EVERY STATE THAT MAKE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR AND NEVER TOUCH A PIECE OF MAIL NOR DO THEY HAVE ANY IDEA ON HOW TO SELL A STAMP OR PUT POSTAGE ON A PACKAGE, UNTIL CONGRESS STEPS IN AND STOPS THIS FOOLISHNESS AND ILL CONCEIVED WAGES, AND STOP THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN HANDLED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE MAIL FLOW MORE THAN 15 YEARS AND ARE JUST TRYING TO JUSTIFY THERE JOBS. THE CONGRESS MAY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MESS. THIS OUTFIT NEEDS TO TRIM THE FAT AT THE TOP AND IN A HURRY. THERE IS AT LEAST 6 TO 10 CHIEFS IN EVERY
STATE THAT MAKE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR AND NEVER TOUCH A PIECE OF MAIL NOR DO THEY HAVE ANY IDEA ON HOW TO SELL A STAMP OR PUT POSTAGE ON A PACKAGE, UNTIL CONGRESS STEPS IN AND STOPS THIS FOOLISHNESS AND ILL CONCEIVED WAGES, AND STOP THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN HANDLED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE MAIL FLOW MORE THAN 15 YEARS AND ARE JUST TRYING TO JUSTIFY THERE JOBS. THE CONGRESS MAY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MESS.

]]> By: Tommymc http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-149986 Tommymc Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:35:33 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-149986 Nothing says "downward spiral" like cutting service. Since the post office is losing revenue due to electronic communication, it needs to put more focus back on it's package services and delivery of items that can't be emailed. By integrating itself into eBay, it's taken a step in the right direction. Rather than copying the business practices of UPS and FedEx, it needs to go them one better. In this age of instant communication, the "ideal" should be instant package delivery too. Until beam-me-up- Scotty teleporters become reality, the next best thing is 7-day delivery. I wouldn't expect a hefty surcharge for weekend delivery any more than would I expect my super market to jack up their prices on Sunday. Rather than trying to cut their losses, the USPS needs to move into the 21st century with better service.....not a reduction to 5-day delivery. Nothing says “downward spiral” like cutting service. Since the post office is losing revenue due to electronic communication, it needs to put more focus back on it’s package services and delivery of items that can’t be emailed. By integrating itself into eBay, it’s taken a step in the right direction. Rather than copying the business practices of UPS and FedEx, it needs to go them one better.

In this age of instant communication, the “ideal” should be instant package delivery too. Until beam-me-up- Scotty teleporters become reality, the next best thing is 7-day delivery. I wouldn’t expect a hefty surcharge for weekend delivery any more than would I expect my super market to jack up their prices on Sunday.

Rather than trying to cut their losses, the USPS needs to move into the 21st century with better service…..not a reduction to 5-day delivery.

]]> By: Scout http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-149977 Scout Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:13:47 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-149977 We could continue to deliver on Saturday but it could come with a hefty price.Fed EX and UPS charge a hefty fee for Saturday delivery so why not us.We are always being compared to them so why not let us act like them.Sorry Congress woman but it is not impossible to pull it off,it will just cost.Kind of like your pay raises that congress votes its self in the middle of the night when no one is looking. We could continue to deliver on Saturday but it could come with a hefty price.Fed EX and UPS charge a hefty fee for Saturday delivery so why not us.We are always being compared to them so why not let us act like them.Sorry Congress woman but it is not impossible to pull it off,it will just cost.Kind of like your pay raises that congress votes its self in the middle of the night when no one is looking.

]]> By: Regan http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/03/07/congresswoman-says-five-day-delivery-will-hurt-rural-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-149908 Regan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:57 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/?p=2191#comment-149908 DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA 200 BILLION,THEY DEPEND ON UPS, FEDX AND THE REST ;NUTS THEY DONT DELIVERY ON SATURDAY! DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA 200 BILLION,THEY DEPEND ON UPS, FEDX AND THE REST ;NUTS THEY DONT DELIVERY ON SATURDAY!

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