From a reader:

Just thought I’d mention that I was surprised not to find info on the rural carrier pay snafu that will leave up to 14,000 rural carriers without a paycheck. Oh, they are offering to pay 65% of your gross salary in the form of a postal money order, but not including ema for those of us that drive our own vehicles. Just in time to be the grinch that stole Christmas. What a mess and a nightmare!

The periodic reports posted on the Postal Rate Commission web site may not be everyone’s idea of a fun read, but they’re full of interesting numbers when you poke around in them. Today brings a sheaf of payroll reports- itemizing in mind-numbing detail (1,408 pages to be exact) what the USPS has paid out to its employees in the first 16 weeks of the fiscal year. If you’re thinking that maybe you’ll skip reading the whole thing just now, here are some of the interesting numbers: Read the rest of this entry »