Comments on: NAPUS: Senate Postpones Consideration of Postal Bill

By: Someonewhocares

Someonewhocares — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:48:21 +0000

Everytime I turn around someone is blaming management! Tell me if I’m wrong but isn’t this situation because of how the internet is taking our business away. I don’t think it is anyones fault completely. I’m sure all sides have to give up something. I don’t want anyone to lose their job but with the shortage of mail compared to 20 years ago, 5 day delivery sounds like a smart and cost saving idea. Getting Congress to actually cut or get rid of our astronomical payment we have to pay each year would help dramatically. No other government agency is required to come up with it, so why us? I just hope someone does something so that the postal service is viable in the future. I’ve been here 15 years and need at least another 20 to retire. It would be nice if the Postal Service was around for our kids and grandchildren. Just saying, the blame game isn’t working here!!!

By: common sense

common sense — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:31:29 +0000

viper- you don’t make any sense at all- if we need to cut six day delivery to save money, how on earth can that “create more jobs”????
I think perhaps you’re the one who has no business sense. First you tell us we need to “slash jobs” to save money, then you tell us that removing jobs will add more jobs. Brilliant- where’d you get your MBA?

By: viper

viper — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:12:59 +0000

Common sense…you have no business sense. Companies slash jobs all the time to stay viable. The USPS has to go to 5 day delivery. There just isnt enough mail. They cant keep paying for manpower that isnt needed. It’s plausible that a 5 day delivery schedule could create more jobs. That 4 or 5 hours of Saturday mail has to go somewhere. At a 30 route station that equals about three new routes based on a 44 hour work week.

By: common sense

common sense — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:37:08 +0000

“NALC your not going to get everything you want. They don’t want to go to 5 days only because they will loose 20,000 members and all those dues will be lost. ”
That has to be one of the most ignorant comments I’ve seen here. So saving letter carriers jobs is bad? Has it occurred to you that the NALC leadership is there to protect the members, and that means protecting their JOBS? What does that have to do with dues? If I’m a letter carrier who loses his job because of 5 day delivery, I suppose you’ll tell me to look on the bright side, right? “Well you may not have a job any more, but at least you don’t have to pay dues to the NALC!!”
I think you’re the one who has no clue!

By: jo

jo — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:14:22 +0000

If Marvin Runyon would have had his way years ago and gotten rid of the deadwood in management,our situation may not have been as bad as it is now.

By: Cb196

Cb196 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:43:38 +0000

Dave, I thought the same way when I was younger. As I got older things have really changed. You have no clue. Lets just let the USPS go private and see how everyone cries. NALC your not going to get everything you want. They don’t want to go to 5 days only because they will loose 20,000 members and all those dues will be lost. They will then have to raise everyones dues a lot higher to make it up and start losing more. This will weaken the NALC. No free vacations for them.

By: reagan

reagan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:08:30 +0000

Hey dave when you have 30 or 40 years in, don’t be greedy and get out!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: dave

dave — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:04:48 +0000

For those of you who want to be greedy with a buy out, do the rest of us a favor and just retire if you are old enough.

By: Wake up

Wake up — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:13:59 +0000

If they pass legislation to eliminate the social security supplement FERS employees won’t leave even with a Vera. If the postal service gets contracts similar to the recent Apwu agreement they may offer a Vera as in many offices they can hire new employees at a greatly reduced rate and only give them 30 hours a week. But cheat Vera eligible employees out of the SS supplement they earned and few would leave

By: jo

jo — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:04:39 +0000

Talk of postal reform must include the fact that there are still too many in management with much too much downtime.In years past many suspect jobs were given to “friends”and when the current crisis hit,the house of cards fell and the chickens came home to roost.If congress doesn’trealize this then the workers will unfairly bear the brunt of reforms and cuts.