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tabletwoblues said:
Riggggght
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Well, they talked about it then we went to 7-day delivery, sorry we don't have 8. But honestly, IN MY OPINION if that gets me my day off and not have to deal with sloppy subs. Plus how much you want to bet they will put into our contract for us to be coming in for those other 2 days to deliver packages. full time 5 days+optional weekends equals 7 days a week like I said no 8 days :LOL:
 
This is more nonsense they're talking about as they're in negotiations with the major unions over new contracts. As @gerl2 mentioned upthread, they talked about it before, and then we went to seven days! It's so much BS--reducing days of delivery will probably INCREASE costs, not decrease them, because of the amount of OT on Mondays (and throughout the rest of the week) to deal with that mail from Saturday.

(And don't even start a conversation about eliminating a delivery day OTHER than Saturday! Imagine the chaos that would cause for the USPS not to deliver on a regular workday).

But sure, yeah, go ahead and pay OT to carriers and clerks and mail handlers $30-$40+ an hour to deal with all that mail (or let it sit and rot in plants and offices), and piss off retailers who want their packages delivered to their customers in a timely manner . . .

Let's keep trying and twist ourselves into contortions and send up trial balloons about these impossible proposals, instead of RAISING PRICES on package delivery and those freaking junk mailers. Those companies are reaping MASSIVE profits in this economy because the USPS is providing them a service at below market prices. Make them pay. Raise the rates; the USPS will still be the most affordable and best option.
 
When this was brought up before I gave my pm and another high level manager something to think about.
Now, when we work 6 days pm's are only required to work 5 of those 6 days, and no one notices they aren't there for the 6th.
How about if ALL managers only work every other day? No one would even notice. They could work Monday Wednesday and Friday. Now that they only are part time employees there is no need to pay them any benefits, no retirement, leave, nor anything else. In this "minor" change we've lowered the USPS's highest employee cost with out effecting service to any customers. This could quite possibly lower the homeless problem in the US also, if the current managers all retired and, just as capable, homeless people took the 3 day option.
 
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I just saw this also. Guess they could fire half the RCAs? Which will come first, Medicare-For-All or 5 day mail?

The reasoning behind this question is that I'm one the RCA train for the insurance, The insurance deal is getting worse all the time anyway.

To me, the real point the PMG wanting to get out was "absent legislative reform..." the PO is going to crash. Kind of a call for Congress to understand the PO will either require intervention, or bust.
(the long version)
Post Office considers 5 day mail delivery as finances languish
 
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I watched her testimony, I thought she did a convincing job to push legislation. Now, what legislation gets done is another matter.
 
I liked this part of the article:

Lawmakers were quick to dismiss the idea, including Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., who asked Brennan whether she told the board working on the plan that “that dog won’t hunt,” calling the proposal “very concerning.”

“I understand it from a financial standpoint,” Meadows said. “But I don’t understand how you can say that your primary objective is to deliver mail – and that packages are a follow-on – and yet you’re going to put the priority on seven-day delivery for packages.”.

Exactly. Mail is the "primary objective," but we'll but all our time and energy into packages.
 
Headliner for the day interesting:

As letter carriers know, the pre-funding mandate has cost an average of $5.4 billion annually since 2007 and is responsible for 92 percent of USPS losses over the last twelve years, and 100 percent of losses over the past six years. Were this burden not imposed, USPS would have recorded surpluses of nearly $4.0 billion since 2013.
 
Our postmaster delivered that news to us yesterday by saying an employee had brought it his attention. So he read the Fox News report straight from his phone (obviously it wasn't proofread or edited by the post office). It made us chuckle when he got to the part about Rep. Meadows calling PM Brennan out on the idea of keeping parcel delivery 7 days, even though the "priority" is mail...I'm sure she stuttered and stammered though that whole hearing trying to explain our flawed business model. No mention of eliminating middle management...
 
Our business model is directed by Congress. They set the rules, we follow. The rules are outdated which is why we need legislation. If the business owner wishes us to lose ? then that's on them. The idiots.
So many people think the USPS sets it's own priorities, it doesn't. Congress does whenever they pass legislation regarding USPS. We are required by federal statutes to operate within congressionally provided framework.

Now, if they where more like pirate guidelines we would have more opportunities to decide whether to stick to the code. Like politicians do.
 
Jess said:
Oh you still would be coming in to deliver packages though and passing all the same boxes! Every day we deliver mail would be heavy like a Monday. Think about How the day after the Holiday will be too.
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You must be retired! Heavy mail days are few and far between now! A 5 day mail week would do the post office good! And it would cut down on a lot of misdelivered mail by subs, and thing being sent through CFS unnecessarily! If Congress could look and I mean really look and understand the post office they would change a few things! We would be on a 5 day system, they would put a stop to sending us back out for priority, and they would cut about half of those unneeded supervisors out of every office! When Trump calls and ask me that's what I'm telling him, but until he calls I'm just going to tell yal! ?
 
One shouldn't assume another's retirement because you don't receive volume. Plenty of large city suburbs receive high volume. My rt vf is over 7. Some of us are still buried in mail and 5 days would be abysmal. Yes, smaller towns and higher mile routes do receive less on average. My Monday average now is 12 trays DPS, 12 foot of cr flats, 6-7 tubs fsm 100 and a couple of hampers of parcels. And a coverage or two 2-3 Mondays a month. Again, not everyone is blessed with low volume.
 
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UpNorth said:
Post Office considers 5 day mail delivery as finances languish

This has been talked about before, I believe, but I do not think it has been since I started working for the PO. What are the thoughts on this?
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This is what Brennan wants many in Congress in the hearing clearly state they do not want 5-day delivery they want to keep it at 6 day, also a Congressman stated carriers work hard when I come home at 9 pm they are just delivering my mail, everyone chuckles and he says 'NO I AM SERIOUS I am getting my mail at 9 pm. I bet someone put him on the end of his or her route good job ?:LOL:
 
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