"...if you drop your membership, don't do it half way. Resign your full time career position. Become a casual. You will then receive no union negotiated benefits. i.e. representation, route/annual bidding, pay raises, step increases, etc. you get the idea. Be fair. Get out if you want. Just don't accept anything the Union provides...."
"...a minimum of seven hours a day in transit to work a straight seven-hour shift. They have no choice. If they refuse, they will be fired. They have been, in USPS-speak, “excessed.”..."
"...National Association of Postal Supervisors President Ted Keating reportedly said there was "collective disappointment that you chose the Postal Service as a scapegoat and an example of inefficiency." "Your negative references to the Postal Service without knowledge of the facts was a disservice not only to the members of our organization, but to all postal employees," he wrote. ..."
"..."If the president considers the Postal Service as an example, we should all be scared." The case: "Despite numerous advantages that FedEx and UPS could only dream of having, the Postal Service loses money."..."
"...Through its Station and Branch Optimization Initiative, the Postal Service hopes to generate additional cost savings by identifying post offices, stations and branches, primarily located in urban and suburban population centers, that are suitable for consolidation or elimination from the mail network...."
"...Obama was trying to calm concerns that the government program was meant to eliminate private health-care companies. After pointing out that UPS and FedEx are effectively competing with the USPS Obama added, “It's the post office that's always having problems”...."
"...analysis” of the USPS does not reflect the dedication and hard work of 650,000 postal employees, including those represented by collective bargaining agreements, supervisors, postmasters, executives, and the Board of Governors. We are proud to be part of the world’s best postal system, providing the best service and most inexpensive postage. ..."
"...Potter, who was named by a GOP-appointed Postal Board during the Bush administration, has proposed cuts in the workforce as the solution. He says that at least 677 post offices should be closed, most of them in major cities, and that 55,000 workers should be fired. The USPS workforce, the unions note, has already shrunk, through retirements and buyouts, to 603,000 workers, from 773,000 several years ago...."
"...The Senate adjourned for its August recess without voting on a bill that would be devastating for postal workers. As a result, union members have several more weeks to voice opposition to legislation that would undermine our wages and benefits in future contract negotiations...."
"...That’s what Milwaukee, WI, P&DC Mailhandler Marlene Povolo did. He observed that Sausage Plus, a specialty meats retailer, wasn’t using USPS to ship its products. So he used the Submit-a-Lead [PDF] program to tip..."
"...The possible closures get away from the idea of the post office's universal service to all members of society, said Postal Union president Phil Thomas...."
"... The National Postal Mail Handlers Union criticized the prospective cuts and said the Postal Service was inflating the amount of business it has lost.
"They're not being upfront with the public," said Damon Taylor, the union's state president. ..."
"...$300,000, which is less than an individual condominium goes for in many of the surrounding downtown buildings. “We’re not looking to recoup any investment here,” says Tom Samra, vice president of facilities for the postal service..."
"...Gwen Ivey, president of of the Philadelphia American Postal Workers Union Local 89, said that the unions had not been notified before USPS headquarters posted the list on its Web site. "We have the legal obligation to bargain for our members during the downsizing," she said, adding that she wanted to prepare her 2,500-member union before a public announcement..."
"...postal service violated the National Labor Relations Act by "failing to bargain" with the local union regarding the office's possible closure...."
"..."The Postal Service cannot expect to gain more business, which it desperately needs, if it is reducing service," said Susan Collins, a Republican senator from Maine...."
"..."Whether it is 5-day delivery, collection box removal or the closure of facilities, the Postal Service is intent on reducing its physical presence." - Ruth Y. Goldway, Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission
"By the year’s end, the Service most likely will run out of cash and not be able to make all of its year end payments, absent Congressional action." - Ruth Y. Goldway, Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission
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"...Phase 3 RIF avoidance vacancy postings for District Customer Service offices and Mail Processing organizational changes now are available online at eCareer. The deadline for submitting applications is Tuesday, Aug. 11...."
