tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post5481461044926777289..comments2024-03-28T21:28:13.555-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Five-Day Delivery and Reduced USPS Service Standards Could Face Legal BarrierD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-16065087805266824252013-01-23T08:22:50.886-10:002013-01-23T08:22:50.886-10:00I feel bad for USPS, the other day I didn't re...I feel bad for USPS, the other day I didn't receive a package from them I checked their website and it said delivered. They are getting worse.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://aefuel.com" rel="nofollow">fuel delivery</a>Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-14928664536177007472012-10-05T06:07:36.311-10:002012-10-05T06:07:36.311-10:00Kudos to Ruth Goldway. Hopefully it is not too lit...Kudos to Ruth Goldway. Hopefully it is not too little too late! She's right one by illuminating the essense of rationalship of price of product and service quality (which is speed). The USPS can not argue otherwise. There own rate structure is bases on that premise. Thus, third class / bulk mail has less price and less speed of delivery. You go girl!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-19564869661649801042012-10-05T03:22:47.834-10:002012-10-05T03:22:47.834-10:00Every year we have a count of all the Rural Routes...Every year we have a count of all the Rural Routes in the United States. This count determines the salary of each Rural Carrier. For the pat 4 or 5 years time has dropped on nearly every Rural Route in the US. This means a pay cut. This year I was lucky I only lost $2,000. Over the past 4 years it comes to a total of $6,000. This is the norm not the exception.diverskernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-58858331284455022242012-10-04T22:20:53.222-10:002012-10-04T22:20:53.222-10:00What's really sad is the Post Office is suffer...What's really sad is the Post Office is suffering with Pre-funding 75 Billion dollars while the Obama Administration spends "Trillions" adding to the deficit, but nothing for the Post Offfice...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-49377700973951775252012-10-03T15:25:55.979-10:002012-10-03T15:25:55.979-10:00UPS and FedEx contract with USPS for residential d...UPS and FedEx contract with USPS for residential delivery. In effect the USPS is a contractor supplying labor to those companies. If they added those labor hours to their own, their labor costs would be in the 80% range also.lswhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10324707207138473606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-81674232685450405292012-10-03T13:22:54.885-10:002012-10-03T13:22:54.885-10:00Prefunding is the entire loss knuckle head. 5.5 bi...Prefunding is the entire loss knuckle head. 5.5 billion x 3 years = 16.5 billion about what we are in debt. You must be thinking of the 5.5 billion we owe this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-28225990878207165562012-10-02T23:04:47.398-10:002012-10-02T23:04:47.398-10:00I still can not believe they are holding back elim...I still can not believe they are holding back elimination of Saturday delivery. This is beyond shocking. Elimination of Saturday delivery and walk ups should have been gone 6-7 yrs ago. What about the fuel and energy waste? Not a peep about that. The whole thing is a joke. By the way as wrong as prefunding for 7 yrs is, it is still only about 1/3 of USPS loss. There is blame to go around on everyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-75419456855913166752012-10-02T18:12:07.944-10:002012-10-02T18:12:07.944-10:00Of course 80% goes to labor. At UPS and FedEx, 60%...Of course 80% goes to labor. At UPS and FedEx, 60% goes to labor and 20% goes to profit...What's the difference?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-34701992791558484712012-10-02T18:00:07.761-10:002012-10-02T18:00:07.761-10:00AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 6:49 AM is stupidAnonymousOctober 2, 2012 6:49 AM is stupidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-22920615438704739412012-10-02T13:40:05.439-10:002012-10-02T13:40:05.439-10:00There are plenty of independent reviews and report...There are plenty of independent reviews and reports that have all come to the same conclusion: USPS would have been profitable every single year if not for the congressionally imposed mandate to prefunding future retirees benefits. No other company in our history has ever had such a mandate. Please do some research before you spout your ignorant beliefs Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-73806845246830121242012-10-02T12:48:18.725-10:002012-10-02T12:48:18.725-10:00"Tell that to the tens of thousands of employ..."Tell that to the tens of thousands of employees who have left the USPS the past couple years"<br /><br />Or the 200,000ish we've lost over 4yrs.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-89546282012374489332012-10-02T12:26:33.320-10:002012-10-02T12:26:33.320-10:00The postal workforce has, in fact, shrunk from nea...The postal workforce has, in fact, shrunk from nearly 800,000 in 1999 to 550,000 career employees today. Most of those job cuts had to do with increased automation, but many have come at the price of service – despite the post office's original constitutional mandate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-27345483288752406862012-10-02T11:35:59.979-10:002012-10-02T11:35:59.979-10:00"You expect us the public to stand by and wat..."You expect us the public to stand by and watch your little pre funding drama scheme and do nothing."<br /><br />Obviously you've heard but haven't been listening! We did not ask for this prefunding! Congress did that. We want you to do something; that is call your Congressman and tell them to stop the prefunding!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-39531563066703948732012-10-02T10:43:58.874-10:002012-10-02T10:43:58.874-10:00"zero cutbacks in the total number of payees ..."zero cutbacks in the total number of payees on that payroll" Tell that to the tens of thousands of employees who have left the USPS the past couple years. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-82267899404343339452012-10-02T06:49:04.845-10:002012-10-02T06:49:04.845-10:00 You currently spend 80% of all your revenue ... You currently spend 80% of all your revenue on labor cost and insist on making zero cutbacks in the total number of payees on that payroll? The USPS is a lost cause and must be replaced as soon as possible by a fiscally responsible alternative. You expect us the public to stand by and watch your little pre funding drama scheme and do nothing. We are spreading the truth. You refuse to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com