Mail delivery shortened to 5 days? For it or against it?

[countrygirl4513]

They aren't set for it to be saturdays... last I heard...Tuesdays were a consideration also. Regardless...UPS FedEx will all profit from the PO cutting days. Guess they'll be the lucky ones.

aprophet, all I know is what they tell us in our training... we aren't taxpayer supported. I didn't say the government didn't stick their nose in it.

 

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

Against it

I feel that if they get every holiday off why should they also get saturdays off that would mean if there is a holiday in mid week we would only get the mail 4 days out of that week.
If they want to save money then I say start cutting wages Like every other company does or get rid of your dead weight our PO here is ran by two people the postmaster an the woman who loads the PO boxes and they aren't even open on saturday so people already don't get mail on saturdays in the PO boxes they either put it in on friday or monday depending on if they have it or not.

 

[EweSheep]

IMO, unions sucks!

Unions can NOT provide jobs but they can give trainings, college educations, refresher courses, etc. if the employee finds himself out of work or lack of hours.

Employers have the last say so whether employee stays or not, they are the ones that are paying the wages, not the unions. So don't expect your unions to help you out when you need your job back or the company no longer needs you. Scarey, isn't it? Been there and done it, along with my relatives who works at CAT and NECA IBEW.

Employers must pay their portion if the employees are unemployed and the Fed and State Gov helps out.

 

[EweSheep]

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Don't forget if the mail sorters still going on, like some distribution centers, mail is still going out 24/7.

UPS only worked five days a week, so it is not that much difference in quality but it is the quantity that UPS does not have.

 

[rancher hicks]

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Yes they do get money from the governent but for specific purposes and not to cover general operating expenses, and loans are not "free" taxpayer money.

 

[mwhite428]

I have read on a few sites that they get money to keep rural post offices open from the government. In my opinon that is wrong. And my brother works for the post office. They have the best healthcare insurance I have ever heard of. They could give them the average insurance and save alot of money there.

Also I believe if the privatized it. It would make money. IMO.

 

[aprophet]

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Yes they do get money from the governent but for specific purposes and not to cover general operating expenses, and loans are not "free" taxpayer money.

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=170

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/39/usc_sup_01_39_10_I.html

Now, these comments are nothing short of incredible. The Post Office has been on the loser list for many decades. Most recently, it has been included on the GAO's high-risk list, increasing its debt to $10.2 billion and incurring a cash shortfall of $1 billion.

Note that the post office is not being shut down for this mess. On the contrary, it is being subsidized not only with tax dollars but, most importantly, with laws. Title 18 (I.83.1696) says that "Whoever establishes any private express for the conveyance of letters or packets" can be fined and jailed. Moreover, the law (39.I.6.606) says that any letter delivered by unlawful means can be seized and stolen by the government. It is immune from antitrust action and criminal liability. You can read the whole Post Office Gosplan here.

If the Post Office were really a market institution, it would go belly-up in about half an hour. So, no, there is no competition here. Only the government is permitted to deliver first-class letters. How do UPS and Fed-Ex get away with it? They slip through a hole in the law by delivering packages, not mail. And it wasn't easy to survive even then. Just as in the 19th century when the federal government waged war on Lysander Spooner's American Letter Mail Company and on Wells Fargo (and Benjamin Tucker defended "private enterprise in the letter-carrying business"), the government has been hounding private services in our time, whether through wicked labor union bullying or by restricting their services as much as possible.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Im against it.

 

[sparkles2307]

I would feel bad for the carriers who lose that day of work, but we dont ever get much mail and rarely anything but ads on Saturday, so we wouldnt notice the difference.

 

[DuckLady]

It wouldn't bother me.

It sounds like a business decision. Business don't spend money they don't need to and they cut back where they can to help the bottom line without affecting the service.

With the internet banking, bill pay, direct deposit, I don't think there is really a need to have carriers doing routes to deliver less mail.