I remember years ago, when postal reform talk was first introduced by the Bush administration. If you check the archives, you will read that postal unions, especially the clerks union, were against postal reform. They said nothing is wrong with the post office, they said Bush just wants to privatize the post office.
But now, you left-wing liberals are bashing Bush because he's not proceeding with postal reform. Can anyone please explain to me why the change in your stance for postal reform? It seems to me, you left-wing liberals just want to bash Bush no matter what he does. You're just a bunch of cry babies. When are you left-wing liberals going to grow up, stop acting like children and concentrate on being productive members of the post office?
Well, as for a "left wing LiBERAL" I for one am all for reform.
In fact I think we should start with this military charity bullsh*t! Why should the PO be obligated to hire so much of this DEAD weight? Espcially retirees!
These people have no intenetion of working, they just come and go right on light duty, knowing that once in the PO no way in hell can fire them.
Also institute profit sharing instead of pay raises, if the bums wanna make money they can work for it.
Yes, stop requiring the Post Office to hire retired military people. This reform is greatly needed. They don't have the energy or desire to work hard. They see working at the P.O. as a retirement job.
As one of the many retired military WORKING for the USPS, I am damn proud of the job I do. Those who did not have the balls to serve this great nation can go get f__ked!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obviously no one here is educated in the sense that they know anything about military retiree's. It is not the active duty retiree the post office is paying for. It is the retiree that elects to have his time in service commutated into his postal retirement thus forgoing his military retirement check and getting a postal retirement with his military years and postal time added. This only affects retiree's that are under CSRS. This is also true for reservist and Guard retiree's. Active duty retiree's under CSRS and FERS who DO NOT combine their time to be credited as postal retirement get two checks..One for military retirement and one for postal retirement. Military retirement is paid by DFAS. In my opinion as a retiree..at least at my plant..the retiree's work harder then the civilian hires. Far less sick days and more reliable. But the vet who didn't retire..yes I will admit they are dead wood and should be gone..just like anyone else who doesn't do their job.
I've noticed in my office that the hardest workers are prior military. The rest of you carriers are lazy complaining cry-babies... In America it should be a REQUIREMENT at least 2 years to serve your Country!! Then you lazy ass carriers will see how the rest of the world operates and will come home to your momma crawling on your knees!!!!
Now we know why the Georgie Walkie people refused to pass the Postal Reform legislation. He wanted the Postal Service to continue paying for the military retirees when they go from the the military to the postal service. If these people were smart they kept their military pension & worked for the service & after working for the minimum of 20 years, they collected another pension. AS for these military retirees, they are very good workers, & they do their best to do the job that they applied for. Several have worked in my station & they are very good workers, while some young ones do not try hard enough. Those that do work hard will come out on top whilethe non workers will eventually be terminated. Now we know that Georgie Walkie was against the reform bill as he wanted the Postal Service to pay the cost for the military people who retire & work for the service. This is wrong and our president knows this, but refuses to help the Postal Service keep the rates down, as he needs the funds for the IRAQI war that we are now fighting. I do believe that the postal unions will have a tough fight on their hands to have postal reform passed while GEORGIE WALKIE is in the white house.
I've been a letter carrier for 25 years and LOOK, the main problem facing the Postal Serivce is not Management, not Bush, not retired military returning to work in a postal capacity. It's these workmen's comp, deadbeat, light-duty turds who fake injuries and milk the system which forces us good employees to work harder to carry their load. The number of nationwide disabilty/light duty people is a colossal epidemic. Bums who have been on light duty for more than 3 years should all be taken off the rolls; either fired or given a disability retirement......
I agree 100% about the light duty people..at my plant we have mail handlers that are on light duty for 3 years because of a accident on a tugger then have surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome a totally unrelated problem..when does unloading a GMPC or OTR's from a truck cause a repetitive task problem like carpal tunnel. The other person involved was back to full duty in a day??? then in the 6 months I have been in my bid there is a guy who has only come to work 6 times..Somebody told me he is covered under FMLA?? since when does FMLA cover a single guy living alone, no kids or wife and no living relatives. I wonder if he is using FMLA at his other job at COSTCO? It is a shame that management doesn't document these people and give them the boot. The Post Office needs to start weeding out the Dead Wood. They need to start working with the union to come up with a solution..or train their managers better and get them to get some rock solid cases to dismiss these people..that's your postal reform in a nutshell!!
While I don't disagree with the comments about FMLA, I need to point out that it applies to individuals as well as family members. In fact, the main purpose is to prevent employers from firing employees that are out due to illness. Another well-intentioned but abused piece of crap, err , legislation.
I also agree about the abuse of workers compensation. If you're legitimately hurt on the job through no fault of your own, then we should take care of you. I've always said that USPS should hire 100 Inspectors to do nothing but investigate IOD fraud. The cosst recovered as a result would pay for them 10 times over.
The white house is just being smart in the decision that it made. Georgie Walkie is playing games with any-body he wants to do it with. He does not care since he has the war in Iraq & that is taking up a loy of time.
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no reform as long as bush is in office ,,unless the postal service gives in and accepts all of the cost the goverment wants to dump on the usps..
I remember years ago, when postal reform talk was first introduced by the Bush administration. If you check the archives, you will read that postal unions, especially the clerks union, were against postal reform. They said nothing is wrong with the post office, they said Bush just wants to privatize the post office.
But now, you left-wing liberals are bashing Bush because he's not proceeding with postal reform. Can anyone please explain to me why the change in your stance for postal reform? It seems to me, you left-wing liberals just want to bash Bush no matter what he does. You're just a bunch of cry babies. When are you left-wing liberals going to grow up, stop acting like children and concentrate on being productive members of the post office?
A humble servant of these United States
Well, as for a "left wing LiBERAL" I for one am all for reform.
In fact I think we should start with this military charity bullsh*t! Why should the PO be obligated to hire so much of this DEAD weight? Espcially retirees!
These people have no intenetion of working, they just come and go right on light duty, knowing that once in the PO no way in hell can fire them.
Also institute profit sharing instead of pay raises, if the bums wanna make money they can work for it.
That neo-con enough?
Yes, stop requiring the Post Office to hire retired military people. This reform is greatly needed. They don't have the energy or desire to work hard. They see working at the P.O. as a retirement job.
The Old Pueblo
As one of the many retired military WORKING for the USPS, I am damn proud of the job I do. Those who did not have the balls to serve this great nation can go get f__ked!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obviously no one here is educated in the sense that they know anything about military retiree's. It is not the active duty retiree the post office is paying for. It is the retiree that elects to have his time in service commutated into his postal retirement thus forgoing his military retirement check and getting a postal retirement with his military years and postal time added. This only affects retiree's that are under CSRS. This is also true for reservist and Guard retiree's. Active duty retiree's under CSRS and FERS who DO NOT combine their time to be credited as postal retirement get two checks..One for military retirement and one for postal retirement. Military retirement is paid by DFAS. In my opinion as a retiree..at least at my plant..the retiree's work harder then the civilian hires. Far less sick days and more reliable. But the vet who didn't retire..yes I will admit they are dead wood and should be gone..just like anyone else who doesn't do their job.
I've noticed in my office that the hardest workers are prior military. The rest of you carriers are lazy complaining cry-babies... In America it should be a REQUIREMENT at least 2 years to serve your Country!!
Then you lazy ass carriers will see how the rest of the world operates and will come home to your momma crawling on your knees!!!!
Now we know why the Georgie Walkie people refused to pass the Postal Reform legislation. He wanted the Postal Service to continue paying for the military retirees when they go from the the military to the postal service. If these people were smart they kept their military pension & worked for the service & after working for the minimum of 20 years, they collected another pension. AS for these military retirees, they are very good workers, & they do their best to do the job that they applied for. Several have worked in my station & they are very good workers, while some young ones do not try hard enough. Those that do work hard will come out on top whilethe non workers will eventually be terminated. Now we know that Georgie Walkie was against the reform bill as he wanted the Postal Service to pay the cost for the military people who retire & work for the service. This is wrong and our president knows this, but refuses to help the Postal Service keep the rates down, as he needs the funds for the IRAQI war that we are now fighting. I do believe that the postal unions will have a tough fight on their hands to have postal reform passed while GEORGIE WALKIE is in the white house.
I've been a letter carrier for 25 years and LOOK, the main problem facing the Postal Serivce is not Management, not Bush, not retired military returning to work in a postal capacity. It's these workmen's comp, deadbeat, light-duty turds who fake injuries and milk the system which forces us good employees to work harder to carry their load. The number of nationwide disabilty/light duty people is a colossal epidemic. Bums who have been on light duty for more than 3 years should all be taken off the rolls; either fired or given a disability retirement......
I agree 100% about the light duty people..at my plant we have mail handlers that are on light duty for 3 years because of a accident on a tugger then have surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome a totally unrelated problem..when does unloading a GMPC or OTR's from a truck cause a repetitive task problem like carpal tunnel. The other person involved was back to full duty in a day??? then in the 6 months I have been in my bid there is a guy who has only come to work 6 times..Somebody told me he is covered under FMLA?? since when does FMLA cover a single guy living alone, no kids or wife and no living relatives. I wonder if he is using FMLA at his other job at COSTCO? It is a shame that management doesn't document these people and give them the boot. The Post Office needs to start weeding out the Dead Wood. They need to start working with the union to come up with a solution..or train their managers better and get them to get some rock solid cases to dismiss these people..that's your postal reform in a nutshell!!
They should fire all your cry baby complaining lame carcasses. Nobody works harder than me.
While I don't disagree with the comments about FMLA, I need to point out that it applies to individuals as well as family members. In fact, the main purpose is to prevent employers from firing employees that are out due to illness. Another well-intentioned but abused piece of crap, err , legislation.
I also agree about the abuse of workers compensation. If you're legitimately hurt on the job through no fault of your own, then we should take care of you. I've always said that USPS should hire 100 Inspectors to do nothing but investigate IOD fraud. The cosst recovered as a result would pay for them 10 times over.
The white house is just being smart in the decision that it made. Georgie Walkie is playing games with any-body he wants to do it with. He does not care since he has the war in Iraq & that is taking up a loy of time.
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