How Important Is “The Count”
The count: That time of year when we start dreading the route inspections. That time of year when we have to scrutinize every detail, the number of vacant boxes over 90 days, the number of new boxes added since the last route inspection, the number of snowbirds, the time of year, the weather, the mileage, and more.
Then we have to relearn the time standards, the allowable credits in the way of what is and what will not be allowed on “R�? time and Mark-Ups. We have to rehash whether or not “Netflicks�? will be a letter, flat or parcel.
This crucial time of year to a Rural Carrier determines what his worth is to his family, his coworkers, his relief carriers, his union and the USPS. We have to ask what controls the count, such as the clerks that move the mail, stage the mail redirect the mail, the plant that processes the mail on a mass scale and with a flinch of misdirection, can cause major deficiencies in a Rural Carriers evaluation.
You might say, well it’s his fault that things went wrong, he has been a jerk in the office and deserves to get shorted. I guess that’s the way of it. That’s life.
Postal Reform HR 22 and SB 662
Congress has passed the Postal Reform Bills in the House and Senate.
Here is where you can debate the issues relating to the use of surplus postal revenues.
Issues:
Could those funds have been used to:
1. Fund wars
2. Bail out the Gulf States
3. Fund black projects
4. Fund Tax Cuts
5. Shift funding of Military Pensions and Healthcare
6. etc. etc. etc.
Postal Reform Side by Side House and Senate Versions
Finally Health Plans For Subs
Just thought I would throw this out there, that “Leave Replacements” are now eligible to receive health benefits of their own…