Postmaster General Louis DeJoy committed to delivering ballots and election mail on time in testimony before the U.S. Senate
“We all feel bad about what the dip in the level of service has been,” he added, insisting that many of the perceived changes — the removal of mailboxes and mail sorting machines — preceded his appointment in June.
Easy enough to prove and correct if that was the case?
“The only analysis I did was if trucks leave on time,” he said. “Everyone should have gotten their mail faster.”
There is much more to consider. He mentioned a shortage of USPS letter carriers…..
Salary of USPS carriers? Salaries at U.S. Postal Service (USPS) range from an average of $39,689 to $89,115 a year.
Salary of UPS?
United Parcel Service (UPS), Inc. pays its employees an average of $17.02 an hour. Hourly pay at United Parcel Service (UPS), Inc. ranges from an average of $10.82 to $28.74 an hour.
Loading and Stocking AVERAGE SALARY
SALARY DISTRIBUTION Package Handler $15.30 per hour $7.65 $23.10 Warehouse Worker 7 salaries reported $15.00 per hour $7.65 $23.10 Driver Assistant $16.00 per hour
So who is to say why there’s a carrier shortage?
All I know is that we like our USPS service 6 days a week and the main reason the USPS is losing money is due to Republicans in congress!
The pre-funding requirement, as it currently stands, contributes significantly to postal losses. Under current law, the Postal Service must follow a mandated pre-funding schedule of $5.5 billion to $5.8 billion per year through 2016.
So, get this! The Trump Task Force acknowledged that without the costs imposed by the Post-Retirement Health Care Mandate, USPS would today be profitable on an operating basis. Allowing USPS once again to pay the costs of retiree health care costs on a pay-as-you-go basis as the rest of the federal government and two-thirds of private industry currently do, is the biggest step that could be taken to assure long-term financial sustainability. Current reserves of $47.5 billion could be used to pay expected pay-as-you-go retiree health care costs 10-15 years into the future.
And?
| Sponsor: | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (Introduced 04/29/2019) |
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| Committees: | House – Oversight and Reform |
| Latest Action: | Senate – 02/10/2020 Received in the Senate. (All Actions) |
| Roll Call Votes: | There has been 1 roll call vote |
And who is holding things up? Mitch McConnell….say it isn’t so! 😦
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