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Some might welcome the relief from bulk mail, but the fact remains that the Post Office was paid by a business owner to deliver the items and the lazy workers chose bulk mail to neglect because it wouldn't be as readily noticed.

1 posted on 09/18/2007 2:41:56 PM PDT by MichiganMan

No one was fired, and no criminal charges were brought, he said....

they are government...no one would expect anything different...

as for suspensions...they probably were suspended with pay...the govt. way!!!

2 posted on 09/18/2007 2:45:45 PM PDT by nyyankeefan

That’s one heck of a union

7 posted on 09/18/2007 3:05:10 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)

To: Larry Lucido; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside

8 posted on 09/18/2007 3:16:46 PM PDT by lesser_satan (FRED THOMPSON '08)

Our National Department of Health Care will look much like the Postal Serivice if Hitlery has her way.

9 posted on 09/18/2007 3:18:10 PM PDT by capydick (Suit Up. Enter the Arena. Play the Game. Play Your Sport)

The full article gives some additional details, such as, some of the undelivered mail was from the USPS asking people to shovel their walks. The carriers decided to withhold delivery to apartments since the recipients don't shovel the walks. Practical, but very unprofessional.

I suspect there is much more to this story. Not delivering mail is a biggie; that will get you canned in a heartbeat. The other thing odd is the number of carriers involved. This wasn't just a Neuman here and there, this was 50% of that office. The USPS is keeping quiet, and understandably so. If they have a large group of derelict carriers that looks bad. If they have a management team that bollixed things up so badly that arbitrators ruled against them entirely that looks bad. It would seem that the only thing the USPS can do now is keep quiet and wait.

Lastly, anyone who thinks this kind stuff doesn't go on at UPS, FEDEX and all kinds of other union shops needs to hustle on down to the clue store with money in hand.

10 posted on 09/18/2007 3:55:26 PM PDT by 70times7 (Serving Free Republic's warped and obscure humor needs since 1999)

I have been in the back rooms of several post offices because of redesign work. The level of mistrust in the USPS is amazing. Overhead were two covered bridges. One bridge was for inspectors to look for workers sleeping or otherwise not doing their job. The other bridge was for inspectors looking for workers opening and stealing mail. The truly bizarre thing to learn was each inspector could only report on only the violation he was charged to watch. A napping inspector could not report on theft.

11 posted on 09/18/2007 5:56:37 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The only good Mullah is a dead Mullah. The only good Mosque is the one that used to be there.)

I guess I'll throw my USPS in rant here:

At least once a month we don't get mail. The following day, we will get a a letter from the postmaster saying that we didn't get mail because there was a vehicle too close to our mail box. Honestly, there are times that a car is over ten feet away from the box.

If the letter carrier has to get out of her vehicle, she won't deliver. It is more work to send us the form letter than to deliver the mail.

12 posted on 09/18/2007 6:14:31 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (I made a prank call...pretended I was a mime.)

In fact, with the help of their unions and arbitration, all of the workers received back pay for their time off...

Unions suck.

23 posted on 09/19/2007 2:38:26 PM PDT by TChris (Governments don't RAISE money; they TAKE it.)

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