Did you see any news about AMAZON & USPS package deal? Price cuts for their millions of packages. Under cutting UPS & FedEx.

USPS will make M$$$$$$ in revenue! The USPS is coming back from being wounded. In large cities more Sunday deliveries?

When I worked full time we paid $50 per month, USPS paid $500 per month. I retired 24.8 yrs ago. I found out that retirees are treated
very well. The union had complained several months ago about PRE-PAYMENT for 5 yrs in advance. Now it works in their favor.

Look at what is happening to non-funded medical & pension plans?

Govt took away food & energy COLA for SSI & pensions, about 8 yrs ago.

For those of you who missed them 1st time around!

For those of you who missed these 1st time around!

For those of you who missed these 1st time around!

If the baby lived to age 21, we could not have turned over to any other plan because of pre-existing conditions.
Fed empl get benefits non feds can't get. Feds say: "Do as we say, not as we do".

BTW: Packages make most money. There was no other pkg delivery system until UPS started out with highest populated states.

BTW: In 1972 the unions wanted strike, which was prohibited. A few went on strike and they suffered.
That was a change in USPS. Semi-quasi business. Congress still controls USPS. POTUS JFK installed the last presidential appointee for
Postmaster General. PM - Mgrs - craft employees all had different health care menus.

I saw an article in the union monthly about 2000 that stated the union had about 105K retirees in the union plan & 27 were 100yrs old+.

Every year they give out 50-60-70 year gold membership badges. I am at year 43.

I worked in two type areas. First 7 years in the "outhouse" & next 17 years in the "penthouse".

When I left the PO, I got several commendations from postal mgt.

BTW: You had to go to a Doctor on your 3d day of sick leave.

We had a manager come in one day and told the work force to stay home if they got the flu. He came back too early & almost died.

That is why I am still a union member. Retiree benefits are great. I went to meetings for about 1 year & could not stand them 40 years ago.

I still get their monthly pub so I know what is happening. The USPS is only organization that is prepaid 5 yrs in advance for retirees

benefits.

When I joined the USPS 49 years ago, you got benefits when you were full time regular. I made it in 54 weeks.
I had 4yrs in Navy. So I started with 4 yrs prior gov't service. You did not have to join the union as a carrier
unless you wanted union health care program. I did not join.

You were given a menu of health plans to choose from. Open Season was in the fall & winter months of that year.
We choose a plan and had it for few years. We had two healthy young boys, 5 & 2
We had a girl born with several rare medical conditions that kept her in the hospital for 62 days from birth.
We had 3 administrators from USC visit us and they declared we had done no thing wrong. Health-Financially-Legally.

She came home for 7 months and we visited the specialist medical people every 2 weeks, and returned to hospital
for another month to the neo-natel intensive care unit again. The girl never got out of the crib by herself. Never walked.
My wife had to give her meds every 4 hrs and my mother was only one with the baby for 3 hrs or less.

The baby died 3 days shy of 11 months. In 1973 I called the carrier union health plan and learned I could not change
health plan or would lose all coverage of the baby. The lady was honest with me. In 1974 I joined the union and got their
health plan. I did not like the union as a group, but stayed there till this day. If the the union lady had lied to me I was
financially ruined due no coverage of the extremely sick daughter. We were told not to have any more children.

To get USPS carrier health plan in 2017: US Gov pays $1091 per month, I pay $367 per month. As a retiree and on medicare.

I have been retired for 24 & 1/2 years. I worked other jobs after USPS until Dec 2006.

I remember a story about Buffalo, NY.

Snowed for storms or flurries for 60 days. Mail was being delivered to the 2nd story windows!

May 18th will be the 49th year of my silence!

When I started with the USPS, we were told there was no speaking of "race - religion or politics"!

Supposedly that goes for all departments.

Maybe that's why there is so much silence.

Just a guess on my part.

Did any of you ever work in 100 degree weather? Once we had 4 days in April, in the mid 1980's. Al the leaves on trees were drying up.

I learned from getting dehydrated at work. We had earthquake & heat 1 week. SHAKE & BAKE!

This is true, not baloney. But I chewed the sugarless gum and had no problems, with water & gatoraide.

Our mail truck did not have air conditioning & just fans. We tried to park in shade when possible.

When I carried mail, a doctor on my route told me to chew only sugarless gum.
He stated that would be the only time. Don't wear out the jaw. Only drink water & Gator Aide.
That soda was not to be used when working 5-hrs outside. Gum kept your mouth moist.

Hope that helps someone out there.

Take care.