tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post496570592517958159..comments2023-07-04T04:04:29.158-07:00Comments on Your Postal Blog: Post Office Consolidation – 100 years agoBenjamin "Benny the Blogger" Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16836872570822325355noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-65937619138753259072011-09-30T09:24:15.219-07:002011-09-30T09:24:15.219-07:00I think we should have employee owned post offices...I think we should have employee owned post offices.....like McDonald franchizes. Let me (the PM) buy my office and contract the service as my salary. Take what they are spending now....I'll run this office for half that amount. But in full consideration...let me hire my own employees (carriers) locally (no unions), no postal inspectors or MPOO's watching my every minute used, and no daily reporting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-47565122211578227912011-09-28T10:14:26.875-07:002011-09-28T10:14:26.875-07:00With the PMG pushing for privatization as quickly ...With the PMG pushing for privatization as quickly as possible, the tidal wave of PO closings and the doomsday declarations from the media, I think the time for employee ownership is past. It might have worked a few years ago, though. I guarantee my customers aren't thrilled about their PO closing when they're facing a 60 mile, one-way trip to town to mail a package, buy a Money Order or send a Registered package. Any, no, they can't do it online as most of them don't even have computers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-61599790744082595082011-09-28T07:21:08.274-07:002011-09-28T07:21:08.274-07:00The ownership idea is interesting, but may be too ...The ownership idea is interesting, but may be too late. With all of the pblicity, there has been nothing positive. A few years ago, we were termed stakeholders, as if we had any control over the decision making. Suggestions are rarely welcomed in this organization anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-43493431191468321252011-09-28T07:13:26.294-07:002011-09-28T07:13:26.294-07:00I believe employee ownership of the Postal Service...I believe employee ownership of the Postal Service is the best, and quite possibly the only, solution. Any thoughts on this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-61591326993100581062011-09-28T06:49:33.062-07:002011-09-28T06:49:33.062-07:00Look at everyone around the post office. As it wa...Look at everyone around the post office. As it was back then...as it is now...a place for people to meet and bond as a community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-28213874688907448522011-09-28T06:48:19.739-07:002011-09-28T06:48:19.739-07:00It's great that the post office closings were ...It's great that the post office closings were a trade-off for an improvement in service. What's the trade-off now? A postal service that's being dismantled from within.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-23547334238945212022011-09-27T21:37:17.643-07:002011-09-27T21:37:17.643-07:00Now we're getting rid of offices AND going bac...Now we're getting rid of offices AND going back to irregular service - PMG wants fewer days, and longer service standards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com