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SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - "We lost 2 billion dollars and like any other business we have to stay afloat." And to keep from sinking, the United States Postal Service is considering cutting thousands of jobs nationwide.  Lavelle Pepper with the post office in Shreveport says they too are feeling the affects of the same disease hitting the country... a struggling economy. "We employ about 685,000 people. If we do layoffs it would include clerks, carriers, mail handlers across all crafts."

Pepper says the postal service is looking to eliminate 40,000 jobs nationwide. There's not an exact number on how many of those could be from the Ark-La-Tex. Pepper says workers who are not part of union with six or less years of service would likely be the first on the chopping block. "We've identified 16 thousand people that are not covered under contract. We'll see what those numbers add up to."

The postal service is also offering early retirement packages to workers over the age of 50 who have more than 20 years on the job. But according to pepper it may not be enough. "The preliminary numbers look like it's not going to be enough and we may have to do something else." But despite what may happen, Pepper says customers will not feel the pain they're going through.  "The general public when it takes place won't se any decrease in service.. They largely won't know about it."


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Re: Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2008, 06:12:59 PM »
Look for mass killings when they start to lay off those crazy fuckers.
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Re: Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2008, 07:08:35 PM »
ya my dad works for the post office and they are already stretched to the limits on hours they make ppl come in on their off days and work overtime and cant hire new ppl b/c they are over budget and now they want to lay ppl off.

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Re: Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2008, 07:11:20 PM »
ya my dad works for the post office and they are already stretched to the limits on hours they make ppl come in on their off days and work overtime and cant hire new ppl b/c they are over budget and now they want to lay ppl off.

I have a friend that works for the Post Office too. Lots of overtime and canceled vacations.

The first ones that should be fired are those at the top that mismanaged the business of the U.S. Postal Service and have now put their employees over the barrel.

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Re: Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2008, 07:13:43 PM »
I have a friend that works for the Post Office too. Lots of overtime and canceled vacations.

The first ones that should be fired are those at the top that mismanaged the business of the U.S. Postal Service and have now put their employees over the barrel.

for sho from what i understand though their union fucks them pretty good most of the time.

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Re: Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2008, 07:15:21 PM »
for sho from what i understand though their union fucks them pretty good most of the time.

I don't know the details on that. What has the union done in this case?


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Re: Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2008, 07:28:21 PM »
I don't know the details on that. What has the union done in this case?


not in this case just in general they dont always act in ways that are beneficial for the carriers...overtime, off days, pay stuff like that.

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Re: Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2008, 07:50:53 PM »
No offence, but if the postal service never had any lay offs - it probably needs quite some rationalisation.

slimming the organisation is vital.

Big old gigantic mega corporations needs to be slimmed down. You can't have 100 guys sorting mail if in other countries the mail is sorted by a machine.
   
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