Postal Supervisors Prez Disappointed In Obama's Comments on USPS

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From National Association of Postal Supervisors:

On August 14, 2009, President Ted Keating sent the attached letter to President Barack Obama to voice the disappointment of all the members of NAPS with the negative comments that the president recently made about the United States Postal Service.

It was particularly disheartening to have to hear the president’s negative comments while NAPS members are all working so hard to assist the Postal Service in reducing costs and at the same time are being subjected to the loss of positions and are being uprooted from their jobs. NAPS could not let the president’s comments go unchallenged.

Excerpts of the NAPS President Keating Letter to President Obama:

First of all, the Postal Service, UPS and FedEx are all currently struggling with the effects of the economy, and your negative references to the Postal Service without knowledge of the facts was a disservice not only to the members of our organization, but to all postal employees.

The Postal Service has reacted swiftly to the problems of the current economy by the reduction of 29 million workhours over the same period last year. The Postal Service has also eliminated the use of eight million hours of overtime over the same periods last year. Postal Service revenues is down nearly 17% over last year and FedEx revenue is more then 20% lower than last year. We are all feeling the same effects.
These three delivery companies have experienced downturns in business through no fault of their own. In the Postal Service we are now completing the reductions of over 3,000 management positions. With all of these efforts underway within the Postal Service community, it was kick to the chest to have you take a shot at a group of federal employees who are working hard every day to support this country.

8 thoughts on “Postal Supervisors Prez Disappointed In Obama's Comments on USPS”

  1. would someone please check? It was my understanding that UPS and FedX don’t deliver to every neighborhood like the USPS. If this is true only the Post Office gives the same srevice to the rich and the poor!!!

  2. aldrin of hayward IM THINKING YOU MUST HAVE VOTED FOR GEORGE….President Obama may have mis spoke on this issue, but the former president F’d up the entire country for 8 yrs did you or do disagree with that? F’k N redneck

  6. I think the prez is a little far fetch in his commets about the USPS and i agree with the supervisors in there commit. some one should ask the prez. how he recives his mail everyday and may-be he should reconsider his commets and realize what the U.S.P.S. does for this country we move the mail 24hrs 7 days a week to every household in the USA for a fraction of the cost of ups and fedex. plus our unions supported him for his election/

  7. Mr. Keating, I am totally with you on this one. For our President to say something like he did is astonishing to say the least. Im curious to see how he backpeddles on this issue. Thanks for stepping up. M. Mendez NPMHU Local 307 Branch President Det. NDC.

  8. I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER.AND TO THINK THE UNION ENDORSE THIS MAN. I GUESS YOU WILL SAY ANYTHING WHEN YOU NEED THAT VOTE. THEN ONCE YOU ARE IN, THATS IT. I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE VOTE FOR HILLARY.

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