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Totally Tunsie

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2. "...the agency "has already added 37,000 non-career employees since 2007,

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sat Jun 22, 2019, 10:40 PM

Jun 2019

while shedding nearly 200,000 career employees through attrition"

So, Congress is going to allow the USPS to operate in the same manner as dumpie's cabinet...all temps for easier expendability and lower cost of benefits. Follows in the pattern of dumpie's "Acting {this}" and "Acting {that}". that don't require Senate confirmation.

The fish rots from the head.

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US POSTAL SERVICE: Plans To Slash Worker Benefits, This Week in 'The War On Workers' [View all] appalachiablue Jun 2019 OP

Well this freaking SUCKS ... mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #1

it does Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #6

"...the agency "has already added 37,000 non-career employees since 2007, Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #2

Privatization only helps those in top. Tech Jun 2019 #3

This will affect people like me who ship with the USPS.... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #4

And what makes this even more pathetic is that PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #5

'reported this week on internal documents proposing that Congress allow elleng Jun 2019 #7

let's cut Congress' benefits to match benefits cuts in any federal operations Captain Zero Jun 2019 #9

Write your congresscritter to support HB 2478 UpInArms Jun 2019 #8

What really pisses me off... jmowreader Jun 2019 #10

I really doubt videohead5 Jun 2019 #11

Join A Grand Alliance to save the postal service mahina Jun 2019 #12

Please, EVERYONE notice CDerekGo Jun 2019 #13

oh brother obamanut2012 Jun 2019 #18

Why cut or eliminate pensions? Congress during the * years mandated that no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #14

The real stupidity marlakay Jun 2019 #15

because UPS and Fed-Ex CDerekGo Jun 2019 #20

"Let's Ayn-Rand the f*** outta USPS until it dies; then we'll privatize like a MFer." VOX Jun 2019 #16

republicans pissing on people, as usual Achilleaze Jun 2019 #17

Grrrr! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #19