tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post8058350965557636675..comments2024-03-28T00:16:36.326-05:00Comments on The Million Dollar Way (The Bakken Oil Blog): Wow! Could This Be? The US Postal Service Looking At ObamaCare's 29-Hour Work Week?Bruce Oksolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-23995107139238035682012-11-25T12:52:20.640-06:002012-11-25T12:52:20.640-06:00You are probably correct; I really don't know,...You are probably correct; I really don't know, but it certainly sounds "suspicious."<br /><br />Beyond all the issues regarding pay, retirement, money, yada, yada, I remain dumbfounded that the only thing under consideration is a 30-minute reduction in counter service on weekdays and that's the alternate to completely closing the post office. And the 30-minute reduction in counter service is going to be phased in over two years. Or maybe that was referring to other post offices. Regardless, it seems a bit beyond the pale. Bruce Oksolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-72641755864044834712012-11-25T12:47:37.943-06:002012-11-25T12:47:37.943-06:00Update on the 90-day hotel posted; thank you.Update on the 90-day hotel posted; thank you.Bruce Oksolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-27435844140588198692012-11-25T12:31:15.510-06:002012-11-25T12:31:15.510-06:00It would be a mess, wouldn't it?It would be a mess, wouldn't it? Bruce Oksolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-65519075939188707052012-11-25T12:01:35.996-06:002012-11-25T12:01:35.996-06:00Postal service employees would be covered under ci...Postal service employees would be covered under civil service union rules, not really sure the 29 hr. limit would change that. It would seem to me the union contract would superceed ZeroCare in this instance, but I am as always to stand corrected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-77409617164841745492012-11-25T10:42:06.079-06:002012-11-25T10:42:06.079-06:00The postal service is just the tip of the iceberg ...The postal service is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the public sector unions defined benefits, be it health or retirement that is eating the taxpayer alive. Time to reform it like the private sector with a contribution model. Get the beneficiary contributing to part of the cost. <br /><br />Meanwhile from the Williston Herald more on the Alexander Hotel.<br /><br />Hotel has 90-day construction cycle<br /><br />http://www.willistonherald.com/news/hotel-has--day-construction-cycle/article_03a37a1a-3687-11e2-838f-0019bb2963f4.html CRCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-41440008850508067312012-11-25T09:21:10.143-06:002012-11-25T09:21:10.143-06:00I bigger problem for the USPS is that congress is ...I bigger problem for the USPS is that congress is requiring them to make a profit. Essentially to pay their own way. Nothing wrong with that. However what is wrong is that Congress will not let the USPS make the decisions as to how best to run the USPS. Politics constantly comes into play. I wonder where UPS and Fed Ex would be if everything they wanted to do had to be run through congress first? Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139913646035150836noreply@blogger.com