Mailman and Holiday tipping

[2Princes2Princesses]

As the wife of a letter carrier I need to add a few things. oops finger slipped. The new contract for the carriers (worked a year without one) includes a raise of 1.4 %, not a heck of a lot. At most they get 1.9%. We also get social security when he retires, from about 1986 or so on they no longer received a gov't pension.

Judi,

My DH said your DH should look into this further. They dropped the automatic 75 or 80% pension after 30 years, but they do still get a pension. At retirement, they get 1% of their base pay at retirement for every year of service with the PO. He said that was not a union specific negotiable thing, where he would get it at the sorting facility and the carriers don't get it, it is nationwide. Just wanted to let you know.

Also, I personally never said being a carrier was easy. My DH is a clerk at the sorting facility here and he works his behind off too, sometimes 12 hours a night on his feet, slinging 50, 70, 100 pound trays of mail. Postal workers make good money and benefits, but I will be the first to say that they definitely work for it!!!

 

[jemiaule]

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