{"id":1498,"date":"2010-10-05T16:29:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T21:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2010-10-05T16:29:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T21:29:53","slug":"pmg-message-to-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2010\/10\/05\/pmg-message-to-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"PMG Message to Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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September 04, 2010<\/p>\n

PMG Jack Potter today urged employees to start the new fiscal year by building on last year\u2019s record levels of delivery, productivity and customer service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough your hard work, the Postal Service reached new record levels in every service category that we measure,\u201d Potter said in a video to employees. \u201cYou delivered when it came to cost. And we\u2019ve reached record levels of productivity.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, Potter said employees must continue building momentum. \u201cWe can\u2019t ease up, even for a minute,\u201d said the PMG. \u201cWe have to do more than ever to meet the changing demands of our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Potter said fiscal year 2010 was \u201cthe most difficult year the Postal Service ever faced.\u201d He discussed last week\u2019s decision by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) denying a request for an exigent price increase and the continuing financial challenges USPS must address this fiscal year. He noted the proposed price increase was only one provision of an overall plan that USPS will continue to pursue in the coming months.<\/p>\n

The PMG promised the Postal Service will continue to work with Congress, the PRC and other stakeholders to change laws that hamper its ability to successfully deal with a changing business environment. He said USPS will continue to move toward a 5-day delivery schedule, seek approval to close non-performing retail outlets and push for relief on the $5.5 billion annual payment the Postal Service is required to pay to the Retiree Health Benefits Fund.<\/p>\n

Employees also will play a major role in helping USPS through another difficult year. Potter said every employee can help make sure the Postal Service earns the confidence, trust and \u2014 most important \u2014 the business of its customers. \u201cOur biggest challenge is revenue,\u201d he said. \u201cEach and every one of us has an obligation to make sure we\u2019re doing everything we can to grow the business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Potter warned employees not to reach any conclusions about recent reports recommending closures and layoffs. \u201cWe\u2019re going to meet payroll,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to live up to our contracts and pay our people.\u201d However, he added it will be important for the Postal Service to negotiate provisions in new labor contracts that \u201cprovide us the tools that we need to successfully manage the business.\u201d<\/p>\n

In thanking employees for maintaining consistent high levels of customer service and the confidence of the public, Potter urged every employee to do whatever it takes to grow revenue, cut costs and continue to offer good service to close the financial gap. \u201cI know if we work together as a team, we\u2019ll get it done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 04, 2010 PMG Jack Potter today urged employees to start the new fiscal year by building on last year\u2019s record levels of delivery, productivity and customer service. \u201cThrough your hard work, the Postal Service reached new record levels in every service category that we measure,\u201d Potter said in a video to employees. \u201cYou delivered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}