Directive comes after Minn. postal workers protested the heavy workloads caused by the sudden arrival of thousands of Amazon packages
Mail carriers in a rural Minnesota post office overwhelmed by Amazon packages say they’ve been warned not to use the word “Amazon,” including when customers ask why the mail is delayed.
“We are not to mention the word ‘Amazon’ to anyone,” said a mail carrier who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their job.
“If asked, they’re to be referred to as ‘Delivery Partners’ or ‘Distributors,’” said a second carrier. “It’s ridiculous.”
The directive, passed down Monday morning from U.S. Postal Service management, comes three weeks after mail carriers in the northern Minnesota town staged a symbolic strike outside the post office, protesting the heavy workloads and long hours caused by the sudden arrival of thousands of Amazon packages.
I can’t believe not a single carrier commented. I am a rural carrier who delivers Amazon packages. If it wasn’t for the acceleration of package delivery, most carriers would not be needed. Mail volume has increased due to the virtual/cyber world. No one feels safe or comfortable shopping in public anymore. No one to blame, in my opinion, just the truth.
You do have a point, but honestly, if I wanted to deliver hundreds of Amazon packages on weekly basis, I’d just go work for them! I signed up to be a MAIL carrier, not Amazon delivery. Although…they do keep reaching out to me about working there lol
I’d feel better about delivering a million packages if I was properly compensated for it. This kind of job should be paid hourly, period. They can absolutely pay hourly and not worry about people who lolligag around. They are, after all, tracking our every move. They know exactly when, where, and how we are delivering at all times with the scanners. They just want to give us a ton of work and pay us less and less.
Post office management can’t interfere with employees section 7 rights under the NLRA. Talking about working conditions terms and conditions of employment is a protected activity . Amazon’s parcels affecting employees working conditions management can’t tell employees to not talk about this off the clock.
I believe it was referring to discussing this with our mail customers, which believes ME to ‘assume’ they are talking about ‘on the clock’
Otherwise, I agree 100%.
If we can’t talk about that how about how management is doing everything in their power to have us work later in the night. That they aren’t bringing anyone in this year to help or let us do runs to ease the burden of the season. How they want us to work over 12 hours I’m unsafe conditions. Can I put them on blast for that?
Most of our routes in Seymour TN are over burdened long before Christmas even got here, averaging 65 hours a week on latest evaluations. We’ve been asked to be cut for 3 years and no end in sight. We had a couple of subs quit last week cause it’s a disaster. Cheap a** management won’t even buy us a D*** biscuit for all the free s*** we do! If they get a bonus I sincerely hope they choke on it! Meanwhile the postal service just lost a billion dollars while I typed this.
I used to be a CCA. Now I work at the plant. I have a high level of respect for you folks out there busting your butts delivering mail, flats, and packages. That job is not easy. The weather, the workload, the stress… I don’t miss any of it. Thank you for your service!!
I recently retired after being a rural carrier for forty years. Two reasons I retired was Amazon and Rrecs. I absolutely hate Amazon and Rrecs is a joke. I was hired to deliver mail, not to be Amazons bitch.
I blame everything on my Post Master and supervisors. I tell every customer Im comfortable with that the Postmaster is a crook and can’t be trusted and that the supervisors smoke weed in the freezer. Naturally we don’t have a freezer but customers don’t know that and details sell a lie lol.