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发帖数: 901 | 1 WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- The chief of the struggling U.S. Postal Service
received $384,229 in compensation last year -- and at least one lawmaker
thinks he should take a paycut.
Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat, decried top U.S. Postal Service
salaries in a letter this week to the board governing the service. Tester
wants top postal executives to cut their own salaries and bonuses as they
move to cut mail delivery services and close postal plants and offices,
laying off tens of thousands of workers..
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Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe received a base salary of $271,871 in
2011, according to a November filing by the service with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. But he also made another $81,954 in pension and
deferred compensation. And he benefited from $30,404 in "other" compensation
, including security costs, life insurance premiums, parking and financial
planning services.
Donahoe, 56, is a career postal employee who most recently served as the
deputy postmaster general.
All of the top officers at the U.S. Postal Service had annual base salaries
topping $200,000, according to the filing.
The Postal Service said last week it was moving forward with a plan to close
more than 200 postal plants that may cost 32,000 jobs. The plan is aimed at
helping the service get out of major debt caused by declining first-class
mail volumes and a congressional mandate to prefund retirement health care
benefits. The service reported a $5.1 billon loss for the year ended Sept.
30.
Tester said Postal Service leaders should recognize sacrifices made
throughout the agency. He also said that, in the past, executives from other
private companies seeking "favorable treatment from Congress" have forgone
some compensation.
"To date, not a single executive has offered to forgo bonuses or reduce his
salary during this difficult time," Tester wrote.
A spokesman for U.S. Postal Service said he couldn't comment on Tester's
letter. But he said senior executives at the Postal Service are paid well
below the compensation of similarly sized private companies in the delivery
field.
"When you compare the size and scope of an organization that employs well
over half a million employees operating among 32,000 locations linked by
more than 210,000 vehicles, our officer compensation is well below that of
similar private-sector positions," said Mark Saunders, an agency spokesman |
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