Posted on 08/12/2011 6:41:40 AM PDT by Lazamataz
SEATTLE — The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is proposing to cut its workforce by 20 percent and to withdraw from the federal health and retirement plans because it believes it could provide benefits at a lower cost.
The layoffs would be achieved in part by breaking labor agreements, a proposal that drew swift fire from postal unions. The plan would require congressional approval but, if successful, could be precedent-setting, with possible ripple effects throughout government. It would also deliver a major blow to the nation’s labor movement.
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Business point taken. I’m talking about residential delivery.
....cutting 120,000 postal jobs a good start...
The Wall Street Journal’s story puts it at 220,000 (as of 8:28PM Friday)
At least this story seems to be moving in the right direction.
Baroom!!!
A shot across the bow.
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