Posted on 08/14/2014 3:12:27 PM PDT by QT3.14
The United States Postal Service (USPS) management just ran into a possible game-changing obstacle to its shameful pursuit of a fully privatized post office: labor solidarity.
Heres the background. For a decade the USPS has been aggressively shrinking, consolidating, and outsourcing the nations postal system. In July 2011 management upped the ante by announcing the rapid closure of 3600 local post offices, a step toward the eventual closing of as many as 15,000, half of all post offices in the nation.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationofchange.org ...
FedEx knows a chump when they see one. USPS probably loses money on the deal.
The taxpayers are always bailing out the post office
Defined benefit plans funded by a 3rd party not involved in the negotiation.... should be a crime
Par for the course.
Look how many leftist groups sue the government and the government lawyers lose on purpose and pay out big bucks of other peoples money to the leftist groups. Happens all the time... and see “Pigford”
Pensions and retiree healthcare are destroying the USPS.
I’d say that around 70% of my UPS deliveries are done through the USPS “last mile” system. UPS collects and transports the packages to the local USPS distribution center, and lets USPS deal with the hassle of mailbox/doorstep delivery.
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