USPS Employment Levels Have Stabilized

After years of massive downsizing, the U.S. Postal Service’s workforce has stopped shrinking, at least temporarily. USPS recently reported having 616,025 active employees, just 362 fewer than a year ago. The number of full-timers actually inched up by 1,464, to 467,844. That’s a far cry from the previous six years, when the annual workforce reductions…

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Canada Post can ‘reinvent itself,’ says its CEO

Despite the increased costs of postage, a steady decline in the use of letter mail and continuing cuts to its workforce, Canada Post has a future, says the man who heads the Crown corporation. “This institution has incredible capacity to reinvent itself,” said Canada Post president and CEO Deepak Chopra in a feature interview on…

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