The United States Postal Service first began moving the mail on July 26, 1775. The Service was created a year before the Thirteen Colonies proclaimed their independence in 1776 as the United States of America. The employees of the US Postal Service have been sorting and delivering the mail to the citizens of the United…
By Lisa Rein – February 12, 2015 The American Postal Workers Union will join other labor and advocacy groups Thursday to announce a new coalition designed to âsaveâ the U.S. Postal Service from service cuts and efforts to privatize the mail system. The coalition of 63 religious coalitions, retiree organizations, educational and postal unions, lawmakers…
We’re coming up on the time of year when smiling, festive, gift-mailing people go to the post office to get mad. I’ll bet you’ll get upset, too, standing a long time in long lines with hundreds of strangers who will spend their time telling you how inefficient government is and how lazy are its employees….
(August 26, 2014) Fox Newsâ Cashinâ In show used the U.S. Postal Serviceâs default on a $5.7 billion payment recently as little more than a pretext to bang the drum of privatization again. Jonathan Hoenig got the privatization ball rolling. âWe should follow Europe in this case and privatize it just like postal industries in…
(July 28, 2014) Congress is once again engaged in a fight over whether the U.S. Postal Service should deliver mail on Saturdays. But all the wrangling just goes to show that this should be a business decision, not a political decision. The Postal Service has been struggling for years with high labor costs and declining…
Privatization is an idea whose time has come, again Miracle of miracles. The U.S. Postal Service finally understands that the only possible route toward survival is to dramatically reform itself. Postal Regulatory Commissioner Robert G. Taub acknowledged this harsh reality. âIf a downturn in the economy or other circumstances further stress the Postal Serviceâs cash…
Amazon is expanding its effort to remake the U.S. Postal Service as its very own courier. On Thursday, the online retailer said it will now offer Sunday deliveries through the post office in more than a dozen new cities, up from just two when this unique partnership started last year. If youâre an Amazon customer,…
