The U.S. Postal Service is
preparing to square off with the two biggest postal unions as they begin contract negotiations today. The agency is considering laying off 120,000 workers over the next three years and taking control of its health care and retirement plans as it struggles to remain solvent. Both would require Congress to change the law and overstep current collective bargaining agreements. The National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union together represent nearly half of the Postal Service's 560,000 career employees. They have said that they are open to negotiations on all issues. Meanwhile, USPS is looking to negotiate a contract that allows for rapid downsizing and may include wage freezes similar to a deal struck with the American Postal Workers Union in May. The union's current contract expires on Nov. 20.
560,000 employees!!
ReplyDeleteShut down USPS and outsource mail delivery. The Postal workers won't show up on the unemployment rolls and the outsourcing is more than enough to take care of the 400,000 currently on unemployment.
Joblessness solved!
Al , you are the man. We do not need the postal service.
ReplyDeleteWe have sucessful competitive mail
companies , ups , fed ex and others. They make a profit because they work.
Anything the government has it's hand in , will fail.
Nanticoke P.O. needs to go!!!
Dorchester County has 8 post offices!! We could close most of those and never miss them.
ReplyDeleteShut them down and shut down the public school system as well I would rather send my kid to the school of my choosing instead of the liberal indoctrination centers they have now.
ReplyDeleteShut them down and shut down the public school system as well I would rather send my kid to the school of my choosing instead of the liberal indoctrination centers they have now.
ReplyDeleteAugust 19, 2011 5:28 PM
You can do that now without shutting down any schools. Put your money where your mouth is.
just get rid of snail mail
ReplyDeleteit is mostly trash
who depends on the mail for anything
it is out dated and a huge waste of man power and resources
maybe when the WW2 Generation dies off we can be done with it
it is a terrible nostalgic waste
8:44 I'm paying for the crappy school system if we had a voucher program I would idiot.
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