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US Postal Service Poised to Make Devastating Cuts in Service – Postal Workers to Deliver Message – ‘Stop Delaying America’s Mail’ – At 150 Protests in 50 States

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APWU Press Release:

Stop Delaying America's Mail!11/13/2014 Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors, the board that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, are poised to make devastating cuts in service to the American people – cuts so severe that they would forever damage the U.S. Postal Service.

  • On Jan. 5, the USPS is slated to lower “service standards” to virtually eliminate overnight delivery – including first-class mail from one address to another within the same city or town.
  • All mail (medicine, online purchases, local newspapers, newsletters of religious organizations, bill payments, letters and invitations) throughout the country would be delayed.
  • Beginning Jan. 5, 82 Mail Processing & Distribution Centers are scheduled to close.

On Nov. 14 postal workers will protest at 150 locations as part of a National Day of Action to send a message to Postmaster General and the USPS Board of Governors: Stop Delaying America’s Mail! 

The cuts would cause hardships for the public and small businesses, eliminate jobs, and destroy the world’s most efficient and affordable delivery network by driving away mail and revenue. They are part of the same flawed strategy that’s behind efforts to end Saturday and door-to-door deliveries, cut back post office hours, and make other reductions in mail service.

The travesty is that the cuts are absolutely unnecessary – because postal operations are profitable. The Postal Service, which isn’t funded by taxpayers, has earned an operating profit so far this year of more than $1 billion. And, while revenue from First Class Mail has been declining, package delivery, largely due to the growth of e-commerce, has been rapidly expanding.

There is red ink, but it stems from political interference, not from the mail. In 2006, a lame-duck Congress mandated that the Postal Service pre-fund future retiree health benefits 75 years in advance – something no other public agency or private firm is required to do. That costs the Postal Service $5.6 billion a year – and that’s the red ink.

Fifty-one senators and 160 House members have called for a one-year moratorium on the reduction in service and the closure of the mail processing centers to allow Congress time to enact postal legislation that would improve, not degrade, postal service. The Postmaster General and USPS Board of Governors should honor their request.

For more information, visit www.StopMailDelays.org or https://www.facebook.com/stopdelayingamericasmail.

– See more at: http://www.apwu.org/news/press-release/us-postal-service-poised-make-devastating-cuts-service-postal-workers-delive

5 thoughts on “US Postal Service Poised to Make Devastating Cuts in Service – Postal Workers to Deliver Message – ‘Stop Delaying America’s Mail’ – At 150 Protests in 50 States”

  1. uhhh they told us this past monday it only happened 2 weeks ago????? so whats the truth behind the hacking, only the hackers know

  2. who cares……since 1995 I have been accumulating UPS & FDX stock. last month my apple stock split 7 for 1( after 3 other splits since 2000)……do not rely on the govt to take care of you from the cradle to the grave……..get the book by dave ramsey, total money makeover and stop being slave to the lender. like jonathan gruber said….”90% of americans are stupid”. who cares who runs this dump, the damage has already been done.

  3. American people really dont care about the junk mail anymore…..its all about the Packages. If we dont listen to the American people what they want …. we’ll destroy ourselves

  4. The protests will have to get customers riled up, and maybe attract politicians looking for support especially in the rural states where the shutdowns will really hurt. Donahoe leaves in February, not a second too soon, and maybe the new PMG will honor the requested moratorium. I would because Congress is pissed off at the USPS management now for allowing the hacking incident to continue 11 months and not making the release of the knowledge public until November. That’s probably enough for criminal indictments, or at least a grand jury investigation, and probably the catalyst to force Donahoe out to preserve his retirement theft.
    Now would not be a good time to lie to Congress again and go against their recommendations, because asshole Issa leaves his committee seat at years’ end. The next few months will be very interesting, to say the least.

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