Union Denounces USPS Plans to Dismantle Mail Processing Network

[nadinbrzezinski]

APWU President Cliff Guffey condemned USPS plans to study 252 mail processing facilities for possible closure, saying widespread closures would “dismantle the mail-processing network.” On Sept. 14, the USPS released a list of offices where studies will take place.

“The Postal Service should be urging Congress to address the cause of its problems – not slashing service and demolishing its network,” the union president said.

A 2006 law has pushed the USPS to brink of insolvency by imposing a burden on the Postal Service that no other government agency or company bears. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act requires the Postal Service to pre-fund the healthcare benefits of future retirees. The mandate, which forces the agency to pre-fund a 75-year liability in just 10 years, costs the USPS more than $5.5 billion annually.

“The mail processing network is a major asset,” Guffey noted. “Destroying it is misguided and counterproductive.

http://www.apwu.org/news/webart/2011/11-101-mailprocntwrk-110915.htm

[fascisthunter]

1. and like sheep, most Americans have no idea this is even happening

frustrating but very predictable.

"A Republic, If You Can Keep It" - B. Franklin

Sorry Benjamin, but americans have become soy mush heads ho would rather consume themselves with ways easy gratification and entertainment. And half those who do know what's going on are out to destroy it from within...

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Nooz coverage is fox like everywhere

[senseandsensibility]

3. K and R

I think this entire situation with the post office is very disturbing, and I wish I would see more coverage of it on Rachel, Ed, or Laurence's shows. It goes without saying that the corporate media won't touch it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Key word, corporate

they don't want to...

Now this hits close to home... and I will leave it at that.

[NOLALady]

7. It hits close to home for us also.

We are retired, thankfully. But, this mess sickens me.

[Abq_Sarah]

6. In order to report accurately

They'd have to actually investigate. Apparently, spending an hour on the internet to see how the congress has screwed the USPS over the last decade is just too much like work.

[senseandsensibility]

5. kick again

Please contact your reps.