Five Day United States Mail Delivery: The Beginning of the End
The majority of people could care less about whether or not mail is delivered on Saturdays. There is no need for overtime even with the 5 day mail delivery week.
Scanners being used are 1980's technology 20 years behind the times, and not up to par with FEDEX and UPS.
The USPS has driven themselves out of the market by raising their postage rates, and businesses have found other means to advertise other than throw their money away on snail mail.
The USPS has not kept up with technology and that will be their signature on their gravestone. The commercial airwaves are now flooded in desperation with flat rate boxes. A little late, 10 years after they came out with flat rate boxes.
The USPS had given up on parcel post, another big mistake and most of their revenues have gone to UPS. Now they are trying to revive their parcel revenue with commercials about flat rate boxes? Any increase in volume will be carried on the backs of the letter carriers, since the Parcel Post delivery unit is and has been defunct for years.
The NALC and the APWU have outgrown themselves, and not a word from on decreasing their salaries or cost within their organization. Just ask the auto workers how they feel about their grand old unions. Where were they when the auto workers were laid off?
It is time for employees of the USPS to open their eyes and realize that they do not live in a bubble. The rest of the economy is suffering, and the answer is not to increase wages, benefits and bonuses. The USPS had a good ride, but the times they are a changing.
Good luck
Former USPS employee and letter carrier
Daniel Shalik
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