Postal Service buyout has 23,600 employees leaving

23,600 postal employees take buyout

From the article: "...Postmaster General Pat Donahoe wants to cut that workforce to 402,000 by 2016. This year alone, about 4,200 postmasters left with the encouragement of a $20,000 incentive, while almost 3,000 mail handlers accepted $15,000 buyouts to retire or quit...."

Article Reference: www.federaltimes.com