New union leadership vows to defend a public postal service, fight privatization

New postal union leader promises more aggressive defense of ‘public postal service’

From the article: "...Management hasn’t proposed it directly to Congress, but everything they are doing is lining the Postal Service up for privatization. ..."

Article Reference: www.washingtonpost.com
APWU, Postal Privatization, privatization of the postal service,

Privatizing the Postal Service: Taxpayer assets of prime postal real estate sold on the cheap

US Postal Service Privatization: The Dark Side

From the article: "...According to the article, the AEI plan is to make USPS look worse than it is. It should appear like “the USPS is obsolete and doomed, and [that] taxpayers’ interests have to be protected by getting it off the government’s books as soon as possible.” Real Estate the Real Reason..."

Article Reference: www.theepochtimes.com
Postal Privatization, privatization of the postal service, Real Estate (postal property for sale),

Elimination of postal overnight delivery?

APWU Denounces USPS Plans To Accelerate Closure of Mail Processing Plants

From the article: "...“These closures will eliminate jobs, harm communities, and delay mail delivery every day — Monday, through Saturday,” he said. The consolidations will drastically curtail local mail sortation and will virtually eliminate overnight delivery...."

Article Reference: www.apwu.org
Postal Privatization

Another diatribe on postal privatization

Confronting Extinction: Lessons From the U.S. Mail

From the article: "...What then, does the USPS do that is essential to the functioning of modern society? While it certainly employs a lot of people who need jobs in post offices and on the street, the basic answer is "nothing." Instead, the U.S. mail provides a diminishing service to an ever-declining number of people who have not yet fully joined the modern world...."

Article Reference: www.huffingtonpost.co

The ultimate privatization of the Postal Service

How the Postal Service foundered: Parceling out the responsibility

From the article: "...The PMG and the BOG have displayed outright disregard for the advice of their regulator and total contempt for providing service to the American public. They have put the postal ship on a course that will inevitably result in fewer jobs, decreased service, and ultimately privatization. Ignoring the public interest..."

Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com