World's postal services struggle with lower demand

By NICK PERRY

Lifestyle Mar. 02, 2013 - 06:16AM JST ( 7 )

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walkingspirit33Mar. 03, 2013 - 01:46AM JST

I have worked for the USPS.Unfortunatly their decline is due in a very large support to the Postal Workers union.Salaries are way out of line for work done.Even in the 1960's peopke were getting paid near 12 to 14 dollars to sit at a sorting machine...not sorting but watching a machine do the sorting.....As with so many other failing companies,unions and their totalitarian demands have driven companies out of business.Look at the recent demise of hostess,where the vast majority of workers were willing to settle with Hostess,the union representing themselves drove the company into bankruptesy.
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badsey3Mar. 03, 2013 - 07:19AM JST

The PAEA of 2006 mandated that the USPS prefund its retirement health care obligation for current employees. No public or private employer is mandated to do this prefunding, only the USPS. The scant few companies that do prefund retirement healthcare fund at 30% of the forecasted obligation. The USPS was mandated to prefund a 100% of the obligation.

< http://www.mpwu.com/postofficein_crisis.htm>

For the USPS it is basically a self-inflicted wound.
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badsey3Mar. 03, 2013 - 07:20AM JST

http://www.mpwu.com/pocrisis.pdf
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serendipitousMar. 04, 2013 - 12:04AM JST

Love the postal service in Japan. Can pick up or post things 24/7 at the larger post offices (and convenience stores). Easy to have things redelivered the same day (if I was out when they first tried to deliver the item/s). Where else in the world can you send cash in a special envelope with the amount written on the outside (!) and expect it to arrive safely and complete?
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lostrune2Mar. 04, 2013 - 07:50AM JST

We try to help out the postal service a bit by sending back all our spam mail with the "Postage Will Be Paid by Addressee" envelope but without our return address or any identifiers. The postal service gets paid for it regardless, courtesy of the spammer, hahaha.
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BurakuminDesMar. 04, 2013 - 11:06PM JST

They have mail delivery in NZ? When did this happen? Soon someone will claim they have electricity too!
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crampMar. 06, 2013 - 06:53PM JST

internet and email is killing the po