April 07, 2009

Postal Service looks to consolidate city carrier routes

Postal Service looks to consolidate city carrier routes - Federal news, government operations, agency management, pay & benefits - FederalTimes.com: "The U.S. Postal Service could reach an agreement with one of its largest unions as early as this week to consolidate letter carrier routes in the face of dropping mail volume, according to Postmaster General John Potter.

The Postal Service is negotiating with the National Association of Letter Carriers, which represents more than 214,000 city letter carriers. It would merge some of the routes in the city delivery networks, a move that will reduce the total number of routes but won’t impact universal service. Letter carriers are delivering 4.7 pieces of mail per address today, compared with 5.9 pieces in 2000."

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