Nine months ago, as the five-year negotiations for mailmen’s employment framework began, the United States Postal Service (USPS) asked the US Congress for the possibility to “adjust the size of its workforce to match operational needs and the changing marketplace.” Indeed, “facing a projected loss of more than $8 billion for this fiscal year and a projected need to reduce its workforce by 220,000 employees by 2015.” This announcement came a few weeks after the start of a study of approximately 3,700 post offices (out of 32,000) and aiming to take “the next step in right-sizing [the company’s] expansive retail network.”
marketplace.” Indeed, “facing a projected loss of more than $8 billion for this fiscal year and a projected need to reduce its workforce by 220,000 employees by 2015.” This announcement came a few weeks after the start of a study of approximately 3,700 post offices (out of 32,000) and aiming to take “the next step in right-sizing [the company’s] expansive retail network.”
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