Unions Making Postal Service Unsustainable, GAO Says

[Revmitchell]

The U.S. Postal Service’s business model is not sustainable, and union-backed generous employee benefits along with collective bargaining contracts are a big part of the problem, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.

As mail volume has plummeted by 17 percent – or by 36 billion pieces – in the past three years, collective bargaining contracts have forced the Postal Service to keep full-time employees with full health and retirement benefits and preclude outsourcing of services.


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[Robert Snow]

Although I am a union supporter, this is one area that concerns me. A union needs to work with the employer and get fair wages and benefits for their employees, but to demand more than a company, or in this case the government, can give is suicide, both for the company and its employees.

 

[Revmitchell]

Although I am a union supporter, this is one area that concerns me. A union needs to work with the employer and get fair wages and benefits for their employees, but to demand more than a company, or in this case the government, can give is suicide, both for the company and its employees.

And in the case of GM when the union does this the President bails them (the union) out.