Responding to the government statement on funding for Post Office modernisation today (Wednesday) the Communication Workers Union explains that the reality behind the spin is that up to 4,000 postmasters will face compulsory redundancy as a result of being forced to take a cut in pay and conditions or lose their jobs. The Network Transformation … Continue reading
The U.S. Postal Service, which predicts an annual loss of $18.2 billion by 2015, plans to eliminate 5.4 percent of its workforce by closing almost half its mail-processing facilities to decrease costs. The service plans to shut 223 of its 461 mail-processing plants by February 2013, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said in a telephone interview … Continue reading