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In reply to the discussion: USPS Board of Governors Appointed Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe(MORE)UPDATE [View all]SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)8. How the Right Wing Destroyed the U.S. Postal Service
Postal Workers: The Last Union
The recent attacks against the United States Postal Service (USPS) are more than signs of desperate times - a natural sunset moment for a service rendered archaic by FedEx and UPS. Rather, the Postal Service has been under constant, vicious assault for years from the right, who views this as an epic battle with the goal of finally taking down the strongest union in the country, the second largest employer in the United States (second only to Wal-Mart,) and a means to roll the country ever closer toward the abyss of privatization.
The Postal Service, which is older than the Constitution itself, stands at a precipice. If this great institution, which provides one of the oldest, most reliable services in the country, is permitted to fall and Congress kills its great union, then truly no collective bargaining rights, no worker contract, no union will be safe within the United States.
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Perhaps it was its booming history that first drew Congress' attention to the Postal Service in 2006 when it passed the Postal Accountability Enhancement Act (PAEA), which mandated that the Postal Service would have to fully fund retiree health benefits for future retirees. That's right. Congress was demanding universal health care coverage.
But it even went beyond that. Congress was mandating coverage for future human beings.
The Postal Service, which is older than the Constitution itself, stands at a precipice. If this great institution, which provides one of the oldest, most reliable services in the country, is permitted to fall and Congress kills its great union, then truly no collective bargaining rights, no worker contract, no union will be safe within the United States.
...
Perhaps it was its booming history that first drew Congress' attention to the Postal Service in 2006 when it passed the Postal Accountability Enhancement Act (PAEA), which mandated that the Postal Service would have to fully fund retiree health benefits for future retirees. That's right. Congress was demanding universal health care coverage.
But it even went beyond that. Congress was mandating coverage for future human beings.
http://www.truth-out.org/last-union/1315492298
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USPS Board of Governors Appointed Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe(MORE)UPDATE [View all]
SunsetDreams
Feb 2012
OP
It's all about killing the union and the idea of secure retirement/pensions for working people and
suffragette
Feb 2012
#10
You mean to tell me Obama can't fire the guy according to law? Thank you for facts!
SunsetDreams
Feb 2012
#12
But the President can ignore all of this and order the PO to deliver mail twice a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
grantcart
Feb 2012
#24
Executive Order 13527 of December 30, 2009 related to a Biological Attack?
SunsetDreams
Feb 2012
#39