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2008 November : Postal News, Vision, Information & Commentary

Archive for November, 2008

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Would 40,000 Fewer Postal Jobs Be A Good Thing?

In Shreveport, LA, television station KSLA is reporting that as many as 40,000 postal employees could lose their jobs.
“Lavelle Pepper with the post office in Shreveport says they too are feeling the affects of the same disease hitting the country… a struggling economy. ‘We employ about 685,000 people. If we do layoffs it would include [...]

12Nov2008 | PGM | 2 comments | Continued
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The Check Is Less Often In The Mail

The check is not in the mail — at least as not as often as it used to be.
Figures from the Federal Reserve show that “the number of checks paid in the United States has fallen from 42 billion in 2001, to 37 billion in 2003, and to 30 billion in 2006.”
Whoops. That’s 12 billion [...]

10Nov2008 | PGM | 2 comments | Continued
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One Daily Newspaper Goes Electronic — What About The Rest?

If you’re a Postal Service executive, union leader or letter carrier you might want to look closely at the latest announcement from the Christian Science Monitor:
“The Christian Science Monitor,” says the paper, “plans major changes in April 2009 that are expected to make it the first newspaper with a national audience to shift from a [...]

3Nov2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued