Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service will end Saturday mail delivery by Aug. 1.
The U.S. Postal Service Wednesday morning announced it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. The current six-days-per-week mail delivery business model is “no longer sustainable,” according to the U.S. Postal Service. Continued economic struggles and the increasing use of the Internet for communications and bill paying by consumers are among the key factors that lead to the decision. Saturday is also the lightest mail day of the week. “We must change in order to remain an integral part of the American community for decades to come,” reads a message on the U.S. Postal Service website. The good news is, the majority American’s don’t seem to mind whether they get Saturday mail delivered or not. A Rasmussen poll on mail delivery …
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Thanks to a very special U.S. Postal Service program, "Santa" will reply to children who mail him their Christmas wish lists this holiday season.
Every year, millions of children sit down to make a wish list for Santa, hoping he will make all of their Christmas dreams come true. But what if Santa actually wrote back? The United States Postal Service is now accepting "Letters From Santa," a program that allows parents and caregivers to play Santa by sending a letter signed by Saint Nick to a child. According to a postal service news release, "The 'Letters From Santa' program helps parents fulfill the dreams of their own children." Instructions to send a letter from Santa: In the Lincoln-Way area, letters to Santa can be dropped off at any of the post office locations listed below: Frankfort: 21201 S. Elsner Rd. Mokena: 19934 Wolf Rd. New Lenox: 300 Vine St. TELL US: Do your children …
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Would you pay $22 to $60 just to mail a letter downtown? The problems at the postal service may not be what you think.
As the second-largest employer in the United States (after Walmart) and the largest employer of union employees, the United States Postal Service is, to put it lightly, important. As an affordable means for Americans to send and receive correspondence and packages, often next-day, the USPS is important. As one of few government agencies deemed important enough by our founding fathers to spell out in the Constitution our Congress's "power to lay and collect taxes" for our postal infrastructure, the USPS is important. As the only delivery service required to provide coverage to all corners of the United States, regardless of how remote or sparsely populated, the USPS is important. The USPS has been picked on lately. Some politicians suggest…
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12:51 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
the USPS is the largest employer in America, Wal mart is the largest in Bainland who pay their slaves ALMOST 9 Yuan a hr.The USPS employ former WARRIORS with decent wages and benefits which is not a word in the Bain-Mandarin dialect. The pre retirement schemes include they must break even while no other agency of government such a s DOD has to. The TPARTY forced the USPS to remove any and all … more ›