Speak Out: Saturday Mail Delivery to End, Postal Service Says
The U.S. Postal Service announced this morning it will end Saturday mail delivery by Aug. 1. Will the change affect you? How?
Calling the six-days-per-week mail delivery business model "no longer sustainable," the U.S. Postal Service announced this morning it will eliminate Saturday delivery of mail by Aug. 1. The plan to change delivery from six days a week to five would only affect first-class mail. Packages, mail-order medicines, priority and express mail would still be delivered on Saturdays, and local post offices will remain open for business on Saturdays. The reasons are continued economic struggles and the increasing use of the Internet for communications and bill paying by consumers, according to the USPS. The U.S. Postal Service also is the only federal agency required to pre-fund health benefits for retirees, and those costs are escalating quickly. "…
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Kimberly
7:30 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Why not cut Monday service instead? Most holidays fall on Mondays and then all government and banking institutions are closed anyway. Saturday service is a necessity for those who work M-F and have something that must be signed for at the post office. more ›