Mail Carriers Try Own Rescue: Raising Stamp Prices Is Central to Postal Union's Plan

April 18, 2012

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The nation's largest mail-carriers union wants the U.S. Postal Service to raise stamp prices and expand mail delivery. In a report to be released Tuesday, it sharply criticizes the agency's own rescue plan and argues the Postal Service will become profitable only if it restructures itself like a business. ... The National Association of Letter Carriers also indicated it would be willing to ask its nearly 300,000 members for more "tough sacrifices" to get the Postal Service out of the red. It didn't specify what concessions it would seek from members.
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Source: The Wall Street Journal

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	Federal Express		The Wall Street Journal		U.S. Postal Service
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