U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They Were Ignored

Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by fasteddie31003 on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:01PM (#22859915)

Why don't they talk about raising their mailing rates? I would imagine their demand is pretty inelastic.

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by toomuchtodo on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:03PM (#22859931)

Congress controls USPS rate setting, as well as mandates the rate of healthcare and pension benefit contributions.

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by fasteddie31003 on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:09PM (#22860000)

I didn't know that. That seems to be the root of the issue then. Let the USPS set their own rates.

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by eranima on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:17PM (#22860098)

That's not the issue. The issue is the Postal Service was required to prefund its pension plan 75 years in the future, a requirement no other government corporation has: https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis...

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