So stable are postal service jobs that it’s apparently the first mass lay-off in history. The first to go will be those not part of a union and with fewer than six years on the job.
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – “We lost 2 billion dollars and like any other business we have to stay afloat.” And to keep from sinking, the United States Postal Service is considering cutting thousands of jobs nationwide. 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 clerks, carriers, mail handlers across all crafts.”
Pepper says the postal service is looking to eliminate 40,000 jobs nationwide. There’s not an exact number on how many of those could be from the Ark-La-Tex. Pepper says workers who are not part of union with six or less years of service would likely be the first on the chopping block. “We’ve identified 16 thousand people that are not covered under contract. We’ll see what those numbers add up to.”
Workers 50 years of age and older, with at least 20 years on the job, will apparently be offered a retirement package.
7. August 2009 at 12:02 pm
ya. postal jobs or a joke,my little brother could do those jobs.cutt the auto company’s and let these people take us down,somebody wake up please.OH don’t go postal now..