USPS draft five-day delivery plan

USPS is drafting a plan for switching to five-day mail delivery — and for overcoming strong opposition to the idea from labour unions and Congress, reports the Federal Times.

USPS is drafting a plan for switching to five-day mail delivery — and for overcoming strong opposition to the idea from labour unions and Congress, reports the Federal Times.

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An internal study group, composed of managers from across the Postal Service, has been working privately for three months to figure out the complicated logistical changes involved in switching to five-day mail delivery. Those include creating new schedules for the transportation network that moves mail across the country, for example, and major reductions in work hours for carriers and other employees.

The Postal Service says it wants a detailed plan ready in case Congress starts seriously discussing the switch to five-day delivery.

The study group has already developed a rough framework for how it might work, said Gerry McKiernan, a spokesman for the Postal Service. “Now they’re going to have a series of meeting with unions, management, customer groups,” he said. “[The group] wants input from them … a sense of where they are on this matter. It’s a cooperative process, we hope.”