The Oregonian cheers the Postal Service’s decision to reduce hours by 25 percent to 75 percent in half of our post offices, eliminating full-time postmaster positions in 13,000 mostly rural offices (more than 100 in Oregon), to “keep overhead in line with revenues.” But, according to Title 39 of the U.S.
The USPS’ own studies (revealed at the March 22, 2012, meeting of the Postal Regulatory Commission), showed that mailers leave the system as a result of such delays, costing more in lost revenue than is saved by lowering labor costs, not to mention the dramatic increase in trucking costs as mail is transported hundreds of extra miles to be sorted in the closest facilities that are still open. All mail north of Roseburg will be trucked to Portland for sorting. Salem closed in June 2013 Eugene/Springfield, Bend and Pendleton are due to close in 2015. In the past year, the postmaster general has closed 45 percent of our mail processing plants. While Congress is certainly key to a long-term solution to USPS woes, the current postal management is using a phony financial crisis to dismantle the largest, most efficient, reliable and affordable communications and delivery system in the world. Thanks to The Oregonian for again engaging the debate about the future of the U.S.
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