{"id":379430,"date":"2010-03-02T07:50:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/postal-chief-seeking-5-day-delivery-week"},"modified":"2010-03-02T07:50:16","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T12:50:16","slug":"postal-chief-seeking-5-day-delivery-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/379430","title":{"rendered":"Postal chief seeking 5-day delivery week"},"content":{"rendered":"

(CBS) — <\/strong>U.S.\u00a0 Postmaster General John E. Potter is to herald his vision of a shorter post week – eliminating all Saturday deliveries – at a conference Tuesday addressing the future of the U.S. Postal Service, according to a report in USA Today.<\/p>\n

\nAccording to the article, Potter revealed his intention to seek a shorter delivery week on Monday, saying it was an absolutely unavoidable move if the debt-mired service is ever to climb back into the black.<\/p>\n

\n“We know we’re going to have less mail in 2020 than we have today,” USA Today quoted Potter as saying. <\/span>“We can’t freeze wages. We can’t freeze fuel costs.”<\/p>\n

\nThe article said Potter was about to officially forward the request for a 5-day week to the Postal Regulatory Commission, which will in turn debate the proposal, seek expert testimony and then issue its own recommendations.<\/p>\n

\nThe commission chair, Ruth Goldway, urged a cautious approach.<\/p>\n

\n“The Postal Service is an enormous organization. This change in service that they’re proposing is a very complex and significant change,” she told the newspaper. “The Postal Service is an essential part of the country’s infrastructure, so you don’t want to change it willy-nilly.”<\/p>\n

\nAs a function of the federal government, the Postal Service is currently mandated under U.S. law to deliver mail six days per week. Changing that schedule – if the commission does recommend it – would require congressional approval. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Read the original article from WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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