Hmm. I can’t imagine why the US Postal Service is an inefficient, bloated, outdated operation that is bleeding cash. For those who continue to support labor unions, take a look at what an audit has found. From Politico:
Labor agreements mandate that postal employees have a certain amount of guaranteed work hours, which means that they cannot be laid off during periods of low mail volume or unplanned events like the breakdown of equipment. This leads to “standby time,” in which employees spend the day doing nothing — for example, waiting in a cafeteria or breakroom.
In fiscal 2009, the Postal Service logged over 1.2 million hours in standby time, costing the agency more than $30 million. This declined to around $20 million in 2010 and is on track to be less than $10 million this year.
I guess we’re supposed to cheer that this complete waste of money will be “less than $10 million this year.” But hey, the get-paid-to-do-absolutely-nothing approach worked great for union teachers in New York for years.
