150K USPS Workers Offered Early Retirement

About 150,000 United States Postal Service workers (about one fourth of USPS workers) will be offered early retirement, they announced today. The Postal Service has been hard-hit by the recession, and this is just one of the ways they hope to eliminate costs.
They’ve already cut over 50 million workhours, and some post office locations have less hours, depending on their traffic. Some have pushed for the elimination of Saturday delivery, which would cut the number of workhours for post office employees even more.
Also announced today, six of the 80 USPS district offices will be closing. The offices are locates in …read more