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Originally Posted by Rich42
The entire reason the postal system went to contract workers in the first place was to reduce the exorbitant cost of unionized employees on thei payroll with all the associated pay and benefit costs. So your assumption is backward leading to an erroneous conclusion!
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It is very unlikely that any Postal workers were laid off when the 20 contractors were hired to handle the mail in The Villages.
Even if there wasn't any work for the displaced USPS workers, they were assigned to other tasks, no matter how menial or wasteful. Then a few years down the road, management 'discovered' they would attain 'savings' by taking the outsourced work in house, using labor they already employ.
Crazy, but absolutely true. As a subcontractor looking to help the USPS save money, I saw this happen several times. They absolutely do not operate like any other normal business -- and therefore have a horrible time reducing their expenses.