U.S. Postal Service "Unlikely Star of the Holiday-Shipping Season"
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)"There was a lot of post-Christmas
discussion about how UPS
fumbled its last-minute holiday deliveries, and FedEx apologized for some
late-arriving packages, too,” reported
Bloomberg Businessweek in a recent article
posted on NALC
3825’s website. “What
went largely unmentioned, however, was the stellar performance of the U.S.
Postal Service. The government-run competitor was swamped with parcels just like
UPS and FedEx were, with holiday package volume 19 percent higher than the same
period late year. But there were no
widespread complaints about tardy deliveries by USPS. The postal service may not
be celebrated for speed, but when it comes to getting stuff to people on time in
the holidays, the 238-year-old agency is tough to beat.” “Full credit for a
job well-done is due to the hard-working members of the Letter Carriers and
Postal Workers,” said Metro Washington Council president Jos Williams.
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