U.S. Post Office intends to lay off 12 people to help themselves

If the United States Postal Bureau plans to implement more than 100,000 job cuts, the first will be the minority and veterans of these two groups.

U.S. Postal Director-General Donald Hugh (Patrick Donahoe) 6 at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, testified that if Congress do not pass the 30 days before the new bill, the council will be unable to pay the Treasury to pay $ 5.5 billion section, one year after the council will have no money to pay wages and contractors.

To save money, Postal Administration plan to cut jobs 12 million people.But unless Congress to intervene, the council can not be layoffs, but layoffs unconstitutional.

U.S. Post Office is one of the largest employer of ethnic minorities, African 21% of total employees.The postman and the former North Carolina State University Assistant Professor Rubio (Philip Rubio) 7 released last month, commented: "From 1970 to 2000, the post office has been the largest employer of African, Afro-the possibility of working at the post office at least two white times. "unemployment rate of African men, the highest in 25 years last week reached a record 16.7%.

In addition, the post office is also the largest employer of veterans, 130,000 were employed, accounting for 22% of the total number of employees, of which about one-third of that 49,000 people are disabled.

Postal Administration of layoffs in a memo to discuss the proposed layoff priority veterans.But the union said this would threaten the employment opportunities of veterans.

Congress, an independent research institute, said the postal Administration of layoffs is not only controversial, and may be unconstitutional.One of seven in the post office workers to sign union contracts prohibit the reduction of length of service for more than six employees.

Congressional Research Service, told lawmakers in July, if Congress passed a bill to allow reduction of the postal Administration signed a work contract employees, these workers may be challenged in court, and the possibility of winning big.In the past, the possibility of future litigation did not prevent the Congress to take action, but it may encourage members of Congress oppose the job cuts.

Postal Administration is also considering other cost-saving actions, including the closure of post offices and about 3700 on Saturday to stop delivery of mail.

U.S. Post Office intends to lay off 12 people to help themselves