Bureau of Labor Statistics Study Predicts Major USPS Downsizing - But Is It on Target?

Here we go again: Yet another government study has spurred news stories about how the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of massive downsizing.

"The next decade isn't expected to be kind to postal worker employment," stated U.S. News & World Report recently, based on a new Bureau of Labor Statistics study. The postal workforce "is expected to contract by 165,000" from 2014 to 2024.

Reports like that don't help the Postal Service's efforts to recruit new employees.