Some APWU Contract Savings Would Come at Expense of Other Postal Unions

So much for “Solidarity Forever” - Much of the U.S. Postal Service’s projected savings from the proposed contract with its largest union apparently comes from reassigning duties currently performed by members of other postal-employee associations. Some tasks typically performed by postmasters, supervisors and carriers could be shifted to clerks and other employees represented by the American Postal Workers Union—in some cases, lower-paid non-career employees.

USPS claims it would save $3.8 billion during the course of the 4.5-year contract but has not spelled out where those savings would come from or what assumptions go into its calculations.