{"id":7369,"date":"2018-02-22T14:48:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T14:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7369"},"modified":"2018-02-22T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T14:48:08","slug":"linked-postal-service-workers-are-shouldering-the-burden-for-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/02\/22\/linked-postal-service-workers-are-shouldering-the-burden-for-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2267,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.thenation.com\\\/article\\\/postal-service-workers-are-shouldering-the-burden-for-amazon&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20191113152344\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.thenation.com\\\/article\\\/postal-service-workers-are-shouldering-the-burden-for-amazon\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 23:14:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-19 02:13:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-08 09:13:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 12:30:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 21:09:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 06:07:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 06:07:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/postal-service-workers-are-shouldering-the-burden-for-amazon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon | The Nation<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Because the USPS guarantees universal service, its network of about 150 million addresses is far more extensive than that of private services like FedEx or UPS. Amazon takes advantage of this infrastructure and hires the USPS to perform what\u2019s called \u201clast-mile\u201d delivery. Packages from Amazon\u2019s local fulfillment warehouses are \u201cinjected\u201d (as Amazon describes it) into postal stations and taken out along with letters, which saves Amazon the most expensive part of a cross-country delivery. According to one estimate, around 40 percent of Amazon\u2019s packages pass through USPS hands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This has had a direct impact on workers in mailrooms and delivery trucks across the country. And union representatives and rank-and-file workers say that USPS management has pursued a profitable deal with Amazon without regard for conditions for clerks and carriers on the ground.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A decade ago, USPS was insolvent and Congress continued to bail them out. Now, thanks to 40% of Amazon\u2019s packages going through the post office, they are making more money than ever but without any investment because basically, they have to keep running lean to pay back debts they incurred in the age of email before online retail was a thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>USPS is fine but also not fine. Old trucks, non-union workforce growing, workplace hazards, stresses and inefficiencies since USPS is basically setup to be very efficient at letters but very bad at large packages.<\/p>\n<p>I think this will all work out but it\u2019s going to be a painful decade for anyone involved there. I can attest, the rural mail carrier on my block (meaning they have their own car and are reimbursed) is about 75% full of Amazon boxes by volume. The rest is a couple of trays of letters.<\/p>\n<p>Also, this blog is awesome. Subscribed:\u00a0http:\/\/savethepostoffice.com\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon | The Nation: Because the USPS guarantees universal service, its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-02-22T14:48:17Z","apple_news_api_id":"14c27051-a33f-4d60-b2cf-23457e5ebcd4","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-02-22T14:48:20Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AFMJwUaM_TWCyzyNFfl681A","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1UR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7416,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/04\/16\/amazons-switch-to-usps-for-rural-mail\/","url_meta":{"origin":7369,"position":0},"title":"Amazon&#8217;s switch to USPS for Rural Mail?","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the last 9 months, more and more of my packages from Amazon are being sent via USPS. 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