USPS Ends Next-Day Mail: The Impact for Consumers and Companies That Depend on it

December 5, 2011

USPS Ends Next-Day Mail: The Impact for Consumers and Companies That Depend on it

By Brett LoGiurato

The United States Postal Service announced steps Monday to eliminate its next-day delivery of First Class mail in an effort to avoid bankruptcy in 2012.

The reeling USPS is moving forward with its plan, originally announced in September, when it said it would shut down more than half of its 461 processing facilities used to process its next-day delivery service. In the cost-cutting process, the postal service expects to shed around 28,000 jobs, said David Williams, USPS vice president for network operations, in a press conference Monday in Washington, D.C.

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