The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Wednesday approved management’s request to move forward with its five-day delivery proposal and stop Saturday service.
The USPS says that the five-day plan is a critical element of a larger plan which is intended to keep the service solvent for the next decade.
Under the plan street delivery and blue box collections will be eliminated on Saturdays and Express Mail service will continue seven days a week.
Post offices currently open on Saturday will remain open, PO Box accessibility will continue, and bulk mail and drop shipments will continue to be accepted at facilities that are currently open.
If implemented, officials within the Postal Service estimate annual savings would be roughly $3.1 billion.
Before making the changes, the USPS must get approval from the US Congress.
(Source: http://www.abc2news.com/)
Increasing Kavod Shabbos Kodesh is always a good thing.
What does a non-Jewish government’s services have to do with Kavod Shabbos?
i agree 100% now there wont be people waiting by the mailbox for shabbos to be over so they can look at thier mail
I hope it doesn’t get approved by Congress.