This precedent harbors negative possibilities for future decisions, making postal privatization possible in piecemeal increments. Cost considerations drive outsourcing decisions in the private and federal sectors. Unlike those outsourcing decisions, this postal effort will result in higher Priority Mail cost to the general public. The former postmaster general stated that the Emery contract costs more than an in-house operation. By law, the users of Priority Mail will pay the additional costs in higher rates.
Postal employees commit their lives and careers to processing and delivering America's mail.
They built the nation's best expedited-delivery system. It is an insult to their dedication to give that system to a private company with no history of postal services. The security and professionalism of postal employees will be compromised by a private company whose only commitment is to its shareholders. The ultimate losers will be the American people. The subjects of these processes should be discussed in labor-management meetings where the concerns of all represented employees are considered.