Poll: Postal Service Popular With Texting Generation

Few postal workers were surprised by a recent Gallup Poll that found that Americans rate the Postal Service highest among 13 government agencies – after all, the USPS routinely ranks at the top of such surveys. But many people were surprised to learn that young people gave the Postal Service the highest rating: 81 percent of 18-29 year olds gave the USPS “excellent or good” marks...

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“Pundits have convinced many people that the future of the Postal Service is bleak because young people consider it irrelevant,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein said, “but this poll shows the opposite is true.” Said Dena Briscoe, President of the National Capitol APWU, “We are the one agency that daily touches lives in special ways from door to door.”  NALC 3825 President Kenneth Lerch added that “There is absolutely no justifiable reason for USPS management to close half the nation’s mail processing plants and degrade service standards when the Postal Service is obviously so popular and making hundreds of millions in profit.” 
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