USPS strike??

[DoctorCosmonaut]

Does anyone know if there is a US Postal Service strike? Someone was telling me there was, and I couldn't find anything online about it.

 

[dmarcus]

We got mail today, so unless they got some experienced back up workers I will have to say no strike for the USPS

 

[dmmj]

I have not heard of anything and I got mail, so I would say no. Besides do we really need another reason for mail to go even slower?

 

[DoctorCosmonaut]

Well I was thinking maybe they meant a section of the USPS? Like... I do not... the international team/dept., etc.? Because I got mail too (although just crappy ads), but i've been waiting for an international package, and the person who sent it told me that our mail service had a strike. They must be wrong though.

 

[jaizei]

They are not permitted to strike. Maybe you were hearing about Canada Post.
http://postandparcel.info/39268/news/usps-signs-contract-with-american-postal-workers-union/

 

[DoctorCosmonaut]

Well darn... then either the mail got lost or its on a world tour before it arrives

 

[dmarcus]

Well I was thinking maybe they meant a section of the USPS? Like... I do not... the international team/dept., etc.? Because I got mail too (although just crappy ads), but i've been waiting for an international package, and the person who sent it told me that our mail service had a strike. They must be wrong though.

Could be something thats happening overseas. I know Canada almost had a mail strike but it was cancelled and never happened..

 

[DoctorCosmonaut]

does mail usually got direct from one country to another, or does it go through many?

 

[jaizei]

It depends. Sometimes it takes less than a week and other times it can be 3 weeks.