Labor Law

Labor Law

Labor Laws and Unions: United States Postal Service

Labor Laws and Unions: United States Postal Service
In 1775 the United States Postal Services was officially founded, and the United States Postal Service is mainly responsible for providing postal services to customers in the United States with reasonable wages. “The United States Postal Service currently employs over 574,000 workers, and if it were a civilian company, it would be the second largest employer in the world after Wal-Mart” (USPS, n.d.) The United States Postal Service promotes sustainability in which the company meets the needs of the present without compromising the future. Employees make a difference in every community around the country by providing fast, efficient, and safe mail delivery to customers. Without the assistance of the United States Postal Service even performing simple tasks such as paying bills would become a chore and currently it is as easy as purchasing a stamp, filling out a check, and placing the envelope in the outbox because the postal service takes care of the rest.
Some legal issues and obstacles and the United States Postal Services has to face included a pre-screening of mail; especially after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. The United States Postal Service has been very cautious concerning processing and delivering mail to customers around the country. Even though the company has mail restrictions, there a few issues the company still may encounter if the employees do not follow protocol properly. Mailing hazardous materials and mail fraud can be dangerous and deadly. Mailing hazardous materials is a violation of the federal law under the Occupation and Health Safety Act of 1970 (OSHA Act). The ACT assigns two regulatory functions which are setting standards and conducting inspections to make sure that employees are providing safe and healthful work places, and adopting practices, means, methods, or processes necessary protect workers on the job...

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