"...As the United States Postal Service looks for new ways to save money, one of the options it is considering is making changes to employee retirement benefits to bring them inline with new, emerging private sector standards. But there’s a slight catch: federal law and union rules prevent USPS from making such changes on its own.
The USPS inspector general this month issued two white papers that examined the retirement and benefits provisions of six private sector companies and two government sector programs. And while the studies found many similarities between the government and private sector, there are key differences that may stand in the way of immediate changes for USPS employees..."
