ABSTRACT
The process can reduce the Postal Service's dependence on labor and has relevance for the size and structure of the divested organizational units. In effect, the Postal Service while receiving monopoly protection is restrained from the destructive consequences of predatory price competition with smaller firms. A single national postal service could wield the same amount of influence as AT&T, but smaller regional companies would not pose a threat. Abolition of the no-strike proviso under the privatized postal service should not spell disaster for the delivery of written communications because of competition generated by the repeal of the private express statutes. There is tremendous opportunity for making profits in the Postal Service if it were privatized. The Postal Service is very inefficient and manages, in an occasional good year, not to operate at a deficit. The Postal Service could be privatized in several ways, including being divested into five regional companies, a service-clearinghouse company, and a bulk mail company.
