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Privatizing the United State Postal Service has been suggested for years. The outcome of which is unknown. However, Britain's Royal Mail may give and insight to what may come. According to Morning Star UK liberalisation has hurt the postal service.

The following are excerpts from the Morning Star Article: "The global study was carried out in 13 countries and showed that full liberalisation [privatization]of the postal market simply does not work."

General secretary Billy Hayes said: "We've said for a long while that liberalisation doesn't benefit the market. The UNI report shows that postal services are public services and don't sit well in the private sector."

It revealed the tremendous job losses caused by liberalisation, deterioration of working conditions in competing postal operators, increasing precarious working conditions through the increase in atypical work, cuts in wages and wage dumping."

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May 26, 2009