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The u.s. Postal Service (USPS) continues to bleed red ink.

美国邮政服务（USPS）继续亏损。

Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operations to the new reality.

从根本上说，美国邮政服务局正处于历史性的困境之中，一方面是技术变革永久性地减少了其核心产品——一等邮件的需求，另一方面是监管结构剥夺了管理层根据新现实调整运营的灵活性。

Legislation is moving through the House that would save USPS an estimated $28.6 billion over five years, which could help pay for new vehicles, among other survival measures.

一项正在众议院推进的立法预计将在五年内为美国邮政服务局节省286亿美元，这有助于支付新车辆等其他生存措施的费用。

The latter step would largely offset the financial burden of annually pre-funding retiree health care, thus addressing a long-standing complaint by the USPS and its unions.

后一步措施将在很大程度上抵消每年提前为退休人员医疗保健筹资所带来的财政负担，从而解决美国邮政服务（USPS）及其工会长期以来的抱怨。

There's no change to collective bargaining at the USPS, a major omission considering that personnel accounts for 80 percent of the agency's costs.

该法案没有涉及美国邮政服务的集体谈判，这在很大程度上是一个遗漏，因为人员成本占该机构总成本的80%。