Applying For Positions. When you apply for a post office job in their corporate offices and at satellite facilities recruitment is similar to the federal civil service application process. The applicant is rating on his/her work experience, education, special knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs).
In 1926, Henry Ford standardized on a five-day workweek, instead of the prevalent six days, without reducing employees' pay. Hours worked stabilized at about 49 per week during the 1920s, and during the Great Depression fell below 40.
It began over a century ago when the American Federation of Labour adopted an historic resolution which asserted that eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1st, 1886. In the months prior to this date workers in their thousands were drawn into the struggle for the shorter day.