Excerpts from PMG John Potter letter regarding Pilot test on Five-Day Delivery: From an operational standpoint a pilot test conducted on a regional basis would increase some of our costs in the short term. For example, we either would have to make manual changes to mail processing sorting schemes and payroll or utilize information technology […]
From National Public Radio: For decades, the U.S. Postal Service has provided many communities of color with a reliable career option with steady benefits. But proposed budget and service cuts — including eliminating Saturday deliveries — threaten the livelihoods of many career postal workers. To get a sense of how communities of color will be […]
From the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Schedule for Hearings on Postage Rate Increase HEARINGS in Docket N2010-1: July 14 at 9:30 am … July 16 at 9:30 am … July 20 at 9:30 am … July 21 at 9:30 am July 22 at 9:30 am /
Billings Gazette The least painful option Al DeSarro, spokesman for the western area of the United States Postal Service, said surveys show that elimination of Saturday mail delivery is by far the most favored option for trimming the post office’s losses Cutting Saturday delivery also wouldn’t be the first time the agency has tried that […]
From Postcom.org The following is an extraordinary letter to the editor of the New York Times from long-time postal sage Murray Comarow: The Postal Service’s proposal to switch to five-day delivery is complex and controversial. [New York Times article “Sides Form Over Threat to Saturday Mail Service,” 7-6-10] Congress has therefore directed the Postal Regulatory […]
Excerpts from a report issued by INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMICS OF TAXATION (IRET) Since 1983, Congress has annually included a rider in appropriations bills requiring the Postal Service to deliver mail six days a week. This paper examines the main developments since early 2009, when the Postal Service requested authority to eliminate the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka today expressed their disappointment that the Postal Regulatory Commission is unable to schedule field hearings in Alaska and Hawaii on a Postal Service proposal to reduce mail delivery to five days a week. The Commission has held hearings in seven cities […]
The following is a press release from the office of of Senator Daniel Inouye: June 17, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) today urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to hold field hearings in Hawaii and Alaska on a Postal Service proposal to […]
Witness List for the Postal Regulatory Commission Field Hearing Monday, June 21, 1:00 p.m. Chicago City Hall Council Chambers, Room 201A 121 LaSalle Street Chicago, IL Panel 1 John Seebeck Direct Marketing Business Director, Crate and Barrel Northbrook, IL Chris Luthin Executive V.P. of Operations, Caremark Pharmacy Services Northbrook, IL Dan O’Brien Director of Postage […]
APWU News Postal employees and customers are approaching an important milestone in the fight to save Saturday service, as a House resolution supporting six-day mail delivery continues to gain momentum. Close to 200 U.S. Representatives have signed on to co-sponsor House Resolution 173, which says “the U.S. Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to […]