PostCom Responds To APWU Article On Mailers

The Postcom.org EdNote below is in response to this article from APWU President William Burrus. [EdNote: Well, the last I checked, it wasn’t mailers who were sitting idle in holding rooms refusing to do work because contract agreements said they didn’t have to. Talk about ‘immeasurable’ damage. And, the last I checked, those who pushed […]

USPS To Mailers: Shipping Is the Key To Our Future

Speaking this week at National Postal Forum in Nashville, Vice President of Expedited Shipping Gary Reblin told mailers the Postal Service is in the shipping business and that shipping is key to its future. “We want USPS to be known as much for shipping as it is for mailing,” said Reblin. “With the boom in […]

USPS: Mailers Show Success in Printing Intelligent Mail Barcode

Readability Threshold to Be Raised, As Planned WASHINGTON — According to verifications performed by the U.S. Postal Service since January 2009, 95 percent of mailings with the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) are quality, readable barcodes, enabling the commercial mailers who print them to receive the benefits that Intelligent Mail Full Service has to offer: mail […]