A large body of Members of the House of Representatives — 160 strong — today called upon House appropriations leaders to include in the stopgap funding bill a one-year moratorium on the closure of the 82 mail processing facilities that are slated for consolidation by USPS, beginning January 2015. The 82 plants are located in […]
The following are remarks by Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President Megan J. Brennan at the National Postal Customer Council Week in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brennan pointed out that “Our future network will preserve approximately 66 percent of current overnight delivery volumes, and Overnight Service Standards will remain available to commercial mail properly […]
Says marketers giving mail a fresh look due to better data and technology integration SALT LAKE CITY — In a state of the business address to postal customers, Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe gave an upbeat assessment of the opportunities facing the mailing industry.
09/06/2014 – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has added his high-profile support to calls for a one-year moratorium on USPS plans to close 82 mail processing plants and slow mail delivery. Reid has joined 50 other senators who signed a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee calling for a ban on USPS cuts to be […]
Sept. 4 – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has added his crucial backing to calls for a one-year moratorium on U.S. Postal Service plans to close up to 82 mail processing plants, slow down mail delivery and eliminate up to 15,000 jobs. Reid added his signature to those of 50 other senators who signed […]
OTTAWA, Aug. 27, 2014 /CNW/ – Canada Post’s latest profits prove what postal workers have been saying all along: alternatives to cutting postal service should not be dismissed. “When our post office has been profitable for most of the last two decades, the types of cuts that Canada Post and the Conservatives are trying to […]
The data on this page represents preliminary financial information for the month of July 2014 required by the Postal Regulatory Commission to be reported on a monthly basis. This data has not been subjected to all closing procedures and reviews required to present interim quarterly financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), […]
Top postal executive’s visit draws protest by Portland Communities and Postal Workers United (Vancouver, WA) Deputy Postmaster General Ron Stroman drew the ire of dozens of postal workers and community allies when he visited Vancouver this morning. Carrying signs, picketing and chanting, the protesters massed at the entrance to the 2014 Mailers Conference at the […]
How bad is the outlook for the Postal Service? Ronald Stroman, deputy postmaster general, doesn’t hesitate. We’re defaulting on our retiree health benefit obligations, he explains. We owe the Treasury $15 billion, he says. First class mail volume is declining about 4 percent a year, he notes. The Post Office should spend about $10 billion […]
Despite increasing volume — and charging consumers more money to send mail — the U.S. Postal Service lost $2 billion this Spring. The agency blamed higher employee pay, and higher costs for their benefits.