Protesters Urge Obama to Shine a Light on Dark Money APWU President Mark Dimondstein addressed a rally in front of the White House on April 2, calling on President Obama to issue an Executive Order requiring corporations that do business with the government to disclose their political spending. Rally organizers presented petitions bearing 500,000 signatures […]
Transportation contractors held five of the top 10 spots in the list of the agency’s Top 150 U.S. Postal Service Suppliers for fiscal year 2014. Federal Express Corporation was again the U.S. Postal Service’s largest contractor, a position it has held since 2002. Top-ranked FedEx’s fleet of aircraft carries a variety of postal service products, […]
United Parcel Service Allegedly Made Nearly 80,000 Separate Illegal Shipments During A Four Year Period (Reuters) – New York City and New York state sued United Parcel Service Inc. on Wednesday, seeking over $180 million in damages and penalties against the shipping company for allegedly delivering nearly 700,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes across the state. […]
Fuel runnings – UPS and FedEx raise surcharge UPS and FedEx have increased the fees they charge customers for fuel, prompting some to take a fresh look at the Postal Service, news reports say. FedEx has raised its fuel charge from 5.5 percent to 6 percent, while UPS has changed how it calculates the fee […]
The Postal Service Emerges as Shipping Powerhouse for Small Businesses January 22, 2015 – The other week I was reading an article about how shipping carriers fared over the holidays. FedEx and United Parcel Service were mentioned, but noticeably absent was the U.S. Postal Service. As someone who works closely with the U.S. Postal Service […]
12.24.14 (Reuters) – Facing a slump in the mail it had been delivering since the days of America’s Revolutionary War, in 2012 the U.S. Postal Service began aggressively targeting e-commerce and lapsed customers as the way to salvage its declining business. “Really it started almost at the level of cold-calling, talking to people who really […]
12.24.14 In October the president of U.S. operations for UPS, Myron Gray, said that if retailers exceed their shipping quotas, UPS might “mute what they are giving to us.” The company’s chief commercial officer, Alan Gershenhorn, said there could be surcharges. Asked to clarify the remarks, UPS officials said they would first work with retailers […]
Chasing a FedEx truck down on HWY 40 in Colorado that had a back door open losing Christmas packages. A man traveling on I-40 in Colorado after dodging packages in the road was able to stop the Fedex driver. http://youtu.be/Y0EYi_a4vX4 via Chasing a Fed Ex truck down that was losing Christmas Packages out back door […]
Just 10 days before Christmas, who wants to see this. 12.15.14 A FedEx trailer flipped and ended up overturned on an Interstate 287 exit ramp in Mahwah, New Jersey, with parcels spilling onto the roadway in a giant pile, Monday morning according to WABC-TV New York. More ABC News Videos | ABC World News New […]
CHICAGO — The U.S. Postal Service expects to deliver up to 470 million packages between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. That’s around 50 million more than the same time last year. As more people shop online, FedEx and UPS also forecast a record number of deliveries. In a recent survey, Consumer Reports asked 1,000 people […]