Imagine it’s Wednesday and you want to mail something, and you’re used to seeing that mail delivered the next day. But things have changed. You can’t get to the post office until Thursday because yours has closed and the nearest one is too far away to make the trip today. The next-day mail now takes two days because 250 mail … Read More
Free Boxes!
FREE BOXES! Sure the Postal Service is going broke, but don't let that stop you from ordering your FREE BOXES! Just stop by your local post offices and ask for a case of free flat-rate USPS boxes, or go online, and four will be sent to your home, ABSOLUTELY FREE. These free boxes are great for storage, moving, and sending … Read More
Contract post offices, closing faster than they open
Contract post offices look like a cheap and easy way for the Postal Service to outsource its retail postal business. Just put the post office in a private business or community center, and don’t worry about paying rent or postal employees. There’s still a post office in town, the Postal Service has met its universal service obligation, and a lot … Read More
Congressman Hinchey calls for a moratorium on the closing studies
New York Congressman Maurice Hinchey has written a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe asking him “to place a moratorium on the USPS's current discontinuance studies until the USPS resolves the numerous problems the PRC identified in the RAIO. “ Hinchey is circulating the letter in Congress, looking for others to sign on with him. The letter calls attention to … Read More
Invisible Hands: The Businessmen’s Campaign to Dismantle the Post Office
The leaders of the Postal Service have made no secret of their plans for reforming the postal system. They have issued white papers, given speeches, presented “optimization” programs, and appeared before Congressional committees. The plans are clear: eliminate the layoff protections in union contracts; cut the career workforce by nearly half while tripling the number of non-career workers; reduce service … Read More
A post office worth preserving
BY MARK JAMISON [Mr. Jamison serves the town of Webster in the mountains of North Carolina as its postmaster. He has written extensively on postal issues. In keeping with the USPS Administrative Support Manual, Mr. Jamison does not "speak for or act on behalf of the Postal Service." These are his thoughts on where things stand and where we ought to … Read More
Post Office Closings in 2011: Lists, maps, the whole mess
The past year was not a good one for those who value the institution of the brick-and-mortar post office. Over four thousand post offices were studied for closure, and were it not for the Christmas holiday suspension and the moratorium on closings, a large portion of them would have closed by year’s end. Just to put that in context, consider … Read More
The OIG wants your opinion on post office closings
The USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) is doing an “audit overview” of the Retail Access Optimization initiative (RAOI), the Postal Service’s plan to close 3,652 post offices. The OIG wants to hear your opinion. The OIG helps maintain the integrity and accountability of the Postal Service through independent audits and investigations. The OIG has already issued one report about … Read More
Hundreds of Postal Workers and Allies March in Oregon
FROM NALC, PORTLAND, OREGON BRANCH 82: Portland, OR – Over eight hundred Portland-area letter carriers, other postal workers, family members and allies held a demonstration Sunday, calling attention to tax-free solutions to save America’s postal service. From a rally at downtown Pioneer Courthouse Square, the boisterous marchers chanted and sang down Fourth Avenue, ending with a rally at the Main Post … Read More
“This Post Office will not be closed in vain”
The post office in Ukiah, California, will close permanently on Friday, after a long fight. It’s a beautiful New Deal post office located in the heart of downtown. There’s a very good story about the closing by Carole Brodksy in the Ukiah Daily Journal. “It’s despicable,” said attorney Barry Vogel, who worked with a group of citizens to prevent closure of … Read More
Mass Appeals at the PRC
The Postal Service closed about 600 post offices in 2011, and it is poised to make mass closures in the spring when the moratorium ends on May 15. That will also mean mass appeals at the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), and last Thursday the Commissioners were talking all about it. Chairman Ruth Goldway began the Commission’s monthly meeting with a … Read More
The Postman Always Writes Twice
Yesterday the New York Times ran an article by Campbell Robertson entitled “A Fight for Post Offices and Towns’ Souls.” It’s about the efforts of citizens to save rural post offices in Arkansas. Robertson does a good job describing the work being done to protect rural post offices, but there are a couple of moments when the Times can’t help … Read More
On the Road: Postal Trucks as Vehicles of Discovery
When we talk about the “infrastructure” of the Postal Service, we’re usually thinking about the network of post offices and mail processing plants. But the Postal Service also possesses the largest civilian fleet in the world — 213,881 vehicles. And those vehicles cover 1.25 billion miles each year. There are also thousands of long-haul mail trucks operated by contractors for the … Read More
PRC 2011: Orders Remanding Determination
Docket No. Date Title Document Type Filing Party Attachments A2011-61 12/22/2011 Order No. 1067 – Order Remanding Determination Orders/ Responses to Orders PRC docx(49.83Kb) pdf(55.68Kb) A2011-60 12/30/2011 Order No. 1091 – Order Remanding Determination Orders/ Responses to Orders PRC doc(113.5Kb) pdf(69.39Kb) A2011-56 12/21/2011 Order No. 1061 – Order Remanding Determination Orders/ Responses to Orders PRC pdf(83.67Kb) docx(56.02Kb) A2011-54 12/13/2011 … Read More
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