After trying to dispose of it for over four years, the Postal Service has finally sold the historic 1937 Saunders Station post office at 1625 Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia. The Postal Service apparently got ahead of itself and began renting space for the new location of the post office back in 2011, when it originally expected to sell the … Read More
Postal Banks Are People’s Banks: 6 Things You Need To Know About Postal Banking
It’s being called “Bernie’s Brilliant Idea,”, and Bernie Sanders’s embrace of postal banking is indeed brilliant, both in timing and substance. But while his insurgent presidential campaign may give a credible boost to USPS financial services, Sanders’s endorsement is far from sufficient. To make postal banking happen requires a broad, mass coalition willing to keep pushing the issue regardless of the … Read More
Canada Post puts community mailbox program on hold
Canada Post is putting on hold plans to switch customers from door-to-door mail delivery to community mailboxes as the federal Liberals, who promised to restore the service, are set to take office next week. The Crown agency issued a short statement on Monday, saying it was “temporarily suspending” the conversion program, and promised to work collaboratively with the federal government to … Read More
Bernie Sanders’s Highly Sensible Plan to Turn Post Offices Into Banks
In an interview with Fusion’s Felix Salmon the day after last week’s Democratic debate and published Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders discussed the marquee features of democratic socialism he’s been tirelessly calling for during his presidential campaign: higher taxes for the wealthiest Americans, an increased minimum wage, and breaking up the biggest Wall Street banks. Salmon also raised a possibility that has not been … Read More
How the government subsidizes the rich, while we pay the fees
The United States has two personal banking systems. One of these systems is carefully regulated. It benefits from substantial government subsidies, and it offers extensive protections to consumers. The other system serves the poor. “One of the great ironies in American life is that the less money you have, the more you have to pay to use it,” writes Mehrsa … Read More
When Titans collide: UPS petitions the PRC to change USPS costing methodologies
BY MARK JAMISON The United Parcel Service is very concerned that you might be paying too much for a postage stamp. If you’re wondering why UPS would be worried about something like that, it has to do with the way postal rates are set. According to the law, each USPS product is supposed to cover its share of the … Read More
Bernie Sanders Addresses APWU Conference
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders thrilled APWU members attending the union’s All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 14. Sanders told the audience of approximately 2,000 APWU members, “The beauty of the Postal Service is that it provides universal service six days a week to every corner of America, no matter how small or how remote. It supports millions of jobs … Read More
Did yesterday’s election just kill mass conversion to cluster boxes in Canada?
Yesterday’s election in Canada may mean the end for Canada Post’s plans to convert five million addresses from door-to-door delivery to cluster boxes. After a decade in power, the Conservatives were routed in a landslide by Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party. The Liberals had previously vowed to end the conversions and to conduct a thorough review of Canada Post. … Read More
Como Station PO in Minneapolis is closing
The Postal Service’s lease on the Como Station post office in Minneapolis is coming to an end, and the office is closing on November 13. There's been a post office in that building since 1970. The Postal Service says its move from the neighborhood is “temporary” and all post office boxes at that location will move to the Roseville Branch. … Read More
Using the Census to analyze USPS on-time performance
The mail has been slowing down all across the country, but are rural areas suffering worse on-time delivery than urban areas? That’s the question behind a recent GAO report about the Postal Service entitled “Actions Needed to Make Delivery Performance Information More Complete, Useful, and Transparent.” The GAO report was done at the request of several senators representing rural areas who have … Read More
Canceled contract leaves Knik post office customers in limbo
The Postal Service has canceled the post office contract in Knik, Alaska, and there’s no immediate plans to reopen the facility that serves the booming Knik-Fairview community. Displaced customers of the Knik post office that closed suddenly three weeks ago still don’t know when or even if it will reopen. They have to drive to the Wasilla post office — miles out of the way for … Read More
Communities and Postal Workers United Fall 2015 newsletter
The Fall 2015 newsletter from Communities and Postal Workers United (CPWU) is out. It features articles about the 2016 race for President, efforts in Arizona to save the the Tucson P&DC/Cherrybell mail processing plant, and a meeting between the Postmaster General and postal protestors in Oregon. Read more.
Return to sender, address unknown: USPS v. SCE and the high cost of undeliverable mail
I gave a letter to the postman, He put it his sack. Bright and early next morning, He brought my letter back. She wrote upon it: Return to sender, address unknown. No such number, no such zone. “Return to Sender” Lyrics by Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott A couple of weeks ago, James E. Boasberg, U.S. District Judge … Read More
Damaged downtown Napa post office listed for sale
The Postal Service has officially listed Napa’s earthquake-damaged downtown post office building for sale on the USPS-CBRE Properties for Sale website. An asking price was not provided, so it will be up to bidders to make their best offers for the historic property. The post office, which was built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, was badly damaged in … Read More
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