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City of Spanish Fort, AL, appeals closure of its post office

SteveDecember 28, 2020Blog, Slideshow

Because it’s a contract post office, the USPS and PRC will say the closure is not covered by federal regulations.

PRC busts the price cap, lawsuits sure to follow

SteveDecember 1, 2020Blog, Slideshow

The new rate system gives the USPS above-inflation pricing authority, but the decision is likely to be challenged in court

Updates on the USPS Service Performance Reports

SteveNovember 7, 2020Blog, Slideshow

All the daily and weekly reports, with links, highlights and analysis.

Lawsuits against DeJoy, USPS & Trump over mail delays and election mail

SteveNovember 6, 2020Blog, Slideshow

Twelve lawsuits have been filed against the USPS over mail delays and threats to voting by mail

Stop girdling the Post Office

SteveOctober 29, 2020Blog

Retired postmaster Mark Jamison examines how the right wing has been girdling the the postal network in the hope of undermining its health and thereby reaping a financial harvest.

DeJoy’s 57 Varieties of Cost Cutting: What’s in the new OIG report—and what’s not?

SteveOctober 26, 2020Blog, Slideshow

The Postal Service did not give Congress a complete picture of the Work Hour Reduction plan. Did it also fail to provide the OIG with some crucial details?

Are USPS transportation policies still causing mail delays?

SteveOctober 21, 2020Blog, Slideshow

The Postal Service is still putting restrictions on late and extra trips from processing centers, and the number of such trips is way below normal.

The Post Office in a Decent Society

SteveOctober 20, 2020Blog, Slideshow

“A civilized society is one whose members do not humiliate one another, while a decent society is one in which institutions do not humiliate people.”

A New Agenda for Postal Reform

SteveOctober 18, 2020Blog, Slideshow

The Postal Service is not just a business. Its purpose is to provide a service to the nation. It is “the people’s post office” — we own it, and it works for us. What could the post office do to better serve the country? Here’s an agenda.

Documentary Film Reveals How The United Postal Service Has Been Systematically Dismantled For Decades

SteveOctober 18, 2020Blog, Slideshow

12 years in the making . . . and made for the moment!

Mankato, MN post office makes long-delayed move from historic home

SteveOctober 14, 2020Blog

mankatofreepress.com: It was May of 2014 when the U.S. Postal Service announced it would sell its historic downtown Mankato home and move postal boxes and retail services to a smaller leased space. Nearly 6½ years later, the relocation happened. “It’s a shame they moved,” an elderly woman said Tuesday as she prepared to walk into the new “Main Post Office” … Read More

Fall 2020 Newsletter from Community & Postal Workers United

SteveOctober 4, 2020Blog

The Fall 2020 newsletter from Community & Postal Workers United contains articles on “Outcry Halts New Postmaster General’s Attacks on Service…for Now,” “Target the Postal Board of Governors ! Dump PMG DeJoy!,” “Postal Service workers quietly resist DeJoy’s changes,” and “Postmaster General eyes aggressive changes at Postal Service after election.” Read the newsletter here.

Do It Now: A Timeline of the Postal Service’s Work Hour Reduction Plan

SteveOctober 1, 2020Blog, Slideshow, Story

The timeline shows how the plan was shared inside the Postal Service while it was kept secret from everyone else.

Voting by mail and the next election meltdown

SteveSeptember 30, 2020Slideshow, Story

With control of the House and Senate at stake in next week’s midterms, any election that is close is likely to be contested.  Arcane postal matters, like USPS postmark policies and service standards, could take center stage in a bitter fight to the finish.

USPS service performance data for 2020 shows improvement but not back to baseline

SteveSeptember 16, 2020Blog, Slideshow

The data set provided in Jones v USPS provides the most complete picture of on-time performance that we’ve seen since the mail delays became an issue earlier this summer

The Seven-Percent Solution: The Not-So-Secret Plan to Downsize the Postal Service

SteveSeptember 14, 2020Blog, Slideshow

Has the Postal Service embarked on a plan to reduce labor costs by about 7 percent — about 67 million workhours, or the equivalent of about 33,000 jobs? Sure looks like it.