Post Archive by Year

Postlandia’s 2022 Calendar of Post Offices and Places

SteveNovember 28, 2021Blog

Back for its sixth year, the 2022 calendar celebrates a dozen photogenic and historic post offices from around the U.S., by Evan Kalish, post office photographer extraordinaire.

Rachel Maddow on the potential demise of DeJoy

Steve HutkinsNovember 24, 2021Blog

Rachel focuses on President Biden’s changes to the USPS Board of Governors “that apparently are finally going to clear the way to getting rid of that guy,” PMG Louis DeJoy.

New book examines the attack on the people’s post office and the fight to defend it

Steve HutkinsNovember 8, 2021Blog, Slideshow

“First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat,” by historian Christopher Shaw, is hot off the presses.

Service Performance Dashboard

Steve HutkinsOctober 12, 2021Featured

On October 1, 2021, the Postal Service lowered service standards for First Class mail, saying that this would allow it to deliver 95 percent of the mail on time. Since October, scores have averaged about 89 percent, and the Postal Service now says it will not reach 95 percent for two or three years. The new target for FY 2022 … Read More

Communities and Postal Workers United: Fall 2021 Newsletter

Steve HutkinsSeptember 28, 2021Blog, Slideshow

CPWU reports on efforts by postal workers to stop the nationwide slowdown of First Class mail on October 1.

A tour of the new USPS package sorting machine

Steve HutkinsSeptember 1, 2021Blog

Guest blogger Tim Bond gets a first-hand look at the new package sorter in the Seattle P&DC.

The 2020 USPS Household Diary Study is out

SteveJuly 13, 2021Blog

The new Household Diary Study is out. From the Executive Summary: “The Household Diary Study survey, fielded continuously since 1987, aims to collect information on household use of the mail and how that use changes over time. The survey collects household information on demographics, lifestyle, attitudes toward mail and advertising, bill payment behavior, and use of the Internet and other … Read More

Communities and Postal Workers United (CPWU) Summer Newsletter

SteveJuly 9, 2021Blog

The Summer 2021 newsletter from Communities and Postal Workers United (CPWU) focuses on the Postal Service’s plans to close 18 mail processing plants in November and the fight to stop these consolidations. Read the newsletter.

Reply to the USPS: How the new service standards will cause geographic discrimination

SteveJune 28, 2021Blog, Slideshow

Briefs and Replies have been submitted for the PRC’s Advisory Opinion on the USPS plan to slow down First Class mail. Here’s my Reply Brief.

Why the USPS proposal to reduce service standards will cause “undue discrimination”

SteveJune 21, 2021Blog, Slideshow

Because of their disparate impacts on regions of the country, the proposed changes will result in unreasonable and undue discrimination among users of the mail, in violation of 39 U.S. Code § 403(c).

Postal historian asks the PRC to return the Postal Service to a mission of service

Steve HutkinsJune 11, 2021Blog, Featured

Former letter carrier Phil Rubio says the way forward for the USPS is to reject DeJoy’s service standard cutbacks

Postal advocate testifies against reducing USPS service standards

SteveJune 8, 2021Blog, Slideshow

Postal advocate Douglas Carlson tells the PRC how slowing down the mail will cause a range of problems at his institution.

Is ending air mail unfair? Testimony for the PRC’s Advisory Opinion on Changing Service Standards

SteveJune 3, 2021Blog, Slideshow

The Postal Service is proposing to cut back on air transportation for First Class mail and perhaps eventually to end it completely. How would that impact different parts of the country?

How the postal reform bill may help the Postal Service slow down the mail

SteveMay 21, 2021Blog, Featured, Slideshow

There is much in the proposed legislation to recommend it, but there is no reason for Section 208 to be included. Congress should not be facilitating Postmaster General DeJoy’s efforts to slow down the mail.

A talk with the founder of the “Save the Post Office” website

SteveMay 14, 2021Blog

The founder of the “Save the Post Office” website, Steve Hutkins, joins Bob Levi on NAPS Chat to discuss the website’s purpose and impact, the Postal Service’s on-time performance problems and the plan to downgrade service standards.

Mapping out the changes in USPS service standards

SteveMay 6, 2021Blog, Slideshow