Washington Post: Mail delivery. Real estate. Foreign aid grants. The Trump administration is moving to privatize a sweeping number of government functions and assets — a long-standing Republican goal that’s being catalyzed by billionaire Elon Musk. The slash-and-burn approach of Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is paving the way for a new shift to the private sector, reducing the size and … Read More
House and Senate consider bipartisan resolutions opposing postal privatization
U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have introduced a bipartisan resolution to support the independence and critical public service mission of the U.S. Postal Service, emphasizing the essential role it has played in connecting and serving Americans, especially in rural communities. Sens. Sullivan and Peters were joined in introducing the resolution by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), … Read More
Changes are coming for your mail: Postal service faces challenges in the internet era
USA Today: Older than the United States itself, the postal service faces significant challenges as Americans send fewer letters, Christmas cards and wedding invitations. Now, President Donald Trump‘s federal cost-cutting efforts, led by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, are targeting how to stop the service from losing money. But change comes hard to an institution that counted Benjamin Franklin … Read More
Postal Workers Throng to 500 Rallies to Save the Postal Service
Labor Notes: From big cities to small towns, postal workers organized hundreds of rallies across the country in the past week to defend a beloved public service—and the nation’s largest union employer—against privatization and DOGE attack. “Whose Postal Service?” workers chanted in New York: “The people’s Postal Service.” “U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale” was the rallying cry March 20 … Read More
Starting April 1, Wyoming Post Offices May Lose Afternoon Mail Pickup
Cowboy State Daily: U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s last day turned out to be Monday, with the embattled chief administrator unexpectedly leaving before his replacement has been found. DeJoy, who was appointed by the USPS Board of Governors during Trump’s first term of office, announced his retirement in February. He had indicated he would remain on board until a successor was found to … Read More
USPS worker exposes chaos under “Delivering for America” restructuring
World Socialist Web Site: The World Socialist Web Site spoke recently with a United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier about the effects of the consolidation of a former facility into a new Sorting and Delivery Center (S&DC). The consolidation of offices into larger S&DCs has accelerated under the Delivering for America (DFA) initiative, now in its fourth year, which is aimed … Read More
USPS OIG report: A Comparative Study of International Postal Models
USPS OIG: In this white paper, the OIG compared postal models across a selection of 26 posts: the U.S. Postal Service and 25 foreign national postal operators. While the Postal Service operates under a unique model that combines flexibility in meeting universal service obligations (USO) with significant constraints (such as stricter pricing regulations, mandated six-day delivery, and limited diversification), many … Read More
USPS chief Louis DeJoy resigns as Trump eyes overhauling mail agency
Washington Post: U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will resign at the end of the day Monday, concluding a five-year tenure that began at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, stretched through elections conducted predominantly by mail for the first time in the nation’s history, and ended amid pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration to assert political control over the postal … Read More
USPS unions to hold nationwide rallies this week
Both the APWU and NALC will hold rallies this week to protest postal privatization. On Thursday, March 20, the APWU will hold “U.S Mail is Not For Sale!” rallies across the country “to ensure our postal service stays in the hands of the people, not the billionaires.” A map of the locations of the rallies is here. On Sunday, March … Read More
Why is President Trump attacking the Postal Service?
Economic Policy Institute: The EPI has put together a helpful FAQ sheet about the Postal Service. What has the president said about the Postal Service? The Washington Post reported recently that President Trump planned to fire the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service and merge the agency with the Commerce Department, prompting the board to seek legal counsel. A White House spokesperson … Read More
Wells Fargo offers framework for postal privatization
Some analysts at Wells Fargo have come out with a blueprint for privatizing the Postal Service. It explains how with privatization, postal parcel shipping rates would increase significantly, to the benefit of UPS and FedEx, and it suggests that the “financial burden” of breaking up the USPS could be offset by selling off the Postal Service’s vast real estate portfolio. … Read More
‘We Can’t Allow This to Happen’: Musk Touts Postal Service, Amtrak Privatization
Common Dreams: “This is their end goal: the privatization of as much of the U.S. government as possible, enriching the rich and leaving everyone else worse off,” warned one progressive. Elon Musk sparked calls Thursday to fight what one union called an “illegal power grab” after the senior adviser to President Donald Trump and de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency said that … Read More
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