The report provides data on UPS and FedEx ZIP code-based surcharges and compares the costs of sending packages through these private carriers versus USPS.
Don’t Let Elon Musk Privatize the Postal Service
The Progressive Magazine: The Trump Administration has been reviving plans to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). But many lawmakers don’t like the idea, including some from President Donald Trump’s own party. “We are not going to privatize the Postal Service,” declared U.S. Representative Pete Stauber, Republican of Minnesota, at a March 25 rural letter carriers rally on Capitol Hill. “We rely on … Read More
Communities and Postal Workers United (CPWU) Spring Newsletter
The Spring 2025 newsletter from Communities and Postal Workers United (CPWU) contains articles about PMG DeJoy’s resignation and the threat of a “hostile takeover” by DOGE; the hundreds of rallies that took place during the last week of March, a Wells Fargo report on privatizing the USPS, and the emerging coalition to fight the DOGE attacks. Read the newsletter here.