National Urban League: There is an institution older than the United States itself that is now fighting for its survival, and too many people in power are watching it happen without lifting a finger. The United States Postal Service was founded in 1775, a year before the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General. It has survived … Read More
The 2025 USPS Crisis Was Not A Surprise. Someone Told Us In 1991.
Forbes: Last week, the United States Postal Service told federal budget officials it would suspend its employer contributions to federal retirement annuities, $200 million every two weeks, because it is running out of cash. Officials now project USPS will be unable to pay its bills by early 2027. The agency has already hit its $15 billion statutory borrowing limit. It lost $9 … Read More
As Postal Service Faces Cash Crisis, FedEx and UPS Spend Millions on Lobbying
Open Secrets: FedEx and UPS – two private carriers positioned to capitalize on a weakened U.S. Postal Service – poured nearly $20 million into federal lobbying in 2025, an OpenSecrets analysis found. A series of events left USPS bracing for an uncertain future. First, its leader warned the agency could run out of cash by 2027, leaving it unable to pay employees … Read More
CPWU Spring 2026 Newsletter
The Spring 2026 Newsletter from Community and Postal Workers United (CPWU) has articles on the Postmaster General’s testimony to Congress that the USPS is going broke, the postal unions’ response, Trump’s interference with voting by mail, the push to gain a $30 starting wage for letter carriers, and a case for funding basic human needs, not wars. Read the newsletter … Read More
Tax Day Ahead: Does your post office still do same-day postmarks?
The IRS considers a tax return to be filed on time if it is postmarked by the filing due date, April 15. The Postal Service is now warning tax-filers that the postmark date on the envelope may not be the day the return was mailed at a post office. There’s also a similar warning on the Find USPS Locations website: … Read More
