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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, Slideshow

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

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 advocate testifies against reducing USPS service standards

SteveJune 8, 2021Blog, Slideshow

A university registrar 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, Featured, 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, 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.