"The USPS has the legal authority to request $460 million from Congress annually to cover the costs of rural service. The USPS has not requested those funds since FY 1982. When adjusted for inflation, the USPS has foregone a total of $25 billion."
https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2020/RISC-WP-20-003.pdf
You don't "save the post office" by closing them, cutting their hours, understaffing them, relocating them, selling historic buildings, slowing the mail, and raising rates. That's how you kill it.
USPS Is Preparing for Peak Season, But Carriers Are Needed
Here's what Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said about how the USPS is preparing for the holiday shipping season
www.ecommercebytes.com
As a part owner of the US Postal Service, I’d remind the PMG that he works for us, the American people — the Ultimate Stakeholder — and we shouldn’t be told to "fall in line" with a plan we had no part in creating. via @GovExec
As Pressure Ramps Up Against USPS Reforms, DeJoy Asks Stakeholders to Fall in Line
The Postal Service is facing pushback on its plans to raise rates, shrink the workforce and consolidate mail processing.
www.govexec.com
NALC's Rolando: "The interest of letter carriers must be the principle concern in the design of any new Sort and Delivery Centers." We must be "involved upfront as partners ... not just informed and tolerated and consulted after key decisions are made.”
Postal unions demand USPS ramp up hiring to address understaffing | Federal News Network
The National Association of Letter Carriers and the American Postal Workers Union say long-term understaffing is taking a toll on employee morale.
federalnewsnetwork.com
The battle between @USPS and @TheSOC (a coalition of labor unions) over SOC's request to see the contract with Amazon is heating up. SOC makes a good case, but it's very unlikely the @PostalRegulator will grant access. https://www.prc.gov/docs/122/122427/SOCSuppSubmn_MC2021-115_CP2021-117.pdf
https://www.prc.gov/docs/122/122467/USPS%20Response%20to%20SOC%20Supp%20Submn.pdf
Another @PostalRegulator Advisory Opinion begins, this one about the USPS proposal to change the Critical Entry Time for certain categories of periodicals — another element of DeJoy's Delivering for America plan.
https://www.prc.gov/docs/122/122464/N2022-2%20Pre-Filing%20Conference%20Notice.pdf
@TakeOnWallSt @savethebpo @BGAlliance @CenterForBioDiv @Demos_Org @codepink @equaljustice @foe_us @greenpeaceusa @IndivisibleTeam @NRDC @PplsAction @SSWorks @Roots_Action @SierraClub @itstruenorth @WorkingFamilies As longtime critics of DeJoy's disastrous leadership, we and our colleagues @ceprdc are proud to co-sign onto this letter and urge President Biden to not squander this valuable opportunity to reshape the Postal Board of Governors.
Eighty-two groups call on President Biden to fill Postal Board with nominees to hold DeJoy accountable & expand USPS services - Take On Wall Street
Eighty-two groups call on President Biden to fill Postal Board with candidates to hold DeJoy accountable & expand USPS services.
takeonwallst.com
A great video about the Great Postal Strike of 1970.
For more, check out "Undelivered: From the Great Postal Strike of 1970 to the Manufactured Crisis of the U.S. Postal Service," by Phil Rubio, a former letter carrier and now a history professor. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469655468/undelivered/#.YvY3Dd_D8D0.twitter
The Revolt of The Good Guys, which was shown in three parts at the #CarriersConvention, tells the story of the letter carriers who earned higher pay, collective bargaining rights and the respect of the nation through the Great Postal Strike of 1970. http://nalc-info.org/revolt-of-the-good-guys
Letter Carriers’ Rolando spells out Amazon threat to postal workers
Letter Carriers’ Rolando spells out Amazon threat to postal workers
CHICAGO - Organizing Amazon against its ever-expanding reach and the radical right extremist threat to democracy are ...
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USPS Local Connect Mail provides same or next-day local delivery for documents. For April-June, the pilot brought in $908 on 308 pieces with administrative and start-up costs of $45,500. It's part of the Delivering for America plan. https://www.prc.gov/docs/122/122447/FY%202022%20Quarter%203%20Quarterly%20Report.pdf
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/0222-postal-service-expands-next-day-delivery-options-for-businesses.htm
