The United States Postal Service (USPS) recently released its highly-anticipated five-year strategic plan. USPS reiterated its position that costs are outpacing revenues and that it will run out of funds by 2021 if it pays all its financial obligations, and by 2024 if it continues to miss some payments. This financial...
Bernie Sanders was endorsed Thursday by the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union, an influential group that also backed the Vermont senator’s presidential bid against Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. The union’s support is key because it promises organizing muscle across the country. Sanders says that if turnout is...
If you ship off items to friends or loved ones get ready to pay more to do it. Beginning January 26, the United States Postal Service will increase prices. The two main categories impacted are priority and express mail. For example a padded flat-rate envelope for priority will cost $8.40 instead of...
The U.S. Postal Service will dedicate a stamp honoring Arnold Palmer, a legendary Wake Forest golfer and former PGA Tour star. The Arnold Palmer stamp is being issued as a Forever stamp. Since 1847, the Postal Service stamp program has celebrated the people, events and cultural milestones unique to the history...
The U.S. Postal Service said it will award an expected $6 billion in contracts for the next-generation mail truck later this year. The agency is providing only the scantest details but in late December asked up to four separate company teams for contract proposals to build the new truck. Each of...
There have been many significant recent international postal developments in places like the United Kingdom, Japan, Malaysia, India, Finland, Serbia and Kenya. This includes strikes, new technologies, financial challenges and other events that have had significant political, economic and social consequences. These issues are reviewed...