The U.S. Postal Service recently announced its Fiscal Year 2017 finances and once again it showed significant financial problems, including a $2.7 billion net loss. While down from a $5.6 billion net loss in Fiscal Year 2016, this marked the 11th consecutive...
Universal Postal Service in Major Economies (To download a printer-friendly PDF of this report, please click here.) Executive Summary Faced with a changing global marketplace with new technologies and enhanced world-wide connectivity, postal operators are adapting their business models. Where this often uneven evolution has been successful,...
(To download a printer-friendly PDF of this article, please CLICK HERE.) The Postal Service has renewed its request to the independent Postal Regulatory Commission for an exigent rate case. By raising prices on market-dominant products by an average of 5.9 percent, including increasing the...
I am honored to present Consumer Action’s Award for Consumer Excellence to Ruth Y. Goldway, Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission. In this role, she is responsible for supervising the world’s largest post, and the second largest employer in the United States. She...
UPU DOHA CONGRESS IN SEPTEMBER The Doha Congress of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) is set to convene in Qatar in late September. The full Congress, with representatives from 192 member countries, meets every four years. Among the most significant items to be voted...