Our Contentions to the Postal Regulatory Commission
March 2, 2018We provide seven contentions for why the Postal Regulatory Commission should not allow the Postal Service to significant raise monopoly mail prices....
Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon
February 21, 2018Every day postal trucks drop off about 4,000 packages at a US Postal Service station in central Tennessee, where they’re unloaded by a team of around six USPS employees. Each person grabs a box, rushes to the only scanning machine, runs the bar code, and then places it in the...
Stamping Out Crime: Postal Service Spends Millions on TV Show About Its Crime-Fighting Inspectors
February 21, 2018A teddy bear arrives in the mail, and inspectors immediately suspect foul play. They open the package and see the bear has been split open and stitched back up, with narcotics stuffed inside its fluffy belly. Postal officials take the package to its destination, hoping to catch the drug dealer...
Outraged Charities, Lawmakers Seek Reversal of Postage Hike on Military Packages
February 12, 2018A 100 percent increase in the cost of shipping military care packages to troops abroad has outraged New Jersey nonprofit groups who send them. Several state and federal lawmakers also have joined in opposition and seek reversal of the U.S. Postal Service rate hike. Read the full article here....
U.S. Rep. MacArthur Insists USPS End Surprise Rate Hike; Seeks House Oversight Investigation
February 7, 2018U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) has taken a stand against unanticipated postal rate increases on behalf of non-profit organizations that send care packages to American service members deployed overseas. Rep. MacArthur sent two letters on Feb. 5 seeking solutions to United States Postal Service (USPS) rate increases, which his office said...