Author: Steve Kearney
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Labor negotiating like it’s the 1980s
December 7, 2020 And the beat goes on. The labor negotiation trend that proliferated during the boom years of USPS volume doubling from 100 billion in 1980 to 200 billion in 1999, somehow continues in 2020 with volume down in the dumps and a broken “business model.” The proximity and content of the USPS…
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Alliance notes
December 7, 2020 Postal Regulatory Commission, November 30, 2020 — PRC Adopts Final Rules to Modify the Rate System for Classes of Market Dominant Products Government Executive, November 30, 2020 — Regulator Finalizes Plan to Enable Larger USPS Rate Hikes Federal News Network, December 1, 2020 — USPS ‘hopeful’ freedom to set higher mail…
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Alliance Alert–PRC Approves USPS Mail Rate Increases for 2021
November 18, 2020 Alliance Members and Sponsors, The Postal Regulatory Commission today approved rate increases for Market Dominant Mail classes as proposed by the USPS on October 9. The new rates will be in effect on January 24, 2021. As we know, regulatory approval involves checking the price cap calculations, ensuring the…
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What we learned from this summer’s postal fiasco
November 11, 2020 What we learned from this summer’s postal fiasco The summer of 2020 was like no other in USPS history. It already was a historic summer as the Postal Service grappled with the pandemic that threatened to shut down the economy but also boosted package volumes by 50 percent or…
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Looking Ahead
November 11, 2020 Looking ahead The Biden Administration has named a transition team for the USPS and the PRC. Two of the four members are very familiar: former Deputy Postmaster General Ron Stroman and National Association of Letter Carriers Chief of Staff Jim Sauber. The Postal Service differs from most of the other…
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Alliance notes
November 11, 2020 Alliance notes Forbes, October 22, 2020 — Postal Service Taking New ‘Extraordinary Measures’ To Speed Up Ballot Delivery For Election Government Executive, October 22, 2020 — Viewpoint: The Postal Service Will Deliver on Mail-In Voting The Hill, October 22, 2020 — US Postal Service says it has processed over 100 million ballots…
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OIG explains USPS service lapse this summer
October 21, 2020 OIG explains USPS service lapse this summer The USPS Office of Inspector General released a report yesterday in response to an August 7 congressional request. The Alliance notified its members and sponsors with an Alliance Alert last evening. The OIG evaluated why on-time mail delivery declined during July…
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Market Dominant Mail rates are going up on January 24, 2021
October 21, 2020 Market Dominant Mail rates are going up on January 24, 2021 We notified our members and sponsors with an Alliance Alert on October 9, when USPS filed its monopoly mail price increases for 2021. With a Consumer Price Index cap of 1.458 percent, plus some “banked” cap space,…
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Alliance notes
Alliance notes October 21, 2020 Bloomberg City Lab, August 31, 2020 — Public Transit and the Postal Service Have the Same Problem Bloomberg, September 28, 2020 – DeJoy Says USPS Workers Could Abuse Election Overtime Order Fox News, September 28, 2020 — Pennsylvania judge halts USPS cuts ahead of 2020 election amid mail-in voting worries…
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Alliance Alert–Inspector General Report on USPS Operational Changes this Summer
October 20, 2020 The USPS Office of Inspector General released its anticipated report in response to Congressional questions about the operational changes implemented since Postmaster General DeJoy started in mid-June. It finds poor leadership, implementation, and communications, but not a deliberate attempt to slow down mail. An over-eager combination of three major Postmaster General…