Author: Steve Kearney

  • Mailers’ Groups Blast NALC Deal

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    Mailers’ Groups Blast NALC Deal Dead Tree Edition June 1, 2017 Three mailers’ organizations blasted a labor deal with the National Association of Letter Carriers today as proof that the “spendthrift monopolist” U.S. Postal Service “cannot be counted on to control its costs or prices.” “Rather than bringing compensation more in line with the private…

  • Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 federal budget targets postal union benefits

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    Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 federal budget targets postal union benefits Linn’s Stamp News Washington Postal Scene — By Bill McAllister Forty-eight years after President Richard M. Nixon pleaded with postal unions to support his plan for an independent postal service, another Republican president appears to be saying those unions might have achieved too many benefits…

  • Mail Group Trio Attacks New Wage Agreement

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    June 3, 2017 – Connolly.House.gov Three large mailing organizations have attacked the Postal Service’s new wage agreement with the National Association of Letter Carriers, saying the pact shows that the USPS “cannot be trusted … to control its own costs.” In a June 1 essay, titled “USPS — Spendthrift Monopolist,” the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers,…

  • Mailers’ Groups Blast NALC Deal

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    June 2, 2017 – PostalTimes.com Three mailers’ organizations blasted a labor deal with the National Association of Letter Carriers today as proof that the “spendthrift monopolist” U.S. Postal Service “cannot be counted on to control its costs or prices.” “Rather than bringing compensation more in line with the private sector – as required by postal…

  • USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist

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    June 1, 2017 USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist Opinion of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce In the ongoing “Ten Year Review” of postal pricing, the Postal Regulatory Commission is considering whether to retain, loosen, or eliminate the CPI cap on price increases for market-dominant products.…

  • Alliance Notes

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    Wednesday, May 31, 2017 eMarketer: Why Digital Is Not a Threat to the USPS WBNG: New USPS program that tells you what’s coming in the mail that day Retail Touchpoints: USPS Turns To Video To Deliver Its Own Marketing Messages Postal Reporter: PMG Advances Digital Strategies, Innovation in Mailing and Shipping Industry at 2017 National…

  • The Cost of Bad Data

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    An article contributed by Innovairre Communications, an Alliance sponsor By Sara Rowland Everyone in the fundraising industry knows that fall is the busiest time of the year. Nonprofits are gearing up for campaigns that will drive a large volume of their year-end donations. Decisions are being made on which packages and audiences will generate the…

  • 2017 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study

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    How much does spam hurt online fundraising? A new nonprofit deliverability study shows that fundraising email deliverability is declining. More nonprofit email is going to spam folders and is never read. As reported by Nonprofit Quarterly: “The big takeaway from this year’s study is that being classified as spam is becoming a big problem and…

  • The President’s Budget 2018

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    Good numbers for the federal deficit; questionable USPS business strategies The release of President Trump’s first proposed budget on May 23 garnered a lot of attention. It was titled: “BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT, A New Foundation For American Greatness, Fiscal Year 2018.” The President’s Budget deals extensively with the U.S. Postal Service, an…

  • Informed Delivery – Reason for USPS Optimism

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    The centerpiece of last week’s National Postal Forum (NPF) in Baltimore was Informed Delivery™. Postmaster General Megan Brennan, Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Marketing Officer James Cochrane, Vice President, Product Innovation Gary Reblin, and Director, Product Technology Innovation, Bob Dixon all expressed great optimism about the new service that marries hard copy and…