Category: Alliance Report

Our sponsor Joe Schick at Quad Graphics nails the outlook and gives great advice for the holidays Sen. Carper continues to advocate for Postal Board nominees Time and People cut their ad guarantees Postal union continues to fight much-needed cost reduction efforts by Postal management Alliance member Smithsonian really relies on mail, even to receive…

December 23, 2015 USPS Will Most Likely Combine the Two in Their Next Price Change The chart above shows how the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) reports the Consumer Price Index (CPI) cap for the latest 12 months of inflation in the purple bar separately from the “Interim Unused Rate Adjustment Authority” in the orange bar.…

December 23, 2015 Possible Declining CPI Cap Could Drive Timing Court Decision Looms In our previous report we noted that it might have slipped out that Postal Service staff had begun preparing a CPI-capped rate increase for April 26, 2015. Following their usual practice the USPS would announce such an increase 90 days in advance, or…

How to Define Charity Effectiveness by Wounded Warrior Project CEO Steve Nardizzi Things are looking up for Megan Brennan’s tenure as Postmaster General USPS 2014 10-K Opposition to Mickey Barnett re-appointment Replacement of Ruth Goldway Postal Board might lose its ability to function Senators push for delay of necessary plant closures Postal reform very unlikely…

December 10, 2014 During a teleconference with customers last week, a Postal Service employee revealed that the postal staff was working on a CPI rate case for possible implementation on April 26, 2015. This came during a discussion of pricing promotions for next year and when they likely would commence. It makes sense that, with the prospect of…

December 10, 2014 The Postal Service plan for the fiscal year that started October 1, 2014 calls for an accounting net loss of $6.1 billion compared to a loss of $5.5 billion last year, and a controllable operating profit of $0.5 billion compared to $1.4 billion in 2014. The plan projects a decline in mail volume of…

December 10, 2014 The official, audited financial results for FY 2014 were a huge improvement over recent years and represent the payoff from several factors: On-going efficiency improvements by postal management. Growing reliance on lower-wage employees. The exigent rate surcharge. The growing market for package delivery driven by e-commerce. The improving economy. The liquidity crisis…

December 10, 2014 On Thursday, December 4, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) announced that President Obama had appointed Commissioner Robert Taub as Acting Chairman, replacing Ruth Goldway who had been Chairman since August 2009. She was first appointed by President Clinton in April 1998 to the predecessor agency, the Postal Rate Commission, and twice reappointed by…

November 19, 2014 Here is Chairman Johnson’s official biography: Both of Ron’s parents were born and raised on farms. Their work ethic and small-town values were naturally passed along to their own children. As a result, Ron has worked hard all his life. As a boy, he mowed lawns, shoveled snow, delivered papers, and caddied…

November 19, 2014 This is a huge promotion for young Jason Chaffetz (born March 26, 1967) who campaigned hard for this position. After being a record-setting placekicker on the Brigham Young University football team, he rose quickly on the staff of Jon Huntsman before running for Congress in 2008. In some ways he is very…