Tag: USPS costs

  • The Hill: A free-market fix to the Postal Service’s wasteful spending

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    BY LESLIE PAIGE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – 08/29/17  The great eclipse of 2017 was a unique nationwide astrological phenomenon enjoyed by tens of millions of Americans. It was so significant that the United States Postal Service (USPS) engineered a ground-breaking stamp to commemorate the event. The stamp contains thermochromic ink, which allows it to transform from…

  • Nonprofit Mailers Aren’t Happy – Three Reasons Why

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    August 14, 2017 Nonprofit mailers are not happy – and here are three reason why. 1. USPS is not responding to adversity like a business On August 7, the National Association of Letter Carriers announced that they had ratified a labor agreement with the U.S. Postal Service. Read the announcement by the NALC here. And…

  • A Look at USPS Costs Versus Volume

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    July 13, 2017 With the release of U.S. Postal Service financial results for the first 8 months of Fiscal Year 2017 (October 2016-May 2017), some have emphasized that the USPS lost 2.5 billion pieces of mail, equal to 2.4 percent. In the business world, this degree of contraction calls for stringent cost reductions to keep…

  • Mailers’ Groups Blast NALC Deal

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    Steve Kearney
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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…