From the USPS Office Of Inspector General’s Blog: Although eliminating Saturday delivery has been heavily debated, reducing delivery to 5 days a week may not be enough. There has been some discussion of whether the viable model for the U.S. Postal Service of the future will incorporate 3-day delivery. A 2010 study by the Boston […]
Remarks Submitted to Postal Regulatory Commission Senator Lisa Murkowski Remarks As Prepared U.S. Postal Service Proposal for Five-Day Delivery Week September 16, 2010 Chairman Goldway, Commissioners, thank you for inviting me here to speak to you about the potential effects of the Postal Service’s proposal to eliminate Saturday delivery on Alaskans. As you were unable […]
Lawmakers are set to tackle several big issues in the coming weeks before packing up and going home for reelection campaigns. The future of the Postal Service: Two things to watch — and neither involves ending Saturday mail delivery or closing post offices — two no-go options in an election year. Full Story: Washington Post – […]
PostalReporter.com reader: What would your readers think of the two innovations mentioned in this article? Canada Post adopted 5-day delivery many years ago. Rules are rules, says Canada Post, even for double-amputee Tom Thompson, who will have to move his mailbox at least 150 feet to comply with new regulations regarding box placement. Mailbox location […]
ST. PAUL, MN and Westlake Village, CA – August 24, 2010 – GovDelivery, the leading provider of government-to-citizen communication solutions, and Zumbox, the leader in digital postal mail services, today announced a partnership to aid government agencies and municipalities across the United States in dramatically reducing the financial and environmental costs associated with sending paper […]
The Postal Historian at USPS Headquarters (updated in 2009) has put together a history of six-day mail delivery. A few Seventh-Day Adventist communities like Loma Linda CA (with 14 city carrier routes) receive mail delivery on Sunday instead of Saturday. Delivery: Monday through Saturday since 1863 City Delivery Beginning July 1, 1863, free mail delivery […]
APWU Web News Article 079-2010, Aug. 5, 2010 The AFL-CIO adopted a resolution written by the APWU in support of retaining six-day mail delivery at its Aug. 4 Executive Council meeting. The motion to adopt the resolution expresses the labor movement’s opposition to the USPS proposal to eliminate Saturday delivery. APWU President William Burrus urged […]
Eliminating Saturday Delivery Would Hurt USPS In the Long-Run Excerpts from testimony filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission by former USPS Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President Michael J. Riley. Riley testified on behalf of the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO: From August 1993 to July 1998, I held the position of Chief Financial […]
TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM H. YOUNG ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission regarding USPS Five-Day Delivery Request: My name is William H. Young. I submit this testimony on behalf of Intervenor National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (“NALC”), which serves as the collective bargaining representative of […]
Two Congressional Panels Support Six-Day Service APWU Web News Article 074-2010, July 30, 2010 Two congressional panels voted on July 29 to approve spending bills that would require the Postal Service to continue to provide mail delivery six days per week. The two bills — one in the Senate and one in the House — […]