USPS released the following “Frequently Asked Questions” on Prices Changes effective January 22,2012 On October 18, 2011, the Postal Service™ announced new prices and product features for the following domestic and international mailing services: First-Class Mail®. First-Class Mail International®. Periodicals. Standard Mail®. Package Services: Bound Printed Matter. Media Mail®/Library […]
Affordable Mail Alliance Comments on informal ruling issued by a Postal Regulatory Commission lawyer Oct 12, 2010 regarding USPS possibly raising postage rates. THE OCTOBER 12 LETTER-RULING OF THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL IS EITHER UNLAWFUL OR INEFFECTIVE. The OGC letter, if treated as a binding substantive ruling, violates the due process rights of AMA […]
Commission backs NALC on definition of exigent circumstances,faults USPS case PRC rejects exigent rate increase, punts financial crisis to Congress Noting that the U.S. Postal Service and its employees had successfully adapted to the adverse effects of the Great Recession—cutting costs enough to more than offset the loss in mail revenue due to the recession—the […]
Fully Paying Retiree Health Benefit Mandate We are disappointed to learn that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has denied our price filing. But we are encouraged by their acknowledgment and understanding of the larger financial risk we face through the mandated prefunding of Retiree Health Benefits. Clearly, the Postal Service is a viable business. Maintaining […]
The Postal Regulatory Commission announced its decision rejecting the requested price hike at a news conference Thursday. “After careful consideration, the Commission agreed with the Postal Service that the recent severe recession, and the decline in mail volume experienced during the recession, do qualify as an extraordinary or exceptional circumstance under the law. However, the […]
“The June 16, 2010 conference has provided the Commission with a number of potentially useful suggestions and comments. One of the suggestions was that the Commission include a tentative schedule in the Commission’s initial order.” The following schedule responds to that suggestion. July 6, 2010 Exigent Request filed. July 19, 2010 First Technical Conference (topics […]
New coalition of mail customers call on Postal Regulatory Commission to reject rate increases Washington, DC – The Affordable Mail Alliance, an unprecedented coalition of Postal customers, is today calling on the Postal Regulatory Commission to reject the United States Postal Service’s new proposal to increase postal rates by ten times the rate permissible by […]