The U.S. Postal Service has been in the news a lot lately. That’s good because, to be frank, we don’t think about it enough. We take for granted that the mail will be there Monday through Saturday, rain or shine, because that’s the way it’s always been.
Workers are battling an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service that would cost thousands of jobs and slow the mail for half the country.
The USPS is not only losing money, but also failing to meet any of its mail service standards anywhere in the country, even after it had previously lowered them to make them easier to meet.
The U.S. Postal Service is proposing changes to reduce costs and enhance service, but some lawmakers have voiced concerns about the impact on rural communities.
A USPS news release states the plan would “retain certain local mail processing operations at the Waterloo postal facility.”
The Postal Service has filed a proposal with the Postal Regulatory Commission to revise the service standards for First Class Mail and other market-dominant products.
The U.S. Postal Service calls its new cost-saving plan Local Transportation Optimization (LTO). It involves ending the evening pickup of mail from post offices for delivery to a processing center.
For more than a century, the United States Postal Service has shipped baby birds through the mail. Breeders, hatcheries and customers blame postal slowdowns and delays for birds now dying in transit.
The Hicksville Post Office on Wednesday unveiled the newest addition to its fleet: 57 electric vehicles.
The U.S. Postal Service is moving forward with a plan to slow down delivery for a relatively small portion of mail, telling its regulator the changes would save nearly $4 billion annually and better reflect the evolving nature of mail usage.