US Postal Service

Bipartisan Senate group takes stand against Postal Service privatization

Six U.S. senators from both parties last week sponsored a resolution opposing any move to sell the U.S. Postal Service, or key parts of it, to private sector investors, something Trump administration officials have said they are contemplating.

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is leading the effort to preserve the Postal Service’s independence and service obligation to every address in America.

Standing alongside more than 100 rural letter carriers at a Capitol Hill rally earlier in the week, Peters...

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A look at DeJoy’s Postal Service legacy after quick departure

Louis DeJoy’s effort to turnaround the U.S. Postal Service’s financial fortunes was made more difficult by a host of entrenched interests, but he threaded the political needle in a way that gained grudging respect from stakeholders who often opposed his reforms.

A day after Louis DeJoy’s abrupt exit as postmaster general, postal union leaders on Tuesday credited him with initiating a long overdue modernization effort rather than enabling ideas now contemplated by the Trump administration to...

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Breaking: el maestro general de correos Louis DeJoy anuncia una partida repentina

El maestro general de correos de EE. UU., Louis Dejoy, anunció el lunes que renunciaría de inmediato, adelantando a lo que varias cuentas de medios de Washington dijeron que era una posible expulsión del presidente Donald Trump con la intención de afirmar un mayor control sobre el servicio postal....

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Breaking: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announces sudden departure

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Monday announced he was stepping down immediately, getting ahead of what several media accounts from Washington said was a possible ouster by President Donald Trump with intent to assert greater control over the Postal Service.

Critics say DeJoy’s departure is the opening shot in a hostile takeover of the Postal Service by the Trump administration. 

“Make no mistake, the postmaster general was forced out by a White House intent on breaking up and selling off...

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Unions pressure Congress to protect against Postal Service changes

Rural letter carriers are scheduled Tuesday to rally on Capitol Hill for the launch of a national campaign urging Congress to block any attempts by the Trump administration to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. 

More than 100 letter carriers are slated to gather to raise awareness of the stakes to rural communities from efforts to strip the Postal Service of its independent status as a government enterprise and sell it to private investors, which some conservatives argue would improve...

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Postal Service sets 2024 shipping rate hikes for 3 key services

The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday that it has proposed general rate increases for 2024 of between 5.4% and 5.9% for three popular shipping services.

Rates for the Postal Service’s Ground Advantage service, which offers two-to-five-day deliveries based on distance, would increase by 5.4%. Rates for the agency’s Priority Mail two-to-three-day delivery service would increase by 5.7%. Prices of its Priority Mail Express one-to-two-day delivery service would rise by 5.9%.

The increases will take...

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Postal Service posts massive net loss in FY ’23

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The U.S. Postal Service posted a $6.5 billion net loss for its 2023 fiscal year, which ended Sept....

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FedEx announces holiday shipping deadlines

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) disclosed on Tuesday its holiday shipping deadlines for domestic packages that need to arrive on or before Christmas Eve, which this year falls on Sunday.

Customers using FedEx Ground, the company’s U.S. ground delivery business, will need to ship by Dec. 20 if they choose two-day shipping, the company said. Customers using FedEx Home Delivery, the company’s residential delivery operation, will need to ship by Dec. 21 for two-day shipping. Parcels tendered to FedEx Ground...

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OSM Worldwide to avoid peak-season parcel-delivery surcharges

OSM Worldwide, which dubs itself the nation’s fifth-largest e-commerce parcel delivery provider, said Tuesday it will not impose peak-season delivery surcharges.

OSM joins delivery providers such as Veho and AxleHire to not impose any delivery surcharges this holiday season.

Chicago-based OSM is a postal work-share provider, meaning that it aggregates packages for induction into the Postal Service’s transport infrastructure for residential deliveries. OSM uses the Postal Service’s Parcel Select...

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No peak-season delivery surcharges, Postal Service says

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The U.S. Postal Service will not impose any parcel-delivery surcharges during the upcoming peak...

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