June 27, 2022 The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) is examining the USPS check cashing pilot (buy a gift card with a paycheck) to see if it should be classified as a non-postal (prohibited) product. Comments are due 6/30. PRC Notice and Order issued May 16, 2022 “As a member of the public that has both…
Published: Mar 10, 2020 The U.S. Postal Service has over 31,000 retail facilitiesâa network reaching into almost every community in the nation. As demand for some mail products has declined, USPS has been unable to cover its costs as it is required to doâputting it on our High Risk list. A task force and others…
July 30, 2018 The Trump Administration recently announced that privatization is on the cards for the US Postal Service. Mark Fallon, President and CEO of the Berkshire Company, joins me to analyse the announcement. We cover: What the announcement really means, including whether or not it is binding The possibility of Congress passing legislation to…
CUNA joined other trade association in sending a letter to House leaders urging the adoption of Rep. Patrick McHenryâs (R-N.C.) amendment to the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill to prohibit the U.S. Postal Service from providing banking services. Joining CUNA in the letter addressed to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Minority…
By Evan McMorris-Santoro – April 19, 2018 President Trump has made the mail big news. After a Twitter rant about the Washington Post, Trump launched a presidential commission to look at the finances of the U.S. Postal Service and the deals it cuts with companies like Amazon, which, like the Post, is owned by Jeff…
October 24, 2017 AFL-CIO Convention Resolution 46 WHEREAS, the U.S. Post Office operated the Postal Savings System from 1911 through 1967 and, at its peak, had $3.4 billion in deposits; and WHEREAS, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Postal Service issued a report recommending that the Postal Service provide basic financial services…
By Melody Kramer – April 26, 2016 Imagine receiving a text message every time a new letter was placed in your mailbox, or your city receiving a notification when there was a new pothole in your neighborhood â courtesy of a sensor that had been placed on your neighborhood mail truck. These are the types…
Gail Cornwall – February 28, 2016 As she watches a man with whom she publicly agrees on almost everything be anointed prince of progress, Hillary Clinton feels the burning desire to have her liberalism recognized. Itâs an uphill battle, because she doesnât appear to understand what itâs like to be a working-class American. Two words…
