Web News Article #: 121-2016 06/13/2016 – The APWU has updated a brochure that dispels common misconceptions about the Postal Service. The brochure, Our U.S. Postal Service is Under Attack, tells union members and the public the truth about the Postal Service’s phony financial crisis, the threat of privatization, and the potential for expanded and…
By Bill Brickley – May 8, 2015 The revival of the US Postal Service continues to pick up steam according to Quarter 3 financial results released today. For the sixth consecutive quarter the Postal Service turned an operational profit when accounting for costs it can control. Fueled by an avalanche of packages the Postal Service continues…
Editorial – April 17, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service’s woes have been mostly out of the spotlight for a while, but they haven’t gone away. The agency’s most recent financial statement shows it is $15 billion in debt and still losing money. It lost $5.5 billion in 2014. Apologists for the service often point to…
Last week Newsweek ran an opinion piece entitled “Do We Need a Postal Service?” It originally appeared on the website of the Brookings Institute with the title, “The U.S. Postal Service’s existential problem.” “The U.S. Postal Service has an existential problem,” begins the op-ed, and twice more in the space of just 840 words it…
Web News Article #: 60-2015 03/23/2015 – Three in-depth flyers and a brochure just published by the APWU dispel common misconceptions about the Postal Service. “With contract negotiations underway, it’s important for union members – and the public – to know the truth about the Postal Service’s phony financial crisis, the threat of privatization, and…
Thanks to The Oregonian for again engaging the debate about the future of the U.S. Postal Service. While Congress is certainly key to a long-term solution to USPS woes, the current postal management is using a phony financial crisis to dismantle the largest, most efficient, reliable and affordable communications and delivery system in the world….
