The USPS may finally get the much-needed help itâs been seeking. With HR 2382 now having a majority of support in Congress, Congress has the chance to fix the harm they have created. Although HR 2382 is very vague in its description, it will eliminate the pre-funding that has crippled the USPS. By my estimation…
January 4, 2017 Your readers were well-served by the piece on postal reform that ran Dec. 29. Given the importance of the U.S. Postal Service to residents and businesses in Carlsbad and throughout the large and diverse state of New Mexico, Iâd like to take this opportunity to offer some additional information and context. The…
Statement from Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, on USPSâ annual financial report: Todayâs Postal Service financial report shows a $610 million operating profit for Fiscal Year 2016, demonstrating the strength of the postal turnaround. USPS now has three straight years of operating in the black, with a total operating profit…
November 13, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service today released its financial report for Fiscal Year 2015, covering the period from Oct. 1, 2014, through Sept. 30, 2015. Here is a statement from National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando: The $1.2 billion in annual operating profits reported today by the Postal Service is terrific…
August 4, 2015 Re “Reisman: Complaining about Postal Service is futile,” March 16 column: Columnist Phil Reisman repeated misleading “conventional wisdom” about U.S. Postal Service finances in asserting that âemail, social media and the Internet in general are the primary cause of the Postal Serviceâs chronic woes.â Were increased Internet usage indeed causing the red…
The Jan. 14 editorial âSpecial interestsâ deliveryâ quoted extensively from outgoing Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoeâs speech this month at the National Press Club. Drawing on Mr. Donahoeâs criticism of the mailing industry, postal unions and lawmakers, the editorial said interest groupsâ âresistance to changeâ blocks postal reform. Thus, the editorial argued, the main obstacle…
Re:“U.S. Postal Service needs major fix,” Dec. 25 editorial. By Fredric Rolando – January 4, 2015 Your editorial had the headline right, but not the remedy. In fact, you back legislation (the Carper-Coburn bill) that would worsen the U.S. Postal Service’s financial situation. To your credit, you note that the Postal Service runs on earned…
If Congress fixes retirement pre-funding, rural and Saturday service would not need to be cut. Your Aug. 2 editorial (âOur View: Bleak message for patrons of rural post offices in Maine, nationwideâ) properly emphasized the importance of rural post offices for Maine, and more broadly the role of the U.S. Postal Service, which does so…
