PRC Issues Advisory Opinion on USPS Proposal to Change Service Standards for First-Class Package Service

Washington, DC – 9/29/21 – The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued its Advisory Opinion on the U.S. Postal Service proposal to revise service standards for First-Class Package Service (FCPS). (Docket No. N2021-2). The proposal would lengthen service standards by 1 to 2 days for approximately 31.2 percent of FCPS volume and shorten service standards by…

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APWU: TV News – A Good Example Of How To Spread The Message

The video linked below is a good example of how to spread the message that service standard changes and the closure of mail processing facilities will create hardships for individual customers and small businesses. via TV News: A Good Example | APWU.

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Overnight Delivery To Come To An End with Postal Service Changes

The local chapter of the American Postal Workers Union is preparing for the end of overnight delivery as the US Postal Services consolidates and changes its standards. Paducah Local 2500 Vice President Gerl McKinney says the postal service standards will change Jan. 5, 2015, and the Paducah processing facility is set to close April 1,…

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APWU: Senate Can Help Stop Service Cuts & Plant Closures – Urgent Action is Required!

On June 30th, USPS announced its intention to close and consolidate 82 mail processing facilities in 37 states throughout the country beginning in January 2015.  Today, August 1st, 2014, service standard changes were printed in the federal register ending overnight mail service for the entire country, effective January 2015.  If not stopped, this move threatens…

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