USPS Could Privatize As Early As Next Year
12.27.2019 – Fortune reports: “The new leadership will be handpicked and approved by the Board of Governors: a group of five men, three of whom were appointed by Trump. Once the new leadership is in place, the board will also be tasked by the Trump administration with creating a package of large, structural changes intended to help the ailing Postal Service. Those changes will likely include privatizing and selling pieces of the public service off, according to the APWU.” – Comments (Count)
Consolidated Casing Leads to Portland Protest
12.01.2019 – PostalMag.com reports: Close to fifty residents of North Portland’s 97217 zip code area rallied outside the Kenton Post Office today to protest their erratic, unreliable and haphazard mail delivery. Since late September, North Portland’s mail delivery has been a mess. Mail is arriving days late, in the dark, to the wrong address, and with constantly changing letter carriers. A “PILOT” project, called “Consolidated Casing,” has been forced on residents and businesses in the zip code.” – Community members rally against USPS test program – Comments (Count)
Virginia: Yet Another Mail Truck Burns (third one this week) – 2) California – 3) Kansas – Comments (Count)