07/29/2020
NPR
On his first day on the job last month, new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy addressed the nearly half-million U.S. Postal Service career employees in a video message.
He talked of a “trajectory for success” and said that “we will focus on creating a viable operating model that ensures the Postal Service continues fulfilling its public service mission.”
05/31/2020
News & Record
On Jan. 6, a coalition of 90 organizations, A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service (AGA), presented to Brennan more than 400,000 signatures on a petition demanding that the Postal Board of Governors appoint a postmaster general “who is fully committed to universal service and the public ownership of the Postal Service.” And, in 2016, the AGA held a public hearing in Greensboro, where a panel of community leaders took community testimony following comments from area economists, historians and others. They were virtually unanimous in appreciation of the cherished role of this venerable institution. Our keynote speaker on that occasion, U.S. Congresswoman Alma Adams, put it well: “The People’s Post Office belongs to all of us. Whenever someone tries to steal what is yours, you have to fight to keep it.”
Blog Post
On Point from Boston’s WBUR spoke with Lynn Norton, a substitute rural letter carrier in Platsburg, Nebraska.
“The Postal Service, for many people, is a trusted constant that they can rely on. This pandemic has pushed the Post Office into even more of a crisis than it was before. People are going to get worried. There’s going to be stress. How will I get my medications? What’s the cost?”
05/16/2020
Louisville Courier Journal
Randy Bradley, Opinion contributor
I’m a postal employee and union leader who has worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 21 years. Today, I take pride in serving on the front lines of this unprecedented national crisis. Despite risks to our own health, more than 500,000 dedicated postal employees like me are continuing to show up to work to process and deliver the increasing demand for mailed goods.
04/15/2020
By Risa Mickenberg
The Postal Service is the largest employer in some states. It delivers 48% of the world’s mail, including social security checks, stimulus checks, voting ballots, medication, and hospital supplies.
04/24/2020
Politico
President Donald Trump said Friday that he would not approve any bailout for the U.S. Postal Service unless it dramatically increases its prices.
The Postal Service, which Trump called “a joke,” has warned of its serious financial distress for years. But with the U.S. economy staggered by the coronavirus, USPS reported a 30 percent decrease in volume. The service has requested as much as $75 billion in cash, loans and grants to stay afloat.
04/24/2020
Washington Post
The president said the postal agency should quadruple its package delivery prices, otherwise he would block congressionally approved funding
04/23/2020
Washington Post
President Trump has railed for years against what he sees as mismanagement of the agency, which he argues has been exploited by sites such as Amazon
04/20/2020
The Kansas City Star
If Jack Bainbridge couldn’t get his prescriptions through the mail, the 70-year-old Army veteran would have to make a 90-mile round trip to the VA Medical Center in Kansas City.
04/17/2020
The American Conservative
Equal parts Rooseveltian and Rockwellian, the USPS and its universal mandate are pieces of our national inheritance.
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