Management
Postal Service Doubles Annual Losses to $8.8 Billion
USPS is no longer seeing accelerating growth from its shipping and package business.
Management
USPS, Regulator Pursue Different Paths in Fighting Court Ruling on Rate Hikes
Allowing the court's ruling to unwind the stamp price increase would cause "substantial disruption and uncertainty," Postal Regulatory Commission says.
Management
U.S. Postal Service Chief to Step Down
Outgoing postmaster general led the agency during "very challenging circumstances."
Management
U.S. to Remain in International Postal Agency After Securing More Favorable Deal for American Mailers
The Trump administration had said it would withdraw from UN body with roots in 145-year-old treaty.
Pay & Benefits
Yet Another Impasse at the Postal Service as Two More Labor Contracts Expire
The fate of compensation and other issues for 250,000 employees now hangs in the balance.
Management
Court Rules Postal Service's Largest-Ever Stamp Price Increase Is Illegal
Decision sparks confusion as USPS says it is weighing its legal options.
Workforce
Letter Carriers Sue Postal Service Over Push to 'Radically Refashion' Their Jobs
New initiative is causing employees pain and exhaustion, group alleges.
Management
USPS Loses $2.3B in Third Quarter Amid Newly Ominous Signs For Its Business
The Postal Service saw a drop in its shipping and package business for the first time in nine years.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Raises Coming for 130K Postal Employees, Along With Higher Health Care Costs
USPS says the new contract will lead to "continued restraint" on labor costs.
Management
USPS Regains a Functioning Governing Board for the First Time in Five Years
Five Trump appointees sit on the panel, finally reinstating its quorum.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Supervisors Sue for Better Pay
After the Postal Service largely ignored the non-binding findings of a mediation panel, supervisors sued for retroactive pay increases.
Management
Would-Be Postal Regulators Pledge to Hold Mailing Agency More Accountable
PRC nominees say hitting performance goals, finalizing pricing system are top priorities.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service Floats Big Cuts to Employee Pay, Leave and Benefits
New postal workers would no longer earn a pension under preliminary business plan.
Pay & Benefits
After Dramatic Workforce Reductions, Postal Service Sees Spike in Overtime Hours
Faulty scheduling and fewer employees led to overtime uptick, IG says, in spite of mail volume decline.
Pay & Benefits
U.S. Postal Employees’ Retirement Assets Are Invested More Cautiously Than Those of Their Foreign Counterparts
Legally mandated strategy is not risky, but also does not produce high returns that might help reduce a gap in pension assets and liabilities, report notes.
Management
Postal Service Scores Victory After Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge From UPS
Court will not consider appeal that the Postal Service is unfairly calculating package costs.
Management