Articles Tagged with ''USPS - United States Postal Service''

Postal service plans to hire 10,000 seasonal workers to handle surge, down from 28,000 last year

Leaders claim “significant progress” for 10-year overhaul plan, but consumer group calls for rollback of stamp price hike.

USPS plans to raise Forever stamp from 63 cents to 66 cents, citing elevated inflation and “defective pricing model”

Users can see timeliness per region, date range, and mail type as part of service’s operational and financial reform plan.

Ten-year strategy designed to improve service reliability and financial sustainability, USPS says

USPS orders 9,250 Ford E-Transit vans and 14,000 charging stations, alongside 9,250 gas-burning models in “urgent” vehicle replacement plan.

Consumers would have to seek recourse from e-commerce vendors for lost goods as USPS responds to “surge” of counterfeit postage.

Post Office says at least 75% of new mail trucks bought by 2028 will be battery powered, thanks to federal funding and reform bills.

Move comes in tight labor market as UPS launches plan to hire 100,000 in same period.

But long term outlook is helped by April passage of postal reform act, easing payment of employee health and retirement benefits.