Congress Coerces USPS to Keep Saturday Delivery

The move to eliminate Saturday delivery would have saved the USPS—by its estimates—$2 billion a year in operating costs. It will seek to renegotiate with its unions while also seeking above-inflation rate increases, especially for those services not covering their costs (primarily standard mail flats and periodicals). The USPS lost just under $1.2 billion combined on the two services last year.