Letter carriers and other postal employees have been saying for several years that changes at the Postal Service would lead to more job-related injuries. A new report suggests they may be right.
"Despite the Postal Service’s efforts to decrease the number of employees [by 19% since 2008], its workers’ compensation costs have increased 35 percent,” the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General noted in a report last week.
This week, Structural Graphics is featuring a creative direct mail solution it produced for AAA that exemplifies how a company can still be creative and engaging even when delivering multiple messages. AAA was trying to communicate its "many ways to save" in a creative, engaging and comprehensive way.
The stage is being set this month for another round of argument and angst over the future of the U.S. Postal Service when Congress returns to work in September.
The latest squabble erupted after the USPS, which this summer reported a net loss of $2 billion in the second quarter of 2014, announced plans to cut 15,000 jobs and consolidate 82 mail-processing centers in 2015. The Postal Service has already consolidated 141 mail-processing facilities since 2012.
The USPS continues to drown in red ink, despite an increase in revenue in the quarter ending June 30. A big part of the losses stem
At GRAPH EXPO 14 in Chicago from Sept. 28–Oct. 1, mailing, printing and fulfillment firms that offer direct mail services―or are considering doing so―will be able to access the latest mailing information and real-world solutions at the GRAPH EXPO 14 Deliver Theater, sponsored by AMSP/NAPL/NAQP. The theater will provide free daily programs covering all facets of mailing service operations, management and strategic development.
The Center for Responsive Politics reports the postal service has been paid $17.5 million so far this election cycle for delivering political direct-mail pieces, ranking it No. 4 on the center's list of political vendors. This revenue won't close the postal service's fiscal gap — it lost $2 billion last quarter — but every little bit helps.
The No. 1 vendor is Waterfront Strategies, which has spent nearly $42 million on media buys on behalf of Democratic candidates, with most of this money coming from liberal super PACs.
This week, Structural Graphics is featuring a puzzle piece mailer that it created for Google to introduce Google Earth Pro.
Half of the Senate on Thursday called for a one-year hold on the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to close mail-processing plants, saying the move should come as part of any legislation to avoid another government shutdown.
Fifty senators signed a bipartisan letter to top members of the House and Senate appropriations committees opposing USPS plans for closing up to 82 plants and eliminating up to 15,000 jobs starting next year.
"At a time when our middle class is disappearing, the loss of 15,000 good-paying Postal Service jobs will harm our local communities and economies," the lawmakers wrote.
This week, Structural Graphics is featuring a dimensional print campaign it produced for Sprint to help promote two new technology solutions to their prospective customers and partners.
The rise of online purchasing is boosting the partnership between United Parcel Service and the U.S. Postal Service—and fueling their rivalry as well.
“During the quarter, a retail customer upgraded its catalog distribution to UPS Ground from the U.S. mail, contributing to our ground growth,” CFO Kurt Koehn said during the company’s quarterly earnings call. He didn’t name names, but only a large customer could cause meaningful growth in the company’s $6.2 billion quarterly revenue for domestic ground shipments.
The big shipping company is also wary of the Postal Service trying to steal market share with its recent proposal to slash prices
Because USPS has to deliver to every home six days a week, it can deliver a package to that home cheaper than FedEx, which only delivers to that home when it receives enough profit to do so. Maybe that’s why FedEx earned more than $2 billion in profit last year while USPS lost nearly $5 billion.
Like UPS, FedEx complained that secrecy surrounding USPS’s “Competitive Products” makes it impossible to prove that USPS’s proposal is contrary to law.
UPS and FedEx also agree that USPS’s Competitive Products should bear more than 5.5 percent of the agency’s institutional costs now that they represent
