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February 4, 2025
PRC Advisory Opinion on USPS Service Standard Changes, Warns of ‘Significant Negative Impact’
In October 2024, the United States Postal Service announced proposed changes to how it collects and distributes outgoing mail that would lengthen the delivery service standards for much of the country’s First Class Mail....
September 12, 2019
Success During Summer Session
(This article first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) H.R. 2382 Obtains Majority of Cosponsors The USPS Fairness Act, H.R. 2382, reached a bi-partisan majority of cospo...
August 5, 2019
Senate Approves New Members of the Board of Governors and the Postal Regulatory Commission
The Senate confirmed three appointees to the Board of Governors on Thursday, August 1, before adjourning for the summer recess. Ron Bloom, Roman Martinez IV, and John Barger will join current Governors David Williams and...
June 3, 2019
249 Post Offices, Stations, Branches on a Suspension / Discontinuance List for 2019
(This article first appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) State and local presidents have been sent the latest Suspension List for 2019 that was released after Quarter 4 FY 2018. A...
May 1, 2018
Fighting Back with Street Parties
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2018 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Craft Directors Understaffing is the main reason service to our communities is decreasing and stress on the job is...
December 20, 2017
Season’s Greetings
December 7, 2017
Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Proposes Changes to Ratemaking System
November 1, 2017
Price Cap’s Significant Impact on the Clerk Craft
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Craft Directors Any day now, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) will be making a decision on the post...
March 25, 2017
APWU Weighs In, Calling for an End to CPI Price Cap
The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) submitted comments before the March 20 deadline to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for their ongoing “10 Year Rate System Review,” required by Congress in the 2006 Postal A...
April 14, 2016
2-Cent Postage Cut is ‘Bad News’
A ruling by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) that required the Postal Service to lower postage rates from 49 to 47 cents will “disrupt service and undermine a great national treasure,” said APWU President Mark Dimo...
March 31, 2016
USPS Failed to Meet Service Targets in 2015, PRC Report Says
According to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) Annual Compliance Determination Report (ACD), the Postal Service failed to meet the majority of service performance targets in fiscal year 2015. Service performance r...
March 31, 2016
USPS Failed to Meet Service Targets in 2015, PRC Report Says
According to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) Annual Compliance Determination Report (ACD), the Postal Service failed to meet the majority of service performance targets in fiscal year 2015. Service performance r...
July 9, 2015
PRC Documents Shed Light on Shady Staples Privatization Deal
In response to a lawsuit filed by the APWU, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has coughed up 231 documents that shed new light on the secretive deal between Staples and the Postal Service. Perhaps most jarring is th...
June 29, 2015
APWU Takes PRC to Court Over Refusal to Enforce Service Standards
The APWU has taken the Postal Regulatory Commission to court, challenging the commission’s decision to dismiss its complaint that the Postal Service is failing to meet service standards. The union filed the Petition for...
March 3, 2014
PRC Dismisses APWU Service Complaint
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has dismissed an APWU complaint which charges that the Postal Service is failing to meet its own service standards regarding the delivery of first-class mail. The union brought the...
February 21, 2014
APWU Opposes USPS Proposal to Slow Down Standard Mail
In a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission on Feb. 20, the APWU strenuously opposed a USPS proposal to reduce service standards for Standard Mail.
December 23, 2013
Tell the PRC About Delayed Mail
Businesses, customers and APWU members who have complaints about delayed mail should be sure to let the Postal Regulatory Commission know, says Debby Szeredy, the union’s executive vice president.
December 3, 2013
PRC Ruling: One More Week To Prove USPS is Violating Service Standards
In a ruling responding to a complaint filed by the APWU, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued an order on Nov. 27 giving the APWU two weeks to submit additional evidence that the Postal Service is regularly viol...
September 5, 2013
APWU Files Charges With Postal Regulatory Commission
The APWU filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on Sept. 5 charging that the USPS is failing to comply with its own service standards and is depriving individuals, small businesses and organization...
October 2, 2012
PRC Urges USPS To Preserve Overnight Delivery
In an advisory opinion on the Postal Service’s “Network Rationalization” plan issued Sept. 28, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) urged the Postal Service to preserve overnight mail delivery and concluded that ”there...
September 12, 2012
PRC Dismisses APWU Complaint
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has dismissed a complaint filed by the APWU alleging that the USPS violated federal law when it began implementing a plan to eliminate half of the nation’s mail processing plants be...
June 29, 2012
PRC Denies APWU Request to Halt July 1 Plan
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has denied the APWU's request [PDF] for an emergency order to stop the Postal Service from implementing its latest plan to consolidate the mail processing network and reduce service...
June 15, 2012
PRC to Expedite Decision on APWU Complaint
The Postal Regulatory Commission will issue an expedited decision on a complaint filed by the APWU that seeks to stop the USPS from implementing its network consolidation plan on July 1, the panel has announced. The unio...
June 13, 2012
APWU Files Complaint to Stop USPS From Implementing Plan on July 1
The APWU filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission on June 12 seeking to stop the Postal Service from implementing Phase 1 of its consolidation plan, which calls for the USPS to consolidate 48 mail processi...
June 8, 2012
APWU Seeks to Stop Consolidations Until PRC Issues Opinion
The APWU assailed a “modified” USPS consolidation plan at a hearing before the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on June 7, and notified the panel that the union will file a complaint seeking to stop the Postal Service...
March 26, 2012
USPS Explanation of Secret Study Is Misleading, Inaccurate, Union Charges
The Postal Service’s recent attempt to justify the decision to keep market research secret is misleading and inaccurate, the APWU has charged.
February 15, 2012
USPS Plans to Implement Consolidations As Soon As Moratorium Ends
In a meeting with the APWU on Feb. 13, postal officials notified the APWU that they plan to begin consolidating mail processing facilities as soon as the moratorium on consolidations ends. The moratorium is set to expire...
February 14, 2012
House Members Seek Moratorium On USPS Plans to Close Post Offices
More than 100 members of the House of Representatives have signed a letter to Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe asking him to place a moratorium on plans to consolidate thousands of post offices “until the USPS resol...
December 30, 2011
PRC Blasts USPS Retail Closure Plan
Postal Service plans to close a many as 3,600 retail facilities is based on questionable data, Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) recently concluded.
December 5, 2011
USPS Plan Will Hasten Demise Of a Still-Vital Institution
“The Postal Service plan will hasten the demise of the USPS,” APWU President Cliff Guffey said in response to the agency’s announcement that it would seek an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission on plan...