Mail carriers went on strike Thursday after the government ordered Canada Post to streamline operations, angering businesses that rely on the postal operator to ship orders.
Canada Post has asked the mail carriers’ union to end its ban on direct mail delivery because it is returning to the bargaining table.
Canada Post’s financial troubles have been compounded by the ongoing labor dispute and the inability to generate more revenue from parcel delivery.
The U.S. Postal Service continues to face challenges erasing its losses.
The U.S. Postal Service is recommending mail and postcard rates be increased about 5 cents to 7 cents, depending on the type of mail.
Louis DeJoy is out as U.S. postmaster general. His legacy is mixed, but he is credited with putting the Postal Service on a stronger financial footing.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is welcoming assistance from Elon Musk’s DOGE team to help address perceived mismanagement by partner agencies and the Postal Service Commission.
Transcontinental mail in the United States began on Sept. 15, 1858, when the Overland Mail Service began after it won a contract to connect St. Louis to the Pacific Coast by mail within 25 days.
Aloha Air Cargo is seeking to change an unusual federal limit on its fleet size so it can deliver more mail between the Hawaiian Islands.
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The U.S. Postal Service suffered more of the same in its fiscal second quarter: Billion dollar net loss, parcel gains offset by mail losses
The “e-Commerce Revolution” is the hot topic for the upcoming CNS Partnership Conference next month in Miami. FreightWaves interviews CNS President Michael (Mike) White for an inside look at the e-commerce challenge for the air cargo industry and how the conference will tackle it.
It will literally take an act of Congress to right the sinking USPS ship. Even heavy attrition and solid growth in packages and shipping can’t stop the losses.
The latest legal troubles for the U.S. Postal Service are just part of a problem in the agency which has seen billions of dollars in losses each year. The impact of these issues could significantly impact the broader trucking industry, which has a large stake in USPS’ success.
