Grrrr... In more #IranWar news, the #UnitedStatesPostalService #USPS is adding a fuel surcharge in April through at least January 2027 to package delivery prices. Obviously small businesses rely on USPS package services a lot.
I would imagine consumers will be hit with at least an extra $1 of shipping costs per package.
"U.S. Postal Service Announces Transportation-Related, Time-Limited Price Change"
From the article:
"The planned price change, which was approved by the Governors of the Postal Service on March 24, is an 8 percent increase that would affect base postage prices on the following retail and commercial domestic competitive products: Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage, and Parcel Select.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service filed notice today with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) regarding a time-limited price change to better align its costs of transportation with the market. This temporary price adjustment will provide needed flexibility for the Postal Service by helping to ensure that the actual costs of doing business are covered, as required by Congress.
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Trump Appointing #FedEx Exec to Head Up the #USPS (#UnitedStatesPostalService)
Stop Trump’s US Postal Service privatization Here are truths they don’t want you to know.
Trump wants to privatize the United States Postal Service. Private delivery companies will devastate rural deliveries and cause pricing shocks to everyone. Even private companies depend on the USPS.
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Trump wants to privatize the United States Postal Service. Private delivery companies will devastate rural deliveries and cause pricing shocks to everyone. Even private companies depend on the USPS.
The Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive—the nation’s largest all-volunteer one-day food collection effort—is held annually on the second Saturday in May and is a community outreach effort of the National Association of Letter Carriers.
#Postal workers rally against proposals to privatize #USPS
Maine Public | By Kaitlyn Budion
Published March 20, 2025
"Postal workers across #Maine are sounding alarms about proposals to privatize the U.S. Postal Service.
"Workers in #PortlandME and #BangorME rallied today to make the case that private companies will not be able to fully meet the mail service needs of Maine residents- especially those in rural areas.
"In Bangor, protestors chanted 'U.S. mail is not for sale' and held signs as passing cars honked in support.
"Tom Smith is the legislative director with the local chapter of the American Postal Workers Union. He said shifting mail delivery to private companies would only make it more expensive to send and slower to arrive.
"'It becomes a for-profit business where the bottom line is profits, as long as people can suffer a couple of days without their meds, as long as the bottom dollar is found,' Smith said. 'And that's not what we are. We are an essential service of the United States people.'
"Smith said workers are on edge with all the debate in Washington, and #InstitutionalKnowledge is being lost as some long-time staff take early retirement offers.
"'The Postal Service is inexpensive, it's prompt, it's reliable,' he said. "And especially in rural areas, people count on the Postal Service for life saving meds to Grandma's latest batch of snickerdoodles.'
"Smith said the union is encouraging the public to reach out to local and federal representatives to show their support. The National Association of Letter Carriers will also hold a rally in Portland on Sunday."
https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2025-03-20/postal-workers-rally-against-proposals-to-privatize-usps
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