Alliance Notes—Articles Worth Reading
May 3, 2018
- The New York Times, April 4, 2018–Is Amazon Bad for the Postal Service? Or Its Savior?
- Gizmodo, April 5, 2018–Former Postmaster General Says Trump Is Completely About Amazon
- Tech Crunch, April 9, 2018–Amazon isn’t to blame for the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survive
- Government Executive, April 9, 2018–USPS Could Owe Payouts to As Many As 130K Employees After Class-Action Lawsuit Final Ruling
- The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2018–Forget Snow and Rain, Washington Can Stop the Postal Service: Problems pile up due to vacancies on the USPS governing board
- ABC 10 News, April 10, 2018– Is ‘Cluster Box’ the future of postal mail delivery? -Cuts down on door-to-door deliveries
- Fox News, April 12, 2018–Postal worker disposed of, hid thousands of pieces of mail, authorities say
- The Hill, April 12, 2018–Trump launches task force to evaluate Postal Service operations
- The Washington Post, April 12,2018–Trump orders review of Postal Service’s business model
- The New York Times, April 12, 2018– Trump, Having Denounced Amazon’s Shipping Deal, Orders Review of Postal Service
- The Washington Post, April 17, 2018 (Editorial)– Trump’s Postal Service audit is actually a welcome chance for reform
- Government Executive, April 18, 2018– Nominees to Postal Board Promise to Challenge Trump on Any False Amazon Claims
- The Economist, April 19, 2018– Why America’s post office should be privatised
- Europe is far ahead when it comes to liberalising postal markets
- The Economist, April 19, 2018–Amazon is not the only threat to legacy post offices
- Sports Illustrated, April 21, 2018—Was it the Right decision for lance Armstrong to Settle his Lawsuit with the U.S. Government?
- Bloomberg Government, April 23, 2018—Postal Service Overhaul Gets Priority
- The Hill, April 25, 2018–Gillibrand unveils bill to offer banking services at post offices
- American Banker, April 26, 2018–Postal banking is back on the table. Here’s why that matters
- Barron’s, April 30, 2018–The Pros and Cons of Postal Banking
- NALC, May 1, 2018–“It’s the pre-funding, stupid!”
- In These Times, May 2, 2018–Postal Banking Could Become a Reality Even Without Congress. Here’s How.