Alliance Notes—Articles Worth Reading
October 24, 2018
- MarketWatch, October 10, 2018–Post office proposes raising ‘Forever’ stamp prices by 10%
- CNN Business, October 10, 2018–Postal Service seeks record price hikes to bolster falling revenues
- The Washington Post, October 10, 2018–Postal Service proposes 5 cent increase to first-class stamp
- USA Today, October 11, 2018–USPS proposes price hike of 5 cents, biggest since 1991
- The NonProfit Times, October 11, 2018–Fundraisers To Get Smacked With Postal Hike
- CNBC, October 11, 2018–The Post Office wants to raise the fees it charges Amazon and other shippers
- Politico, October 11, 2018–Postal Service unveils price hikes, denies they’re meant to hurt Amazon
- The Blaze, October 11, 2018–US Postal Service asks for record-high price hike on stamps
- Business Insider, October 11, 2018—Amazon and other companies are facing a postal-service price hike after months of criticism from Trump
- The Hill, October 11, 2018–US Postal Service requests largest stamp price hike since 1991
- Fox Business, October 12, 2018–Amazon may have to pay more to US Postal Service
- Publishing Executive, October 13, 2018–2019 Print Forecast: Tight Paper Market Will Continue Squeezing Publishers
- The Washington Post, October 16, 2018–Postal Service — the preferred shipper for drug dealers
- National Catholic Development Conference, October 17, 2018–My Comments to the USPS Office of the Inspector General
- The New York Times, October 17, 2018–Trump Opens New Front in His Battle With China: International Shipping
- Financial Times, October 17, 2018–Donald Trump moves to pull US out of postal treaty
- USA Today, October 17, 2018–President Trump moves to pull U.S. out of 144-year-old postal treaty, citing hit to U.S. firms
- The White House, October 17, 2018–Statement from the Press Secretary
- Postal Regulatory Commission, October 17, 2018–White House Announcement on Universal Postal Union: Statement of Chairman Robert G. Taub
- Universal Postal Union, October 17, 2018–Statement on the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from the Universal Postal Union treaties
- South China Morning Post, October 18, 2018–China ‘regrets’ America’s departure from Universal Postal Union
- Government Executive, October 18, 2018–USPS Realized Just 5 Percent of Projected Savings From Slowing Mail Delivery
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy, October 18, 2018–Nonprofits Decry Latest Proposed Postal-Rate Increases
- International Mailers Advisory Group, October 19, 2018–IMAG Statement on U.S. Intention to Withdraw from the UPU
- National Association of Letter Carriers, October 23, 2018–Statement: NALC opposes State Department decision to leave UPU