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PRC Ruling Undermines Postal Service
Posted On: Apr 14, 2016

2-Cent Postage Cut is ‘Bad News’

APWU Web News Article # 083-2016

04/14/2016 - 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 Dimondstein. “The decision is bad news for customers, workers and the Postal Service,” he said.

The price reduction, the first since 1919, ended the emergency increase granted in the wake of the Great Recession. It is expected to cost the Postal Service $2 billion in revenue annually.

“We want our customers to enjoy the lowest postage rates possible, but postage can’t be so low that it destroys service and damages the institution,” Dimondstein said. “Our country needs a vibrant Postal Service and the USPS needs revenue to properly serve the people.

“The PRC decision fits right in with the ‘4 Ds’ strategy of the privatizers: Defund the USPS; degrade service; demonize the workers, and dismantle the institution,” he said. “The ruling – along with the congressional mandate that requires management to pre-fund retiree healthcare costs 75 years into the future – defunds the USPS.

“The 2-cent reduction is a boon to the major mailers who already get excessive discounts at the expense of individual mailers. It won’t save individual mailers much money at all.

“But it will further damage service and undermine a great national treasure. Two of the three PRC members – one Republican and one Democrat – shamefully voted for the 2-cent reduction.”


 
 
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