USPS says new service standards are coming which could mean slower delivery
Staff video, USA TODAY
Americans don’t want slower delivery and higher prices as the holiday season approaches, but that’s what the debt-plagued U.S. Postal Service will be offering customers as it tries to turn around its finances.
The Postal Service has lost $87 billion over the past 14 fiscal years and expects to lose $9.7 billion more in fiscal 2021, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Postal Service does not receive taxpayer funding – except subsides for mail costs for disabled and overseas voters. Most of its revenue comes from sales of postage stamps, and other products and services.
In announcing a 10-year plan to fix the USPS finances, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in March that the service would "run out of cash and require a government bailout" if financial problems aren't addressed.
A greater reliance on email and digital communication has cut first-class mail use, while companies such as FedEx and United Parcel Service compete for parcel delivery.
The changes incorporated by DeJoy's 10-year plan began Oct. 1. Here are the highlights, as reported by USA TODAY:
- Longer times for long-distance delivery: First-class mail – letters, cards and flats – and periodicals will take a day or two longer to deliver, especially coast to coast. First-class packages are not affected.
- Higher package prices: The Postal Service will temporarily increase prices for domestic commercial and retail packages from Oct. 3 to Dec. 26.
- Higher stamp prices: Forever stamp prices will increase July 22. USPS has not announced how much the increase will be.
- Reduced service: Postal officials said the plan seeks to reduce hours at a "small percentage" of post offices while a "small percentage" of others could be closed.
Overall mail volume declined by 9% in 2020, attributed primarily to a 4% decline in first-class mail and a 14% drop in marketing and advertising mail, according to the GAO.
The Postal Service plans to hire about 100,000 non-career workers this year, including drivers, letter carriers, mail handlers and processors and others. As non-career employees, the new hires will be considered temporary workers and won't receive the same benefits as career employees.
SOURCE USA TODAY Network reporting and research; The Associated Press; U.S. Postal Service; Government Accountability Office; Brookings Institution; Economic Policy Institute
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