Mail industry calls on Congress to give USPS time to right-size Mailing Systems Technology

Post & Parcel--Key US mailing industry groups have called on US lawmakers to act to stabilise the finances of the US Postal Service, and give it time to right-size its network in the face of declining mail volumes. A joint letter was sent to all members of the House of Representatives today, from dozens of USPS customers, suppliers, partners and unions, calling on them to support legislation introduced back in April that would help the struggling Postal Service. Groups including all major postal unions, the Association for Postal Commerce, Parcel Shippers Association and 54 individual USPS partner and customer businesses warned that the possibility that the USPS could run out of cash later this year "poses an immediate and serious threat to the US economy". Read more!