In the last post here we reported on the The Affordable Mail Alliance Motion to Dismiss regarding the USPS request for an exigent rate increase (http://shipp.in/g/1cs). In the interest of fairness here is the response to that motion by the American Postal Workers Union AFL-CIO (APWU).
Associated Mail & Parcel Centers (AMPC) members pay dues to support the organization’s efforts to support their businesses. The money pays for a staff to develop benefits, programs, discounts, research, education, and advocacy for the members. Joining AMPC is easy. To help us support your industry and business, go to www.ampc.org and sign up. As reported [...]
The Civil Service Retirement Act created the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) in 1920 to “help Postal employees survive retirement.” With the inability to anticipate the fact that some day they would may want to not work any more, many Postal employees worked until they died. Which is what they must have meant by not [...]
The following is a quote from James M. Kiefer, Pricing Economist for the U.S. Postal Service on the behalf of The United States Postal Service. “The single-piece, first-ounce price, commonly known as the stamp price, is the most visible price offered by the Postal Service. It is also the single most important price in terms [...]
A local ice cream store had the glass in their front door made slightly convex. They then applied a filtering film, generally used to conserve Summer cooling costs, on the inside of the glass, enhancing the mirror effect on the outside of the door. People seeing themselves in the door as they approached the store [...]
Striving to continuously improve the value of AMPC Membership, many benefits have been added and older ones have been improved. The cost of memberships is far less that the increase in income a store can achieve by taking advantage of these programs and discounts. Classic AMPC Membership doesn’t cost; it pays. HotTalk Discussion Group Where [...]
This morning the Postal Service announced its proposed prices for Mailing Services products which include First-Class Mail parcels, Standard Mail parcels and NFMs, BPM, and Media. The AVERAGE prices are shown in this presentation. The actual proposed prices are shown in this chart. Additional information is available from USPS at http://shipp.in/g/1cc. A shocking surprise is [...]
Associated Mail & Parcel Centers (AMPC) members pay dues to support the organization’s efforts to support their businesses. The money pays for a staff to develop benefits, programs, discounts, research, education, and advocacy for the members. Joining AMPC is easy. To help us support your industry and business, go to www.ampc.org and sign up. On July [...]
