USPS raises stamp price to 58 cents as part of DeJoy's 10-year plan
Source: Washington Post
The U.S. Postal Service is raising rates on letters, magazines and marketing missives as much as 6.9 percent this summer, sending the cost of a first-class stamp from 55 to 58 cents, as the agency leans into an expansive restructuring plan that codifies slower mail delivery and streamlines agency operations. The rate structure announced Friday represents the latest installment of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s plan to erase a projected $160 billon in liabilities over the next decade.
The agency has struggled for the better part of a year with inconsistent delivery service and soaring package volumes that have gridlocked its processing network. The Postal Service’s on-time delivery scores have not topped 90 percent since July 2020. DeJoy’s 10-year “Delivering for America” plan, announced in March, calls for longer delivery windows, shorter post office hours and fewer staff. The agency sent out “reduction in force,” or layoff, notices to hundreds of management-level employees Friday morning.
An agency spokesman could not say how many workers would be affected, and Brian Wagner, president of the National Association of Postal Supervisors, said in a Friday interview that he had not been informed of the figures, either. Many impacted employees could accept vacant positions or demotions to stay on with the Postal Service. “I’ve told our members that we will work through these challenging times with this restructuring and this [reduction in force],” Wagner said. “We’ll support them through all this. But there’s plenty of open positions for people who want one.”
More rate increases could be on the way. The Postal Service on Friday raised prices exclusively for “market dominant” mail, or items such as letters, postcards and marketing mail over which it maintains a monopoly by law. The agency has signaled it will raise prices on other products — including package shipping, on which it competes fiercely with UPS, FedEx and Amazon — in the coming weeks.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/28/usps-rate-hike-stamps/
FUCKING DEJOY. That is all.
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I found the 2 roll calls (it's a shame that the media didn't care about reporting it but it was in Wikipedia 
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https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00186
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00190
What's not to like? 
charge an "administrative fee" for paying online that is almost 3 times the price of a stamp. 
During the pandemic after Dejoy started screwing with the mail, I was doing more online but I try to support the P.O. and will mail bills to companies who have had their online systems hacked in the past.
I do still send holiday cards in the mail though. When they went with the "forever" stamps, that sortof lets you ride out increases. I have used Priority Mail boxes more than UPS for stuff too.
I like to choose how and when to pay - and for online, I want to do it "manually" and not "auto-deduct". Yet here in Philly with PECO, they have this nonsense - either enroll for auto-deduction every month or fee if you want to pay online -
Power Pay is an automatic bill payment option. You can save time, checks and stamps and never miss a payment by having your PECO billing amount deducted directly from your checking or savings account. You will still receive a monthly statement so you can see how much energy you used and how much will be deducted on the due date. Continue to pay your bill by check until the bank statement shows the withdrawal from your account. You can enroll online at www.peco.com/service or by completing the application on the back of your monthly bill stub.
Can I make an online or phone payment without enrolling in Power Pay?
You can make an online or phone payment without enrolling in Power Pay with your debit, credit card or checking account information at the cost of $2.35 per transaction.
Please allow 2 to 3 business days for your payment to be posted to your PECO account even though the funds are instantly withdrawn from your financial institution.
https://www.peco.com/MyAccount/CustomerSupport/Pages/FAQs.aspx
I'll put the stamp on the envelope.
I have had problems with auto-deduction crap in the past where there was a property buy-out (rental) and/or a change in the "payment system", forcing re-signing up again, which can be a mess. I refuse. Plus I recall reading a sad article a few years ago where a woman had all her bills auto-deducted every month and eventually something happened, and she had died at home (but no one was aware), yet the bills were still being deducted until her bank account was emptied. Then late payment notices were sent out (that were obviously unanswered) and eventually notices about unpaid mortgage payments started, resulting in a default, and her house put up for sheriff sale. It wasn't until that point when someone finally went inside and found she had been dead for several years.
