PRC urged to reject USPS price hike
The Affordable Mail Alliance has filed comments urging the US Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to help rein in USPS’s costs by denying the proposed rate hike. “The Post Office needs to reevaluate its approach,” said Jerry Cerasale, Affordable Mail Alliance spokesperson and senior vice president of the Direct Marketing Association. “Instead of trying to keep things afloat with a giant tax on consumers and businesses, the USPS should focus on improving management and controlling costs to get out of this mess. To do otherwise is just bad business.”
This is the Alliance’s final step before the PRC announces its decision on October 4.
“Our comments make the same case that businesses and working families are making all over the country,” Cerasale said. “The Postal Service’s proposed rate hike is unreasonable, unhelpful, and unlawful, and the more than 1,000 members of the Alliance are not going to let the Postal Service take advantage of its customers.”
Formed in response to the Postal Service’s July 6 announcement that it would seek to raise rates, the Affordable Mail Alliance grew from a small group of concerned USPS customers to a membership of more than 1,000 in less than two months. The Alliance has been gaining momentum in the wake of recent PRC, and this most recent action provides a strong argument to the PRC in advance of its coming decision on the issue.
