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UPS FreightWaves · Aug 11, 2026
UPS’s next contract with the Teamsters union in two years will determine its own fate in parcel delivery and create monumental change at Amazon, FedEx, the U.S. Postal Service, Walmart and other couriers, according to an industry expert.
Amazon is expanding its logistics footprint on Maryland’s Eastern Shore with a new last-mile delivery facility in Salisbury that could support... Read More…
Postal officials warn that the agency may need to lower service standards and close "unprofitable" post offices if it doesn't get funding from Congress.
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today urged the United States Postal Service Board of Governors to remove Postmaster General David Steiner for pursuing implementation of President Trump’s mail-ballot executive order despite federal court rulings that key provisions violate the Constitution. Krishnamoorthi also cited Steiner’s failure to provide Congress with a clear accounting of USPS’s implementation efforts or whether they stopped after the courts intervened.
FedEx has closed more than 200 locations and laid off 3,152 workers as Network 2.0 consolidates its U.S. delivery network.
UPS beat Q2 estimates and raised 2026 guidance to $91.2B revenue, yet shares fell 5.9% that same day. Here’s the disconnect.
Amazon is opening a small “last-mile” distribution facility in Wicomico County to enhance delivery service on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Early last year, Amazon announced a $4 billion investment to expand its rural delivery network, which would...
In a recent survey, readers told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that they have consistently faced delivery delays, staffing issues and lost mail.
Wisconsin on-time mail delivery rates lag behind national averages, leaving residents frustrated and raising concerns about election mail.
On the convention's final day, USPS reported a $2.5 billion third-quarter loss and Postmaster General David Steiner warned that without congressional action, the agency's "plans would certainly have to entail changes that will impact service," including closing "thousands of unprofitable post offices" and raising prices.
