Are Postal Rate Hikes Threatening Your Local Newsletter?

U.S. postal rate increases are hitting small publications hard and CWA wants to know how much more locals are paying to mail newsletters, and whether it's affecting their ability to publish.

Editors of some publications have reported hikes of 22 to 26 percent in their postage bills. Because of a complicated formula for determining how much and what type of publications are charged, there is not a common across-the-board increase.

The International Labor Communications Association will be testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill about the impact of the rate hikes. CWA will be sharing information from locals with the ILCA so that it can be included as part of the testimony.

The hearing is currently scheduled for Sept. 27 before the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District of Columbia, part of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Send information on your postage increases to cwanews@cwa-union.org.