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USPS suspends contributions to employee pensions, seeks to raise stamp prices amid cash 'crisis'

Nbcwashington · · 701 words · By Susan Haigh; The Associated Press
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What to know about USPS suspends contributions to employee pensions, seeks to raise stamp prices amid cash 'crisis'

Postal Service said Thursday it has informed federal budget officials it will temporarily suspend its employer contributions to Federal Employees Retirement System annuities, allowing it to keep making payroll, paying suppliers and delivering the mail.

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What happened

Postal Service said Thursday it has informed federal budget officials it will temporarily suspend its employer contributions to Federal Employees Retirement System annuities, allowing it to keep making payroll, paying suppliers and delivering the mail.

Why it matters

The Postal Service also wants to increase postage rates, including raising the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 78 cents to 82 cents.

Common ground

USPS filed notice Friday with regulators, who still need to approve the changes.

Perspective signals

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Postal Service has seen annual volume plummet from about 220 billion pieces in 2006 to about 110 billion today”
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Claim 2: “Postmaster General David Steiner told The Associated Press and later a congressional committee that the 250-year-old service needs to have a decades-old $15 billion cap on borrowing raised to $34.5 billion”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about borrowing cap increase.
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Claim 3: “The Postal Service also wants to increase postage rates, including raising the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 78 cents to 82 cents”
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Wikipedia entries on postage history and USPS do not mention proposed rate increases to 82 cents. No specific evidence confirms or contradicts the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The system for mail delivery in the United States has developed with the nation. Rates were based on the distance between sender and receiver in the nation's early years. In the middle of the 19th cen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Non-denominated postage is a postage stamp intended to meet a certain postage rate, but printed without the denomination, the price for that rate. They may retain full validity for the intended rate,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-denominated_postage
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service
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Claim 4: “The Postal Service said it will continue transmitting employees’ retirement contributions to the federal Office of Personnel Management, along with Thrift Savings Plan contributions”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about continuing retirement contributions.
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Claim 5: “The Postal Regulatory Commission on Thursday granted the Postal Service a temporary, multi-year waiver allowing it to redirect billions of dollars in revenue previously earmarked for retiree benefits”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the Postal Regulatory Commission waiver.
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Claim 6: “USPS filed notice Friday with regulators, who still need to approve the changes”
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Claim 7: “Ninety-nine percent of career USPS employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about 99% FERS coverage.
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Claim 8: “Officials have warned the USPS is on course to run out of cash by around February 2027”
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Wikipedia entries about USPS vehicles and general operations do not mention financial projections for 2027. No specific evidence confirms or contradicts the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Grumman Long Life Vehicle (LLV) is an American light transport truck model designed as a mail truck for the United States Postal Service (USPS), which has been its primary user since it first ente…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) is a mail truck for the United States Postal Service (USPS). The contract, which is valued at $6 billion, was awarded to Oshkosh Defense of Oshkosh …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshkosh_NGDV
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government…
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Claim 9: “Net losses in fiscal year 2024 were $9.5 billion”
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Claim 10: “USPS’s net losses for the 2025 fiscal year totaled $9 billion”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the $9 billion 2025 net loss claim.
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Claim 11: “The U.S. Postal Service said Thursday it has informed federal budget officials it will temporarily suspend its employer contributions to Federal Employees Retirement System annuities”
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Wikipedia entries about USPS do not mention suspension of FERS contributions. No specific evidence confirms or contradicts the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the …
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