Ep 141: US Postal Task Force report - worth the wait?

Jan 14, 2019

Mark Fallon, CEO and President of the Berkshire Company, reviews the US Postal Task Force report, including:

• Background to the Postal Task Force (2:45)
• The report submitted to the President and the report released to the public (4:30)
• Reactions from stakeholders (5:25)
• The need for a universal service obligation definition (6:00)
• Setting prices for parcels and letters (7:40)
• Allocation of costs in pricing parcel services (8:50)
• Horror of horrors… drone delivery! (10:10)
• Annual growth in delivery points (11:00)
• A silly proposal in the report (13:00)
• Staff costs, the role of unions in collective bargaining, executive remuneration, and a brief history of industrial relations in the postal sector
• Privatisation of the US Postal Service, and monetising the mailbox monopoly (20:05)
• Authorship of the report (25:00)
• Something light-hearted to round things off… (28:50)