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

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)