U.S. Postal Service Still Accepting Mail to Canada

Company: usps, Profile: USPS, Date: 2011-06-16

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Postal Service customers can continue to send letters and packages via the Postal Service’s Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) service.
Postal Service will continue to accept mail destined for Canada for now.
Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes.
Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity.
Postal Service with some measure of assurance that the strike would soon end,” said Giselle Valera, vice president, Global Business.

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WASHINGTON — Due to recent action by the Canadian government to introduce a bill designed to end the current strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the U.S. Postal Service will continue to accept mail destined for Canada for now.

“The Canadian government’s proactive measure provides the U.S. Postal Service with some measure of assurance that the strike would soon end,” said Giselle Valera, vice president, Global Business. “Therefore, to minimize service delays, we have decided to continue to accept mail destined for Canada, until further notice, and will hold that mail within our network. If the strike does not end soon, we will reevaluate this strategy.”

To avoid service disruptions or delays — regardless of the duration of the strike at Canada Post — U.S. Postal Service customers can continue to send letters and packages via the Postal Service’s Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) service. GXG is a premium, date-certain international shipping option with international transportation and delivery by FedEx Express. GXG is available online at www.usps.com and at thousands of participating retail locations throughout the United States.

“We recognize that the flow of mail to Canada is important to our customers,” added Valera. “We will continue to work closely with Canada Post to coordinate the dispatch of this mail once the situation is resolved.”

Additional information and updates regarding acceptance and movement of international mail is available at www.usps.com/communications/news/serviceupdates.htm.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

Company Information:

Company: usps, Profile: USPS, Date: 2011-06-16

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Postal Service customers can continue to send letters and packages via the Postal Service’s Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) service.
Postal Service will continue to accept mail destined for Canada for now.
Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes.
Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity.
Postal Service with some measure of assurance that the strike would soon end,” said Giselle Valera, vice president, Global Business.

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