{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 141: US Postal Task Force report - worth the wait?","description":"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\u2026 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\u2026 (28:50)  ","author_name":"Postal Hub podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thepostalhub.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8219204\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/31305482"}