Three days before the U.S. Postal Service's rate hike goes into effect, the mailing industry filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.
The exigent rate increase—a 4.3 percent postage increase on top of the customary 1.7 percent inflation-based rate adjustment—was approved on Christmas Eve, dealing a blow to mailers, magazine publishers, newspapers and other mailing media dependent on the U.S. Postal Service.
The MPA-Association of Magazine Media, Direct Marketing Association, the Newspaper Association of America and 13 other groups filed the appeal Thursday.
Despite the filing, there is almost no chance the court will move to stop the total 6 percent rate hike before it goes into effect on Jan.
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