Issa Statement on Postal Service Losses WASHINGTON- Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., issued the following statement today as the United States Postal Service announced its third quarter losses for the current fiscal year. First-Class Mail volume was down over 6 percent compared to the same quarter last year. “The Postal Service’s announcement of yet another multi-billion […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Following the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announcement on July 26 that 20 North Carolina Post Offices face potential closure, U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (NC) yesterday sent a letter to the Postmaster General urging the USPS to give her constituents in each community a chance to voice their concerns before any final […]
From the Federal Times: Former U.S. Postal Service Governor Alan Kessler pressured postal executives to scuttle a planned property purchase that would have cost a friend millions of dollars, according to a report from the Office of Inspector General. The IG also found that the Postal Service general counsel, Mary Anne Gibbons, failed to act […]
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe met again this week with NAPUS President Bob Rapoza and League President Mark Strong to discuss the Discontinuance Feasibility Study and the impact on Postmasters who may be affected if post offices are identified to be closed. The PMG said the study would be ongoing, but he once again said that […]
A Braintree, Massachusetts Postal Worker crashed into a parked tractor trailer, pinning the driver of the postal truck underneath the 18-wheeler. New England Cable News
Press Release from GOP Congressman Tom Petri, representing Wisconsin’s 6th congressional district In a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, Rep. Tom Petri called on the U.S. Postal Service to immediately halt the transfer of processing and distribution work from Oshkosh to Green Bay. Concerned that the decision to close the Oshkosh facility was unjustified, […]
Default on Federal Payments Unavoidable Without Congressional Action WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service ended its third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2011 (April 1-June 30) with a net loss of $3.1 billion, compared to a net loss of $3.5 billion for the same period in FY 2010. Total mail volume declined to 39.8 billion […]
“Tea Party” groups are building public and congressional support for H.R. 2309, legislation sponsored in the U.S. House of Representative by Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Dennis Ross (R-FL) that APWU President Cliff Guffey has called “a reckless assault on postal workers and the Postal Service.”
The APWU has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) protesting the Postal Service’s refusal to provide the union with information regarding Area Mail Processing (AMP) feasibility studies. The union contends that management’s failure to provide the information constitutes a breach of its obligation to bargain in good faith.
As a result of a study begun on Feb. 10, 2011, the Postal Service has made the decision to move mail processing operations from the Worland, Gillette, RIVERTON and Sheridan Wyoming Customer Service Mail Processing Centers to the Casper, WY, Processing & Distribution Facility.