From the American Postal Workers Union:
An amended version of a controversial postal bill (S. 1789) is tentatively scheduled for a vote during the week of March 26, and could be brought to the Senate floor as early as Monday, APWU Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid is reporting.
Details of the final bill are unknown, however. The bill’s sponsors have been meeting to discuss possible amendments, but have not released information about their discussions.
The APWU is asking union members to be vigilante and to check the APWU Web site frequently for updates. “The situation could change very rapidly, so it is important that union members remain alert,” Reid said. “We may need to respond to an announcement quickly.”
The APWU was sharply critical of the original bill, and supported amendments to set strict service standards; allow the USPS to recover overpayments the Postal Service made to its retiree pension funds; adequately address the requirement that forces the USPS to pre-fund future retiree health benefits, and establish new ways to generate revenue, among others. The issue of service standards is crucial, because the Postal Service is planning to degrade delivery standards in order to eliminate more than half of all mail processing facilities.
via APWU
If Mikulsky holds it up and it takes 60 votes to pass then it is doomed. On a simple majority it probably passes. However, passage of anything in the House is unlikely so this is really Reid’s last stand on Postal legislation for quite awhile. How it turns out is anyone’s guess.
How can anybody believe that this bill (S-1789) will do anything but make things worse? Afterall, it was Congress, and particularly the Senate that got the USPS into this mess. Nobody knows what is in this bill, and even if they did know, the Senators we’ve got running this country are not smart enough to recognize the bill’s unintended consequences that will be the true outcome of S-1789. At best, the USPS, its customers and it’s employees will get a reprieve.
Hope we go to 5 day delivery. I wonder if we really did go to 5 day delivery. My bet my union, the NALC would up the dues for the good of? Yep. Themselves, just like congress peoples.
What would be in the bill for the benefit of a City or Rural Carrier under Civil Service offset Retirement plan?
Would really like to know the true details of the bill as it stands now!! Frederico–is that the basics of the bill or is there more??
man, i hope they pass this bill.
PEOPLE… CALL YOUR SENATORS TO SUPPORT THIS BILL !!
S-1789
Give us an incentive and we will leave.
An amended version of a postal bill (S. 1789) is tentatively scheduled for a vote during the week of March 26, and could be brought to the Senate floor as early as Monday, APWU Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid is reporting.
The APWU is asking union members to be vigilante and to check the APWU Web site frequently for updates. “The situation could change very rapidly, so it is important that union members remain alert,” Reid said. “We may need to respond to an announcement quickly.”
The APWU was sharply critical of the original bill, and supports the now amended S.1789, to set strict service standards; allow the USPS to recover overpayments the Postal Service made to its retiree pension funds; adequately address the requirement that forces the USPS to pre-fund future retiree health benefits, and offer APWU members lucrative Early Retirement Incentives, to alleviate the excessing and reassignments our members are suffering through.
John H. Dirzius APWU
Cliff Guffey APWU
SAME OLD S-IT .When will the political B-LL stop. Use common sense and offer incentives and be done with IT…..