Congressional Help Still Needed to Relieve Fiscal Strain WASHINGTON — The Postmaster General told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday that despite taking aggressive steps to reduce costs, the U.S. Postal Service will not survive as a self-financing entity without significant changes to current law. Testifying before the Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service […]
Dennis Ross, a Tea-Party backed candidate for Congress admitted during a Washington Post interview earlier this year that he knows little about the federal workforce. For Republicans on the subcommittee in particular, this meant significant reductions in the USPS workforce. Congressman Dennis Ross, the chairman of the subcommittee, said in his opening remarks to the […]
Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced today the full list of Oversight and Government Reform Committee membership and subcommittee assignments. Full Membership of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans Darrell Issa (CA), Chairman Dan Burton (IN) John L. Mica (FL) Michael R. Turner (OH) Patrick T. McHenry (NC) Jim Jordan (OH) Jason Chaffetz (UT) […]
Names Chairmen and Vice Chairmen Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued the following press release: WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced today the members who will serve as Subcommittee Chairmen and Vice […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey has sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to extend a proposed 2 percent “payroll tax holiday” to postal workers and other federal employees who are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Congress is currently considering a 2 percent payroll tax cut for postal […]
No ‘holiday’ for CSRS employees? NALC President Fredric V. Rolando has written members of the House of Representatives, urging that a proposed 2 percent “payroll tax holiday” be extended to letter carriers and other federal employees still covered under the Civil Service Retirement System. Federal Times reported The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association […]
Press Release from Rep. Tom Petri, Representing Wisconsin’s 6th District For Immediate Release: November 29, 2010 With the U.S. Postal Service considering closing the Oshkosh Processing and Distribution Center and consolidating the work in Green Bay, Rep. Tom Petri has sent a strongly-worded letter to Post Office Inspector General David Williams calling for an audit. […]
During a November 18 House debate, North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-5th) engaged in an anti-union screed that lasted several minutes. After attacking the pay and benefits of federal workers, she said that they also have too much job security. “Short of shooting up a post office,” Foxx said, “government workers rarely get fired or […]
The U.S. Congress has approved legislation creating a new postage stamp to benefit species conservation efforts. The bipartisan legislation was signed into law last week by President Obama. Under the new law, USPS will offer a First-Class Mail stamp priced above the normal rate. The difference between the normal First-Class Mail rate and the rate […]
In recent days, the nation’s postal workers have been subjected to some misleading attacks in the news media. From NALC President Fred Rolando: Last Thursday, for example, a panel of conservative guests on the Fox Business Network’s “Money Rocks” program trotted out the notion that the United States Postal Service is no longer relevant and […]