Study to be completed in 60 days On June 10, 2009, USPS informed NALC that it was conducting a study of the impact of switching to five-day delivery and developing an implementation plan. The study was to be completed in 60 days. USPS sought our “input” and our views on the issues such a change […]
Agency to Participate in Federal Fleet Upgrade Strategy WASHINGTON — One of the greenest civilian fleets in the world just got a little greener. The U.S. Postal Service will conduct a one-for-one replacement of 6,500 vehicles with 1,000 E-85 ethanol-capable and 900 gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles to its delivery fleet, part of a vehicle purchase by […]
NALC President Fred Rolando is making it clear to the Postal Service and to Congress that ending six-day mail delivery to American households is unacceptable and this union will fight it with all the energy and power it can muster. “Termination of six-day delivery would open the floodgates to all other delivery services in America […]
NALC pressing USPS on Saturday delivery: NALC is pushing the Postal Service for a full briefing on USPS’ internal study on the feasibility of eliminating Saturday delivery. That briefing is expected to take place shortly. Regardless, NALC remains adamantly opposed to ending six-day delivery, said NALC President Bill Young. In response to the financial crisis […]
Message from NALC President William Young At a time of national economic crisis, rumors and misinformation can often take on lives of their own. NALC has received reports from North Carolina, New Jersey and other states that postal managers have been telling letter carriers and other postal employees that the PostalService has decided to drop […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) Legislative & Regulatory Update The House postal oversight subcommittee yesterday postponed approval action on emergency legislation to provide financial relief to the Postal Service. The delay is due to continued wrangling by Congressional supporters of the relief legislation with the Congressional Budget Office over how much the […]
Excerpts of Postmaster General John Potter’s testimony to House Subcommittee examining the US Postal service. As the nation’s economy stabilizes, our business will stabilize along with it. But stability, by itself, cannot be our goal. A stability based on today’s conditions simply means that we have halted the slide. Success demands more than that. It […]
Press Release March 20, 2009 U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today sent a letter to John E. Potter, the Postmaster General of the United States, urging him to consider the impact on small businesses of reducing the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) delivery […]
RIMROCK, Ariz. — The following is a press release from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office: On Thursday March 12, 2009 at about 12:55 PM a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Deputy was on routine patrol in the area of Kimberley Way and Cornville Road in Rimrock, Arizona when he observed a 2001 silver Nissan being operated in […]
Association for Postal Commerce “From today’s MTAC meeting: ‘The USPS today at the MTAC meeting announced an unprecedented route adjustment process as a result of a joint effort between the USPS and the NALC. The USPS said it needs to eliminate 9200 city carrier routes in FY 2009 in order to meet its budget goals. […]