Predicts decade of losses absent greater business model flexibility and speed November 21, 2011 WASHINGTON — In a speech delivered today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe encouraged Congress to step back and take a second look at postal reform legislation as currently drafted in the House and Senate. […]
82% of Consumers Say Post Office Closings Would be inconvenient; 76% Say They Would Pay More to Prevent Planned Cuts WASHINGTON, DC (November 17, 2011) – A national consumer survey conducted by the American Consumer Institute (ACI) finds that the vast majority of consumers do not support the United States Post Office’s planned closing of […]
USPS Hearing Set for Tuesday November 22 November 18, 2011 – New York City. The New York Metro Area Postal Union, community groups and elected officials will appear at a hearing called by the United States Postal Service on the potential closing of Lincolnton post office in Harlem at 2268 Fifth Avenue at 138th Street […]
and Slashing hundreds of Thousands Of Jobs From the office of Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17) POST OFFICE NEEDS OVERHAUL, NOT U-HAULS 11/18/11 Washington, DC — Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17) issued the following statement condemning the U.S. Postal Service for singling out post offices for closure, and considering slashing hundreds of thousands of jobs, while failing […]
From the Office of Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-CO): Announcement Comes on Heels of Several Bennet Efforts to Ensure USPS Reform Recognizes Impact on Rural Communities November 16, 2011 Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced that the USPS has issued a temporary “time-out” on post office closings that will provide more time for the […]
November 16, 2011 – In order to fully focus on the busy holiday mailing season and to minimize logistical issues, the U.S. Postal Service retail and delivery unit optimization efforts will be temporarily suspended from Nov. 19 through Jan. 2, 2012. Only the actual physical closing of a Post Office and the relocation of carrier […]
WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn), Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-Maine), Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) reacted Tuesday to an announcement from the Postal Service that it lost $5.1 billion in Fiscal Year 2011. The loss would have been $10 […]
Nov. 15, 2011 — For the first time since the recession began in 2007, this year’s Postal Service loss was largely driven by the continued impact of the worst recession in 80 years and the effect of Internet technology—above and beyond the crushing and unique burden of the congressional mandate to pre-fund future retiree health […]
Denny Robinson, the Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor at the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) Vehicle Maintenance Facility (“VMF”) in Detroit pleaded guilty today to taking bribes in exchange for directing repair and maintenance work to a private contractor United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Joanne Yarbrough, Special […]
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