Bill Would Authorize Layoffs, Force Out Senior Employees First Unions Keep Pressure On, Urge Members to Join Sept. 27 Rallies A bill that would destroy the Postal Service as we know it passed a House subcommittee on Sept. 21 by a vote of seven to four, along party lines. Republicans voted in favor of the […]
Congressmen Darrell Issa and Dennis Ross’ amendment to its Postal Reform bill will require USPS to “separate” all retirement eligible employees prior to laying off any workers not yet eligible for a pension, and to “separate” the most senior of them first:
Bill Would Create $10.7 Billion in Annual Savings to Save the Postal Service without a Taxpayer Bailout WASHINGTON– Today, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., announced they would move forward H.R. 2309, the Issa-Ross Postal Reform Act of 2011, at a subcommittee business meeting Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Subcommittee Chairman Ross will introduce an […]
Congressman Dennis Ross (R-FL) was on Fox News yesterday in a segment called “Bailout the Post Office” In addition to repeating the Issa/Ross talking points on Postal Reform Ross recommended that USPS expand its online shipping presence which is dominated by UPS and FedEx. Which is not a bad idea. USPS may have an advantage […]
On the same day that unions are picketing his Vista, CA office, Congressman Darrell Issa launches Postal REform website WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today launched SavingThePostalService.com, an interactive portal filled with information, resources and videos on the United States Postal Service and […]
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 […]
“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.”
Congressman Dennis Ross (R-FL), who chairs the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District of Columbia, has posted a floor statement entitled Postal Service “Overpayment” – Myth v. Fact on his website, where he tried to dispel three alleged myths about the Postal Service’s pensions and retiree health pre-funding burden. Unfortunately, his […]
Darrell Issa was very supportive of unions just a short time ago. Now Issa and Florida Freshman Congressman Dennis Ross have lodged an all-out “perceived” war against the Postal Service and postal workers. Both Issa and Ross are aided by the Tea Partyers, who have launched an online petition to support Postal Reform. The United […]
Congressman Dennis Ross attempts to clear up the whole issue about USPS overpayments. After reading statements from politicians, unions and employees on the postal reform bill, the real showdown may come down to America and Issa/Ross duo. Myth: The Postal Service has overpaid by $50-$75 billion into the Civil Service Retirement System and Congress owes […]