Postal Regulatory Commission reschedules monthly public session to tomorrow at 11 AM

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting, Public Invited TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11 a.m. PLACE: Commission Hearing Room, 901 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20268-0001. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED IN PUBLIC SESSION: 1. Review of postal-related congressional activity. 2. Report on international activities. 3. Review of active cases. […]

Former USPS Chief Financial Officer: Eliminating Saturday Delivery Is Not Necessary

Eliminating Saturday Delivery Would Hurt USPS In the Long-Run Excerpts from testimony filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission by former USPS Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President Michael J. Riley. Riley testified on behalf of the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO: From August 1993 to July 1998, I held the position of Chief Financial […]

NALC: USPS Rejected Our Proposal That Would Of Saved Several Hundred Million Dollars Annually

TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM H. YOUNG ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission regarding USPS Five-Day Delivery Request: My name is William H. Young. I submit this testimony on behalf of Intervenor National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (“NALC”), which serves as the collective bargaining representative of […]

U.S. Postal Inspection Service Launches Employee Security Initiative

Based on the commitment that no employee should have to work in an atmosphere of fear or intimidation, the Postal Service has a zero-tolerance policy for workplace violence. This applies regardless of where postal employees perform their duties. To renew this commitment to employees, USPS and the Postal Inspection Service have launched a security initiative […]

Six Cities To Train Mail Carriers To Deliver Anti-Terror Drugs

WASHINGTON — The Postal Service is ready to deliver lifesaving drugs to about a quarter of the residents of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the only metropolitan area in the nation where letter carriers have been trained to dispense medication after a large-scale terrorist attack involving biological weapons. Six years after the government began exploring the idea of […]