Postmaster General Commits to Consulting Baucus on Any Changes to Montana Postal Operations (Washington, D.C.) – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus is urging Postmaster General, Patrick Donahoe to make good on his promise to consult with him before making any changes to Montana’s postal operations. “The Postmaster promised me in Ingomar that no decisions […]
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A Lawndale widow Wednesday night demanded justice for her husband, who was killed while delivering U.S. mail by a man driving a “bandit” taxi without a driver’s license. “I miss him so much. I can’t be in my room no more. I say when I go home I start crying, can’t […]
(U.S. SENATE) – As the Senate works to reform the U.S. Postal Service, Senator Jon Tester is introducing multiple measures to protect rural post offices in Montana and clamp down on the salaries of the organization’s top employees. Tester, Montana’s only member of the committee that oversees the Postal Service, is pushing an amendment (online […]
Calls Again for Postal Service to Regain Financial Stability in Responsible Way Without Burdening Workers and Retirees WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Jay Rockefeller today announced he is pushing to amend the postal reform bill to prevent the closure of rural postal facilities in West Virginia and safeguard Postal Service workers’ and retirees’ health care benefits. […]
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), along with U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced a bipartisan amendment to the “21st Century Postal Service Act” today that would provide rural communities facing post office or postal processing facility closures with an advocate in the process. Senator Blunt released the following statement regarding his amendment […]
APWU Web News Article 039-2012, April 18, 2012 (4/18/2012) Members of the APWU and Mail Handlers Union rallied in front of post offices around the country Tuesday to alert the public to looming service cuts if Congress doesn’t act to fix the Postal Service’s finances by May 15. That is the day a moratorium on […]
From NAPUS April 18, 2012 Today, the Senate continued to debate S. 1789, the Lieberman-Collins-Carper-Brown postal relief bill. There was considerable discussion underscoring the importance of post offices to communities they serve. However, the Senate could not take up the so-called managers’ amendment to the bill, because Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) raised an objection. He […]
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Deliver Message of Tax-Free Solutions to Postal Crisis Portland, OR – Over two hundred Portland-area letter carriers, other postal workers, family members and allies held a picket and rally Tuesday (tax day), calling attention to tax-free solutions to fix postal service. As last minute tax filers drove up to the blue postal collection boxes, picket […]
The Senate is expected to resume consideration of a revised version of S. 1789 [PDF], the 21st Century Postal Service Act, with proceedings broadcast and Webcast live on C-SPAN. Consideration of the bill began on April 17. “We are analyzing the new provisions carefully and will comment once we have completed our review,” said APWU […]