SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) – Letter carriers across the US were pounding the pavement in protest of a Senate bill, they feel will “dismantle” the postal service. On a typical Thursday afternoon, Lorraine Quinn is going door-to-door, delivering mail to the about 650 homes on her route. This Thursday though, Quinn and members of her […]
WASHINGTON, D.C (KTIV) – The Postmaster General says if the U.S. Postal Service were a private company, it would be in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings, right now. The agency reported a $5-billion loss in the last fiscal year, alone. Officials say “doing nothing is not an option.” Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is all […]
The Government Accountability Office report on excess mail processing capacity in the US Postal Service. From letter to Lawmakers: The U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) dire financial situation has increased the urgency for agreement on an effective strategy to better align USPS’s postal services with its costs and revenues. USPS has noted that the decline in […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement reacting to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on overcapacity at the U.S. Postal Service and efforts to consolidate its mail processing network. The report was jointly requested by Sen. Carper, Sen. Susan […]
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PostalReporter Contributor: Tour 1 Compression, “Drastically Downsized”4 Plants Staffing Changes on 5-19-2012 Cleveland Local APWU ATTENTION: APWU MEMBERS FYI By Danny Pride The Cleveland Area Local attended an area meeting concerning the consolidation of Akron into the Cleveland P&DC, under 12.5.B.2 of our National Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Postal Service has taken the position that […]
APWU locals and state organizations are responding enthusiastically to the call to lobby their senators during the congressional recess, which began April 2 and ends April 13. In addition to rallies and meetings with senators during the break, locals will conduct informational leafleting at post offices around the country on Tax Day, April 17. The […]
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Most of us still receive a lot of mail every day. Some of it you don’t even want, but Lenora Pride did want her mail and wondered why she wasn’t getting it. She said her P.O. Box was always empty. Then she started getting notices from people that her mail was […]
OAKLAND – Balvinder Singh Chadha pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland, California, this week to committing wire fraud and conspiring to violate the federal conflict of interest statutes, United States Attorney MELINDA HAAG announced. His wife and co-defendant Jaspinder Kaur Chadha pleaded guilty earlier on March 28, 2012 to conspiring with Mr. Chadha. In […]
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2012 — In Speech at Rutgers, NALC President Calls on Congress to Take Time to Draft Comprehensive Reform Instead of Pushing Through Flawed Legislation Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, said Friday that Postal Service legislation pending before Congress lacks any long-term vision and fails to provide […]