Calls on House to pass a postal reform bill by May 15th to avoid potential closure of over 1,000 facilities WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), co-author of the 21st Century Postal Service Act and chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the Postal Service, launched a page on his website – http://www.carper.senate.gov/May15 – […]
WASHINGTON – The lead authors of bipartisan, comprehensive postal reform Tuesday released a letter they sent to the leadership of the House of Representatives urging prompt consideration of critical postal reform legislation on that side of the Capitol. In a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the Senators […]
Played by the Post Riders, Portland, OR, April 24, 2012. The US Postal Service is under attack by budget cutters and privatizers
Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) spoke on the House floor concerning the United States Post Office’s decision to close one of east Texas’ postal processing facilities. He addressed the map error made by the management at the USPS.
Postmaster Patrick Donahoe On C-Span Newmakers The Senate passed legislation this week to preserve post office services as the agency faces financial problems. The 37th Postmaster General, Patrick R. Donahoe, joins us this week on Newsmakers. He discusses the Senates bill, if and when it will move forward in the House and changes the agency […]
Five new Village Post Offices (VPOs) opened for business this month. Two of the new facilities — Sherwood and Manistee, MI — are located in Great Lakes Area. The first VPO in Southwest Area opened in Bigelow, AR. The Eastern Area also has its first VPOs in Lake City, PA, and Shauck, OH. These openings […]
A House committee approved a GOP proposal on April 26 that would increase federal employees’ contributions to their pensions by 5 percent over five years, beginning in 2013. The vote was along party lines, with Republicans voting in favor of the measure and Democrats voting against it, 19-15. The legislation will be sent to the […]
APWU News Bulletin 12-2012, April 27, 2012 “We must now turn our attention to the House…We must re-double our efforts to Save America’s Postal Service.” – APWU President Cliff Guffey The Senate passed an amended version of the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) on April 25, and legislative action on postal reform will […]
Armed robberies happened in Southest DC and Suitland, Md. in 2011 A postal worker was robbed at gunpoint around 5:30 p.m. Thursday — the same day that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service released surveillance video and police sketches of two separate armed robberies that happened last year. Two men with a gun robbed the man […]
NEW YORK — Today, multi-talented actor, director, writer, musician and producer José Ferrer’s life and accomplishments were commemorated on a First-Class Forever stamp by the U.S. Postal Service as part of its Distinguished Americans stamp series. The stamps, available nationwide today, can be purchased online at usps.com/shop, by calling 1-800-STAMP-24 or by visiting Post Offices. […]