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 […]
Statement of NALC President Fredric Rolando on the new version of S. 1789, The 21st Century Postal Service Act April 17, 2012 — Today, the four co-sponsors of S. 1789 introduced a new version of their bill to reform the Postal Service and the Senate has voted to debate this legislation in the days ahead. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Jay Rockefeller today issued the following statement on a procedural vote on the Senate postal reform bill. “The Postal Service needs to get its financial house in order, and I’m glad that the Senate agreed to start the debate on this issue. I believe that we ought to have a thorough […]
NAPS: S. 1789 Update: Doubt cast on future of the bill Within minutes of the start of Senate consideration of postal legislation, the horrors of the Senate’s dysfunctional rules swallowed up debate on the postal measure this afternoon. After nearly three-quarters of the Senate voted this morning to move ahead to consider postal legislation, one […]
From the US Postal Service New Link: The mediation process with the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC) has come to an impasse and will now enter into interest arbitration, a process which would conclude later this year. The Postal Service is still in the mediation process with the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, […]
Senate Takes Up Postal Service Reforms: Sanders’ Provisions to be Added to Bill WASHINGTON, April 17 – The Senate today voted 74-22 to take up legislation to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led a group of more than two dozen senators who pressed to make the bill stronger. “Today’s vote clears […]
WASHINGTON – The lead sponsors of a reasonable and bipartisan postal reform bill unveiled a new draft Tuesday that incorporates changes suggested by fellow Senators, particularly regarding post office and processing plant closures and overnight delivery standards. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Federal Financial Management […]
White paper drafted by international financial advisory firm Lazard WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2012 — Successful revitalization of the U.S. Postal Service requires a strategic business plan that leverages the unmatched reach of its network, legislative action to relieve it of obligations no other business bears and shared sacrifice from all stakeholders, says the renowned […]
From NAPUS: Slightly before noontime, the Senate voted to bring up S. 1789, the Lieberman-Collins-Carper-Brown postal relief. The vote was 74-22, 14 votes more than necessary to invoke “cloture”. The Senate is conducting general debate on postal reform and will proceed to consider amendments, the first being the “managers’ substitute” that will be filed by […]