USPS honors four iconic baseball all-stars with Forever stamp

Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell and Ted Williams on deck to be honored on Forever Stamps WASHINGTON — Four of Major League Baseball’s most revered Hall of Famers return to Cooperstown, NY, to a stamping ovation July 20 at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in the form of postage where they […]

Senator Durbin Statement on Nationwide Postal Workers Rally

April 12, 2012 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today said the Postal Service cannot cut its way to a solution that protects jobs, reduces costs and maintains service. Instead, the Postal Service which employs more than 30,000 people in Illinois must work with Congress and the American people to address its financial […]

Video: Senator Grassley on postal reform bill: “We have to pass this”

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 […]

GAO: USPS Mail Processing Network Exceeds What Is Needed for Declining Mail Volume

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 […]

Sen. Carper Reacts to GAO Report on USPS Efforts to Consolidate Mail Processing Facilities

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 […]

USPS Preparing to “Drastically Downsize” Staffing At Four Plants on 5-19-2012

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: One Week Left; Local Lobbying Efforts Take Off

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 […]