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
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 […]
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 […]
Fox Business: USPS Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on how to improve the package business. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
Former Vice-President Jonathan Smith Ousts 3-term President Clarice Torrence Here is the press release from the United for Change Slate: Besieged Postal Workers Pick New Union President. Jonathan Smith Defeats 3-Term Incumbent. United For Change Slate Sweeps APWU NY Metro Area Election April 26, 2012 Postal clerks, motor vehicle operators, and maintenance workers in Manhattan, […]
NAPS President Louis Atkins has released a statement commending the efforts of the United States Senate in passing a bi-partisan Postal Reform bill. We believe that there are important and valuable provisions contained in the postal reform legislation approved by the Senate. The legislative process is never perfect, but a bill that largely sustains postal […]
The text of S.1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012, as passed by the Senate Text of Postal Reform Bill S 1789 AS Amended
Northwest Illinois Area Local,American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO Earlier this month USPS officials met with Postal Employees at the Carol Stream Mail Processing Center in Illinois and informed them of the following: Carol Stream Meets with Employees.. Carol Stream met with employees on tour 1 and tour 3 in a series of one hour meetings […]