Senator Suan Collins issued the following statement on possible post office closures: July 26, 2011 The United States Postal Service today announced a list of nearly 3,700 post offices it will consider for closure. Senator Susan Collins, who is the Ranking Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and who in February introduced […]
Joined with Local Community in Opposing USPS Proposed Closure July 22, 2011 CHARLOTTE HALL, MD – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5) today announced that the United State Postal Service (USPS) has notified him it has decided against closing the Charlotte Hall Post Office. “I am pleased that the U.S. Postal Service has decided against closing […]
Postmasters eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin Highlights Next week, the USPS is expected to ask that the Postal Regulatory Commission issue an “Advisory Opinion” relating to the potential closure of 3,600 postal retail facilities, including approximately 2,800 Post Offices. This week’s eNAPUS Bulletin explains how the advisory opinion process works and how the USPS is […]
The postal reform bill (H.R. 2309) introduced last month by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has a hidden agenda, according to an analysis by the Center for American Progress (CAP): To eliminate collective bargaining for postal employees. “The bill closely follows the strategy of Republican governors who are using budget problems to attack collective bargaining rights […]
July 19, 2011 – (U.S. SENATE) — Senator Jon Tester is calling on the U.S. Postal Service to keep mail service available in rural communities should it choose to close a post office. Tester today wrote Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to express his concerns that Montana’s smaller communities will have unreasonably limited postal service as […]
The APWU has rejected a call from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) to cancel a union-sponsored television ad that has been airing on CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News. “The APWU stands by the ad, which dispels the myth that the USPS is funded by taxpayers,” APWU President Cliff Guffey wrote on July 15 [PDF]. APWU’s TV […]
UPDATED: 07/13/2011 at 3:15 p.m. Meeting Time: This hearing has been postponed subject to the call of the Chair. To watch this hearing, click here. For more information on the hearing, click here. From NALC eActivist Network: Today, the Rules Committee in the House of Representatives will make a decision that could determine the fate […]
A coalition of federal and postal employee organizations wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to reject proposals aimed at the federal workforce. The groups major concern is the proposal to require federal employees to contribute a much higher share towards their retirement annuity which in effect is a pay cut.
NALC President Fredric V. Rolando wrote in a letter to Republican presidential candidate Gov. Tim Pawlenty expressing “Deep disappointment” in his suggestion that the ” ‘post office’ was ‘built for a different time in our country.’ NALC said Pawlenty’s statement “demonstrated profound ignorance about what the U.S. Postal Service does today,” Below is text of […]
Senate Post Office Closing Amendment and House Financial Services Appropriations Bill This week, Sen. John McCain filed an amendment to S. 679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011, which would have made it easier for the Postal Service to close Post Offices. Senate Amendment 488 was filed and printed in the Congressional […]