Legislators Argue Facility is Key to Southwest Arkansas’s Mail Service December 10, 2010 Washington – Today, U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Congressman Mike Ross (AR-04) urged the United States Postal Service (USPS) to keep its Texarkana Processing and Distribution Facility open. The USPS is considering closing the facility and sending mail […]
by Bruce Moyer, NAPS Legislative Counsel National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative & Regulatory Update Sept. 30, 2010 Postal Service Suffers Three Stinging Defeats One of the most troubling weeks in Washington for the United States Postal Service is coming to an end, with three major setbacks. The first two came on Capitol Hill, as […]
September 29, 2010 — On Tuesday, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked a proposal from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to provide a $4 billion reduction in the $5.5 billion retiree health payment due September 30 under the grossly unfair prefunding provision mandated by Congress in 2006. Reid’s proposal would have deferred the $4 billion payment to […]
Burrus Update: A recent guest editorial in the Washington Times by a California congressman demonstrates just how important the November elections are for postal workers. In an article about the Postal Service and contract negotiations, Rep. Darrell Issa declares: “No union has or ever will lobby for a layoff, so it’s up to USPS management […]
DAMASCUS, Ore. – Some voters in Damascus are crying foul over the race for mayor, saying someone is stuffing mailboxes and not paying for stamps. The voters say the postmaster knew about the mailings and called it a special arrangement. But according to a U.S. Postal Service representative, no special arrangement was made. A lot […]
WASHINGTON (April 12, 2010) – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee with oversight authority over the U.S. Postal Service, issued the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s report on the Postal Service’s proposals to reduce costs and streamline operations while protecting universal service: “I applaud GAO for expediting […]