Use This Time to Advocate Union’s Position, APWU Says The Senate is now expected to consider a postal bill in mid-April, following a two-week congressional recess that begins Friday, APWU Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid reports. Senators were expected to begin debate this week, but discussion of a bill to repeal tax subsidies for […]
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — National Association of Letter Carriers President Details Union’s Concerns about Legislation in Letter to U.S. Senators Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), has formally called on the U.S. Senate to reject S. 1789 — the 21st Century Postal Service Act — […]
From the National Association of Postmasters of the US President Bob Rapoza welcomed NAPUS Postmasters to the Leadership Conference. He said the speakers may tell them what they want to hear, but make no mistake: Postmasters’ titles and future employment are at stake—and the stakes are much higher than they were 12 months ago. He […]
From the National League Of Postmasters: Postal Legislation: Senate Consideration Likely To Be Delayed Late last week it seemed that the final stages of the process to pass postal legislation through the Senate would start today, Monday, March 26. However, developments late this morning have changed that and indicate that consideration might be put off […]
APWU Web News Article 023-2012, March 26, 2012 The Postal Service’s recent attempt to justify the decision to keep market research secret is misleading and inaccurate, the APWU has charged. The research, which was conducted in August and September 2011, indicates that revenue losses from the USPS plan to degrade service standards could eliminate any […]
From Federal Times: Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe will testify Tuesday that the U.S. Postal Service could save nearly $7 billion in the first year of running its own health care plan, largely through eliminating the need to prefund retiree health benefits. But a leading federal health care expert will blast the Postal Service’s plan as […]
Cites Post Office Closings in Westmoreland and Somerset Counties (Pennsylvania) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Mark S. Critz (PA-12) sent a letter to the Postal Regulatory Commission today requesting an immediate review of concerns that the United States Postal Service (USPS) may be deliberately labeling post office lease holders as “unreasonable” in an attempt to close […]
The Postal Service conducted market survey research related to potential service standard changes. A questionnaire used in the fall of 2011 asked business customer respondents about a scenario that would never be implemented at the same time. Specifically, the survey asked whether business customer respondents would lessen their use of the mail if the Postal […]
From the American Postal Workers Union: An amended version of a controversial postal bill (S. 1789) is tentatively scheduled for a vote during the week of March 26, and could be brought to the Senate floor as early as Monday, APWU Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid is reporting. Details of the final bill are […]
by Robert Brinkmann, National League of Postmasters Legislative Counsel These are tough times in so many ways. Not only does it seem that the Postal Service has been determined (at least over the last several years) to eradicate Postmasters from the face of the earth, but Congress these days is taking shots right and left […]