NAPS Letters to Groups regarding USPS Veterans Preference Policies

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS January 5, 2012 Mr. Fang Wong National Commander American Legion Post Office Box 1055 Indianapolis IN 46206   Dear Commander Fong, National Headquarters 1727 KlNG STREET, SUlTE 400 ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-2753 Phone (703) 836-9660 As an organization that represents the interests of our nation’s veterans, we would like to bring […]

Senator Snowe Opposes USPS Consolidation Plan for Hampden Facility

Provides comments challenging agency’s proposal at public meeting in Brewer Press Release from the Office of Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) this evening expressed her strenuous opposition to the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) controversial proposal to consolidate the Eastern Maine Processing and Distribution Facility’s mail […]

Zumbox and Catalog Choice Partner to Digitize Consumer Postal Mailboxes

Zumbox, the leader in digital postal mail services, today announced an agreement with Catalog Choice, the nation’s leading mail preference service. In Q1 2012, Zumbox digital mail users will be able to opt out of catalogs, donation requests, circulars and other printed brochures through their Zumbox account. As a result of the partnership, which is […]

Retiree Health Benefits Causing Financial Strain on Employers

Kansas City, Kan.— It’s no surprise that companies have struggled over the past few years to provide the level of benefit coverage they were offering their employees five years ago. One of the most expensive components of some organizations’ benefits plan is the offering of health coverage to retirees. The Benefits USA 2011/2012 survey results […]

Video: Lawmakers have postal workers backs in Wallingford, CT

Lawmakers have postal workers backs in Wallingford: wtnh.com Hundreds of postal workers turned out Wednesday night to a meeting in Wallingford, over plans to shut down the postal processing center there.The postal workers attended in an attempt to save their jobs, and some of Connecticut’s federal lawmakers were right by their side. Among other cuts […]

Editorial: Myth, Reality, and the U.S. Postal Service

From Pitney Bowes: I couldn’t help but think about this as I read Thomas Sowell’s attack on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on the website of the New York Post. His arguments are based on only the most superficial interpretations of the market for sending physical information and goods from one place to another, and […]

Senator Carper To Hold Telephone Town Hall Meeting Tomorrow On Future Of USPS

WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) will hold a telephone town hall meeting to hear questions, comments and concerns from Delawareans, including U.S. Postal Service employees. Sen. Carper will answer participants’ questions and share his thoughts on a range of topics, but he will focus primarily on the U.S. Postal Service’s ongoing financial challenges, the […]

Congressman says USPS financial problems due to failed management, poor business practices

Congressman  Mike Ross  (D-Arkansas) Urges USPS to Explore Other Cost-Cutting Alternatives Legislative Update: Saving Our Local Post Offices January 9, 2012 Washington -Last year, the United States Postal Service dramatically increased its attempts to close post offices around the country in order to help save the agency money, primarily those in rural areas.  In fact, […]

Video: Sen. Sanders Fights for the Postal Service

“Sens. Bernie Sanders, Patrick Leahy, Rep. Peter Welch, Gov. Peter Shumlin and nearly 500 Vermonters packed the American Legion hall in White River Junction, Vt., on Wednesday evening to voice strong opposition to the potential closing of one of Vermont’s major postal processing plants. “It makes zero sense at all to be shutting down this […]