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Nov 21st

NALC President’s New Approach To Health Benefits Will Save USPS $20 Billion Over 10 Years

Nov. 21, 2011 — NALC President Fredric V. Rolando held a well-attended press conference today at the National Press Club in Washington. He announced a new approach to health benefits that would save the U.S. Postal Service $20 billion over a decade, and he also spoke more broadly about the need to develop a positive […]

Nov 21st

Sen. Sanders’ Bill Addresses USPS Crisis

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently introduced the Postal Service Protection Act (S. 1853 [PDF]), a bill that would go a long way toward resolving the USPS financial crisis, Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid reports. “Sen. Sanders’ bill gets at the underlying causes of the Postal Service’s dire financial situation, and outlines methods for resolving […]

Nov 21st

Postmaster General urges Congress to reevaluate current postal reform bills

Predicts decade of losses absent greater business model flexibility and speed November 21, 2011 WASHINGTON — In a speech delivered today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe encouraged Congress to step back and take a second look at postal reform legislation as currently drafted in the House and Senate. […]

Nov 21st

USPS, Mail Handlers Continue Contract Discussions Beyond Deadline

Following marathon bargaining sessions in the days leading up to the contract expiration, both sides now have agreed to continue talks in an attempt to reach agreement over the terms of the 2011 National Agreement. The deadline for negotiations – initially set at midnight on Sunday, November 20, 2011 – has been mutually extended by […]

Nov 21st

USPS and NALC, Mail Handlers Agree To Extend Contract Negotiations To Dec. 7th

Outcome Critical to Postal Service, Employees, Future WASHINGTON — Although the contracts with the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC) and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, AFL-CIO (NPMHU) expired at midnight Sunday, Nov. 20, the Postal Service and the two unions agreed to extend the negotiations deadline until midnight, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. […]

Nov 20th

NAPUS: A Tale of Two Postal Bills

From The National Association of Postmasters of the United States – eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin Two vastly different postal bills are pending before the House and Senate. The bills, H.R. 2309 and S. 1789, contain numerous divisive provisions; some are common to both. Consequently, they do not seem to be on the fast track. […]

Nov 19th

Survey: Consumers Oppose Post Office Closings

82% of Consumers Say Post Office Closings Would be inconvenient; 76% Say They Would Pay More to Prevent Planned Cuts WASHINGTON, DC (November 17, 2011) – A national consumer survey conducted by the American Consumer Institute (ACI) finds that the vast majority of consumers do not support the United States Post Office’s planned closing of […]

Nov 19th

NY: Community and Unions to Protest Closing of Harlem’s Lincolnton Post Office

USPS Hearing Set for Tuesday November 22 November 18, 2011 –  New York City. The New York Metro Area Postal Union, community groups and elected officials will appear at a hearing called by the United States Postal Service on the potential closing of Lincolnton post office in Harlem at 2268 Fifth Avenue at 138th Street […]