WASHINGTON — Beginning early next year, it will cost just a penny more to mail letters to any location in the United States, the first price change for First-Class Mail stamps (Forever stamps) in more than two and a half years. The new 45-cent price for Forever stamps is among price changes filed with the […]
Ten years ago America experienced the unthinkable when anthrax was sent through the U.S. Mail and caused the death of five individuals, including two postal employees, and caused illness in others. In the decade since this tragedy, the Postal Service decontaminated and renovated affected facilities, deployed state-of-the-art technology to detect and protect against potential threats […]
Office of Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) Press Release Cleveland, Ohio (October 17, 2011) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following video and statement in support of the workers at the United States Postal Service: “Reform of the Postal Service is vital to protecting universal service mandate. I agree Congress has a responsibility […]
PRC and OIG methods: ‘Reasonable’ Oct. 16, 2011 — The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on Oct. 13 that reiterated its previously stated view that the Office of Personnel Management’s unreasonable division of Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension obligations associated with employment for the pre-1971 Post Office Department between the USPS and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) are asking U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe to give further review to a study of the Toledo Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC). Brown and Kaptur, in a letter to Donohoe sent last week, expressed concern over the lack of transparency in the study, […]
A video of the union’s fight to save America’s Postal Service can be viewed online. Fighting for Our Lives was first shown at the APWU All-Craft Conference. It is available in DVD format for showing at union meetings and other events Video of Union’s Fight to Save USPS Now Available
Aim is to Continue High Quality Universal Postal Service and Middle-Class Jobs WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2011 – The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) today announced the retention of investment bank Lazard Group, LLC and former assistant to President Barack Obama for Manufacturing Policy, Ron Bloom, as financial advisors in connection with issues relating to […]
The Issa/Ross Bill has now been voted out of Committee but it is a long way from finalization. It is a disappointment that the progressive forces were unable to substitute HR 1351 for the regressive legislation intended to break postal unions and continue the long standing practice of using USPS’ revenues as the piggy bank of […]
Statement of the National League of Postmasters on Markup of the H.R. 2309, the Issa Bill October 13, 2011 Finally, We Are Beginning to Win the Post Office Closing Battle. The rural Congressional Giant is finally awake. Thanks to all the grassroots efforts of the members of the National League of Postmasters and those of […]
The office of Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), joined by Republican Representatives Mike Turner (OH-3) and Jean Schmidt (OH-2), sent a letter to the Postmaster General encouraging the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to consider utilizing Wilmington Air Park in its effort to […]