APWU Web News Article 44-2012, April 24 , 2012 The Senate will vote on the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) on Tuesday, April 24, with action expected to begin at approximately 2:15 p.m. Ask Your Senators to Support Sen. Casey’s Amendment #2042 Sen. Tester’s Amendment #2056 Sen. Akaka’s Amendment #2034 Call the Capitol […]
From the office of Congressman Nick Rahall: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Thursday called on the Congressional leadership to move as quickly as possible to address the fiscal insolvency of the Postal Service and expressed his hope that the Postmaster General will refrain from closing additional post offices until the Congress has […]
From the National Association of Letter Carriers: Emergency telephone town hall meeting set for Sunday night, April 22, at 8:30 p.m. ET April 20, 2012 — Late Thursday night, the leadership of the U.S. Senate announced an agreement to bring S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012, to the floor for debate […]
APWU Members Must Let Senators Know Where We Stand APWU News Bulletin 11-2012, April 20, 2012 The Senate will debate the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) beginning on Monday, April 23, with voting set to begin on Tuesday, April 24, as a result of an agreement by Senate leaders. Ask Your Senators to […]
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), along with U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced a bipartisan amendment to the “21st Century Postal Service Act” today that would provide rural communities facing post office or postal processing facility closures with an advocate in the process. Senator Blunt released the following statement regarding his amendment […]
Senate Takes Up Postal Service Reforms: Sanders’ Provisions to be Added to Bill WASHINGTON, April 17 – The Senate today voted 74-22 to take up legislation to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led a group of more than two dozen senators who pressed to make the bill stronger. “Today’s vote clears […]
APWU locals and state organizations are responding enthusiastically to the call to lobby their senators during the congressional recess, which began April 2 and ends April 13. In addition to rallies and meetings with senators during the break, locals will conduct informational leafleting at post offices around the country on Tax Day, April 17. The […]
PMG Pat Donahoe went to Capitol Hill Tuesday to support the Postal Service’s plan to return the agency to fiscal solvency. Donahoe told legislators during a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy the comprehensive plan USPS has developed will produce a reduction in annual costs of $22.5 […]
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 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 […]