This news release and video suggests that the entire House Committee On Oversight and Government Reform and all Senators support the Issa-Ross-McCain Postal Reform Bill as well as the views on the USPS overpayment. However, only one member of the Committee has signed on as a co-sponsor for HR 2309. Very misleading on all fronts.
States represented by bipartisan group make up nearly 20 percent of post offices slated for potential closure WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators representing rural America is aiming to get U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on record in response to questions he has so far failed to answer about potential closures of […]
Washington, DC – Officially sworn in on October 8th, Postal Regulatory Commissioner Robert Taub assumed his new responsibilities, while Vice Chairman Mark Acton began his second term. They join PRC Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway and Commissioner Nanci Langley. Currently, the Commission is engaged in crucial deliberations regarding the future of the United States Postal Service, […]
for bargaining in bad faith… Overview of National President’s Conference by APWU Southwest Florida President Sam Wood: Here are my notes from the National President’s Conference in no particular order. I did my best documenting this information. Please beware that the information may not be 100% accurate, but is the best I could do with […]
Senate version of postal bill scheduled for next week From NAPUS: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa has scheduled a Thursday morning (October 13) “markup” of HR 2309, the Issa-Ross postal bill. HR 2309 was placed on the committee calendar Friday afternoon. As referenced in previous posts and in past issues of […]
From Postcom “Word has it that the authorizers in both the Senate and the House are under pressure from the White House – and even from elements of their own Leaderships – to provide a package of postal legislation that can be inserted into the Super Committee package that is now being negotiated – including […]
APWU in response to a letter sent out by a USPS District Manager released the following information about Postal Workers Picketing against closure or consolidation of postal facilities:
The APWU is challenging proposed changes to USPS service standards that would result from a major reduction in the number of mail processing facilities. The Postal Service announced plans to eliminate 252 mail processing facilities on Sept. 14, and one week later published an “advance notice” of the proposed changes in service in the Federal […]
Hundreds more mail processing plants like this one (Sioux City, Iowa) would be closed if service standards are relaxed. First-Class Mail is becoming like Standard Mail. People will be forced to pay for Priority Mail or Express Mail if they want one or two day delivery. This proposed reduction in service standards amounts to a […]
Senator again Says Punishing Rural Communities Not the Solution to Financial Troubles (Washington, D.C.) – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus introduced a bill today to address the most serious financial burden threatening to push the Postal Service into default. At the same time, the bill also prevents the Postal Service from closing the most […]