Billings Gazette The least painful option Al DeSarro, spokesman for the western area of the United States Postal Service, said surveys show that elimination of Saturday mail delivery is by far the most favored option for trimming the post office’s losses Cutting Saturday delivery also wouldn’t be the first time the agency has tried that […]
From Postcom.org The following is an extraordinary letter to the editor of the New York Times from long-time postal sage Murray Comarow: The Postal Service’s proposal to switch to five-day delivery is complex and controversial. [New York Times article “Sides Form Over Threat to Saturday Mail Service,” 7-6-10] Congress has therefore directed the Postal Regulatory […]
Letter carriers union says fixing pension errors will solve USPS’ financial woes WASHINGTON – NALC President Fredric V. Rolando issued the following statement today in response to proposed measures to solve the USPS’ budget deficit, including rate increases and cutting Saturday delivery: “What is at stake here is finding a long-term, common sense solution to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka today expressed their disappointment that the Postal Regulatory Commission is unable to schedule field hearings in Alaska and Hawaii on a Postal Service proposal to reduce mail delivery to five days a week. The Commission has held hearings in seven cities […]
Documents submitted by PostalReporter reader shows the Postal Service’s History of requesting 5-day delivery to relieve its financial woes. The 94th and 95th Congresses Representative Tom Corcoran stated at a congressional hearing that the Postal Service took its first formal step toward eliminating one delivery day per week in 1976 when it conducted a study […]
The National Newspaper Association issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, June 14 —National Newspaper Association (NNA), a community newspaper organization of over 2,000 members, today filed its formal opposition to the United States Postal Service’s proposal to end Saturday mail delivery. NNA has intervened on behalf of its newspapers in a proceeding before the Postal […]
APWU News Postal employees and customers are approaching an important milestone in the fight to save Saturday service, as a House resolution supporting six-day mail delivery continues to gain momentum. Close to 200 U.S. Representatives have signed on to co-sponsor House Resolution 173, which says “the U.S. Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to […]
Witness List for the Postal Regulatory Commission Field Hearings On U.S. Postal Service Six-Day to Five-Day Mail Delivery Proposal Monday, May 17, 1:00 p.m.Dallas City Hall L1 Auditorium 1500 Marilla Street Dallas, TX Panel 1 Phil Major Editor Wise County Messengerr Decatur, Texas Roy Robinson Publisher, VP, Graham Newspapers Graham, Texas The Honorable Bruce R. […]
Witness List for the Postal Regulatory Commission Field Hearing Sacramento, California Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Panel 1Mury Salls Senior Vice President, DST Mailing Services/President, Major Mailers Association El Dorado Hills, CA Sharif M. Sleiman Director, Global Procurement, eBay, Inc. San Jose, CA Grady Hesters CEO, Audio Editions Auburn, CA Joe Ridout Consumer Services Manager, Consumer […]
HEARING TO CONSIDER USPS 6-DAY TO 5-DAY DELIVERY INITIATIVE 2010 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA MAY 10, 2010 Witness List Panel 1: Tom Underkoffler, Director, Corporate Logistics, Medco Health Solutions Doug Bowen, Administrator/Central Graphics, Southwest Gas Corporation Arnie Goldstein, Postal Solutions, Inc. Panel 2:Yul Melonson, Las Vegas District Manager, U.S. Postal Service Omar Gonzales, Western Region Coordinator, […]