WASHINGTON – The four authors of Senate postal reform legislation Tuesday released a letter they sent to the Postmaster General asking him to delay the closing of post offices and mail processing facilities until reform legislation is signed into law. In a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, the four Senators asked that he extend […]
Mikulski Calls on Harris, Bartlett to Push for House Passage of Postal Reform Bill Saving Maryland Mail Processing Centers Senate Bill Passed Last Week Includes Mikulski’s Mail Service Standards Protecting Eastern Shore Mail Service and Jobs May 1, 2012 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today called on Representatives Andy Harris and Roscoe […]
From National Association of Postmasters “eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin” NAPUS members anxiously fol-lowed the Senate deliberations on S. 1789, the Lieberman-Collins-Carper-Brown postal relief bill. Nobody said it would be pretty — and it wasn’t. The 191-page bill puts the USPS on better financial footing than it currently finds itself. At the same time, S. […]
Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) spoke on the House floor concerning the United States Post Office’s decision to close one of east Texas’ postal processing facilities. He addressed the map error made by the management at the USPS.
Postmaster Patrick Donahoe On C-Span Newmakers The Senate passed legislation this week to preserve post office services as the agency faces financial problems. The 37th Postmaster General, Patrick R. Donahoe, joins us this week on Newsmakers. He discusses the Senates bill, if and when it will move forward in the House and changes the agency […]
Northwest Illinois Area Local,American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO Earlier this month USPS officials met with Postal Employees at the Carol Stream Mail Processing Center in Illinois and informed them of the following: Carol Stream Meets with Employees.. Carol Stream met with employees on tour 1 and tour 3 in a series of one hour meetings […]
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 […]
Senator said consolidating mail processing facilities could delay absentee ballots April 13, 2012 (MISSOULA, Mont.) – In response to a request by Senator Jon Tester, the Postal Service will not close the Butte, Helena, Kalispell or Wolf Point mail processing facilities in Montana during the state’s upcoming primary election season. Tester last month told the […]
The U.S. Postal Service has changed its mind about closing the Main Post Office at I-30 and Sylvan in Dallas. The Postal Service had said it would move Dallas mail distribution and processing to Fort Worth. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says the consequences of that cost-cutting move were unacceptable. Jenkins: “That would have resulted […]
From the office of Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley: March 28, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that he will be offering an amendment to major legislation overhauling the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to save rural post offices now targeted for closure. Merkley’s amendment would require that a post office closure cannot […]