Video from today’s Oversight hearing on USPS and APWU Contract Agreement Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, delivers his opening statement explaining the need for the United States Postal Service to bring its operating costs in line with its declining revenues. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BdMD566upE[/youtube]
Republican Senators Richard Burr, (R-NC) and Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), on Thursday introduced a bill (S. 644) that would eliminate the pension portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) for all new federal employees hired after 2012. The legislation would not affect Thrift Savings Plan benefits and agency-matching contributions. It also will not affect FERS […]
Names Chairmen and Vice Chairmen Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued the following press release: WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced today the members who will serve as Subcommittee Chairmen and Vice […]
During a November 18 House debate, North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-5th) engaged in an anti-union screed that lasted several minutes. After attacking the pay and benefits of federal workers, she said that they also have too much job security. “Short of shooting up a post office,” Foxx said, “government workers rarely get fired or […]
In recent months, there’s been a lot of talk about proposed hiring and pay freezes and mandatory furloughs in the federal government. But those ideas could become reality if Republicans on Tuesday win the necessary 39 seats to gain control of the House. House Republicans unveiled their Pledge to America in September, promising to reduce […]
USPS pays another $5.5 billion for future retiree health On Sept. 29, Congress adopted a “continuing resolution” (CR) that will fund the federal government through early December. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) worked tirelessly along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to include an NALC-backed provision in the Senate version of […]
September 29, 2010 — On Tuesday, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked a proposal from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to provide a $4 billion reduction in the $5.5 billion retiree health payment due September 30 under the grossly unfair prefunding provision mandated by Congress in 2006. Reid’s proposal would have deferred the $4 billion payment to […]
Burrus Update: A recent guest editorial in the Washington Times by a California congressman demonstrates just how important the November elections are for postal workers. In an article about the Postal Service and contract negotiations, Rep. Darrell Issa declares: “No union has or ever will lobby for a layoff, so it’s up to USPS management […]
NALC responds to Florida Republican’s “stealing votes” claims NALC President Bill Young sent a letter to the Republican Party of Broward County, Florida, angered over groundless claims made by party officials that Republican ballots aren’t safe being mailed through the Postal Service. One official was quoted by The Sun-Sentinel newspaper: “It is a shame that […]