Sound bites from September 15th, 2011 press conference in Washington, D.C. concerning proposed sweeping changes in infrastructure at the U.S. Postal Service. Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, Patrick R. Donahoe and Chief Operating Officer and Executive V.P. Megan J. Brennan. USPS press release Postal Service Faces New Reality
From Direct Marketing news The U.S. Postal Service will let consumers make purchases on USPS.com with PayPal beginning next month. The organization will also streamline users’ site accounts into one umbrella login and make site pages available in Chinese and Spanish, said USPS spokesperson Patricia Licata. The USPS will also launch a TV ad campaign […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors “NAPS sent to the full House and Senate Committees expressing our position on the Postal Service’s plans to consolidate and close processing facilities along with our recommendations for a legislative solution.”
Coalition tells White House that federal employees, retirees have sacrificed enough WASHINGTON – A coalition of labor and management groups sent a letter to President Obama today urging him to reject proposals that would require federal employees and retirees to shoulder more of the cost of lowering the nation’s deficit. President Obama is scheduled to […]
NY Metro Area Postal Union Also Calls for Investigation into Former Postmaster General Potter’s Retirement Package New York , NY , September 15, 2011 – In the face of the financial crisis that the United States Postal Service is facing, the New York Metro Area Postal Union, APWU, AFL-CIO, led by President Clarice Torrence , […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement on the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement regarding changes to its distribution network:
USPS released the following information today Faced with a massive nationwide infrastructure that is no longer financially sustainable, USPS today proposed sweeping changes designed to save the organization up to $3 billion a year by cutting its network of processing facilities by over half and adjusting service standards.
“There’s one downside to the United States becoming the only civilized nation without a postal service, but Stephen has just the solution.”
The Postal Service seeks public comment on a proposal to revise the service standard regulations contained in 39 CFR Part 121. Among other things, the proposal involves eliminating the expectation of overnight service for First-Class Mail and Periodicals, and, for each of these classes, narrowing the two-day delivery range and enlarging the three-day delivery range. […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey condemned USPS plans to study 252 mail processing facilities for possible closure, saying widespread closures would “dismantle the mail-processing network.” On Sept. 14, the USPS released a list of offices where studies will take place. “The Postal Service should be urging Congress to address the cause of its problems – not […]