U.S. Postal Service in Crisis: Proposals to Prevent a Shutdown Live video will not be available until approximately 15 minutes prior to the scheduled hearing start time. Tuesday, September 6, 2011 02:00 PM Dirksen Senate Office Building, room SD-342
The San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council (CLC) has unanimously voted to picket Congressman Darrel Issa’s main district office in Vista, California (just north of San Diego) on Thursday, Sept 1. NALC President Fredric Rolando has decided to make this a much larger action, and he has sent out a statewide E-Activist. The NALC […]
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announce that they have formally requested that the United States Postal Service delay the implementation of its plan to consolidate mail processing operations in Sioux City with a mail processing center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The request was made […]
With potential USPS insolvency in the news, approximately 200 Southern California mailing industry leaders gathered in Anaheim to hear DPMG Ron Stroman discuss the state of the Postal Service. Stroman expressed optimism while emphasizing the need for change: “The decisions we make today will determine our future 10 years from now.” He congratulated attending Pacific […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fund that compensates federal employees for work-related injuries will run out of cash in the last quarter of 2012 if the U.S. Postal Service defaults on an upcoming $1.2 billion payment, according to the Labor Department. The mail carrier, which has been losing billions of dollars each year, has more than […]
The following is a combination of press releases from USPS announcing scheduled public meetings for proposed post office closings in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. From USPS: A review of business activities of the Post Office at this location revealed that the office workload has declined. This reduced workload suggests the maintenance of an independent Post Office […]
As a result of the consolidation, service between ZIP Code areas 832, 833 and 834 will change from overnight to 2-day TWIN FALLS, ID – As a result of a study begun April 13, the Postal Service has made the decision to move mail processing operations from the Twin Falls, ID, Customer Service Mail Processing […]
About 40 postmasters from throughout Northwest Missouri gathered at the Old School House in Cameron, Mo., to discuss the proposed closings, what the postal service is doing wrong and what they suggest be done. Unlike the public Postal Service meetings occurring throughout the state this month to discuss rural post office closings, the meeting consisted […]
August 27, 2011 Hurricane Irene Update: Any impacts to delivery and retail services will be posted in this space as Hurricane Irene continues its projected course. Georgia Atlanta – no issues to report South Carolina No issues to report North Carolina Many offices without power including all of Wilmington City, curtailed delivery in the following […]
The is a press release from the United Stes Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri St. Louis, MO – ( August 26, 2011) The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Teresa Tremusini, Festus Postmaster, was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release. In June she was convicted […]