From the National Association of Postal Supervisors: NAPS has signed on to a letter from the Federal Postal Coalition that urges members of the House of Representatives to reject a package of four anti-Federal Employee pieces of legislation due to hit the House floor this week.
(CBS News) NEW YORK – Mail service as all of us know it could be headed for some historic change. With $16 billion in losses last year, Congress is looking to cut costs.
Congressman Darrell Issa really is determined to end the United States Postal Service as Americans know it—indeed, as Americans have known it for more than 200 years. Issa, the powerful chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has a long history of attacking the postal service. But, now, he has taken advantage of […]
NALC statement on postal bill mark-up session July 24, 2013—On July 24, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, held a mark-up session on his postal bill, H.R. 2748. The committee, which has oversight of the Postal Service, passed the measure on a party-line vote and recommend it for […]
WASHINGTON – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today approved H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013, on a vote of 22-17.
Bipartisan Bill Would Maintain Next Day Delivery Standard Congressman Brian Higgins is cosponsoring H.R. 2459 the Protect Overnight Delivery Act introduced by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro. The bipartisan legislation, which has 72 cosponsors, would protect overnight postal delivery by preventing the Postal Service from weakening delivery standards. “The Postal Service is looking to grow their business […]
Video of yesterday’s (July 17, 2013) House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on USPS A Path Forward on Postal Reform Witness and Testimony Documents : APWU President Cliff Guffey | Congressman Adrian Smith | CEO. Joel Quadracci
Flexibility and Authority Needed to Close $20 Billion Gap WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe told a House committee today the Postal Service continues to face systemic financial challenges because it has a business model that does not allow it to adapt to changes in the marketplace and it does not have the legal […]
The APWU and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union have announced plans to conduct a nationwide joint lobbying effort over the Congressional recess from Aug. 5 to Sept. 6 to urge senators and representatives to co-sponsor the Postal Service Protection Act (H.R. 630 in the House / S. 316 in the Senate) and the Protect […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 17. The hearing will examine a draft postal bill proposed by Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the need for comprehensive postal reform. The APWU declared that the draft bill was “deeply disturbing” when it was released in June. […]