Act now! Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, ask to be connected to your House member, and then let your representative know you oppose the “Secure Delivery for America Act.” May 20, 2014—Statement of Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee mark-up of the […]
OTTAWA, May 20, 2014 — /CNW/ – Canada Post’s plan to cut door-to-door delivery is getting the thumbs down from most Canadians, a new poll has found. 60% of respondents to a Stratcom survey* oppose Canada Post’s plan to replace door-to-door delivery with delivery to a community mailbox. “The public outcry began the moment these […]
Customers and Mailers alike believe that door-to-door delivery must be protected. pic.twitter.com/7tDQ69eYow — Postal Supervisors (@napshq) May 15, 2014
The following are excerpts from a United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report requested by Chairman [Congressman] Darrell Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives on “U S Postal Service: Delivery Mode Conversions Could Yield Large Savings, but More Current Data Are Needed.” {note: some paragraphs may be out of sequence} The […]
National Association of Postal Supervisors released the following draft of Congressman Darrell Issa’s Postal Reform bill discussion. It appears Issa is taking a suggestion from Canada Post regarding the ‘pay for fee’ door-to’ door delivery NAPS: Rep. Darrell Issa (D-CA), chair of the House oversight committee, is drafting a new stripped-down postal bill that he […]
Protest against the plan to terminate door to door mail delivery hit Toronto streets and the mass media on Saturday afternoon, March 15. Close to 100 people answered the call of Socialist Action and braved freezing high winds to picket the constituency office of Conservative Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver at Lawrence Ave. […]
As the post office starts phasing out door-to-door home delivery, it is unveiling an updated community mailbox, with flatter slots and bigger parcel boxes. “These boxes are meant for the realities of today and the future,” said Canada Post spokesman Jon Hamilton. “The future is less mail in the box, and more boxes in the […]
OTTAWA – Thousands of postal workers and supporters rallied in Ottawa on Sunday to send a message to Canada Post and the Harper federal government about their plan to end door-to-door mail delivery and hike postage rates. “The Conservatives are wrong to think that people are going to accept these cuts,” Gayle Bossenberry of the […]
New Hampshire Letter Carrier Bill Brickley points out that while congressman Darrell Issa(R-CA) is applauding Canada Post’s plan to end door-to-door delivery within the next five years –he fails to mention Canada Post is planning on raising rates. Not only is Canada Post planning on raising rates but they are doing so by introducing a […]
Canada Post’s Five-point Action Plan — Customers Canada Post has released an integrated Five-point Action Plan that will form the foundation of a new postal system designed to meet the needs of busy Canadians. The implementation of this plan means Canada Post can return to financial sustainability by 2019.