Most Americans have never heard of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006. The mind-numbing title alone sounds like it could put a hardcore insomniac to sleep. The truth is, it’s one of the most insane laws Congress ever enacted. It’s past time for people in the Roanoke Valley to wake up about it. […]
Washington DC– With less than nine (9) months before negotiations begin over a new contract, management is signaling probable targets for hard bargaining. On the bargaining table will likely be health benefits, pay, leave, holidays and work flexibility. The current collective bargaining agreement covering hours, wages and working conditions for over 200,000 postal workers expires […]
It all began in 2006 during the Bush administration. It was the end of the U.S. Postal Service in this country as we know it. The Republican Congress passed legislation demanding the post office prefund 75 years of its employee benefits package in 10 years. This amounted to $5.5 billion annually. There is no other […]
By Bill Brickley | June 3, 2014 | Bill Brickley, Featured, Union, USPS Shira Goodman, North American Commercial President for Staples couldn’t hide her contempt for Postal Workers when she spoke to hundreds of Staples employees in her first ever Town Hall style meeting. Ms. Goodman chastised Postal Workers with several disparaging remarks including: “It must be […]
In a May 9, 2014 press release, the Postal Service issued another quarterly press release turning an operating profit (of $261 million) into a loss. The supposed loss, an accounting fiction, was caused entirely by the 2006 law which generates a long-term loan to the Federal treasury, under the guise of “pre-funding” employee benefits. In […]
On page A3 of your April 28 issue, you carried an Associated Press article entitled “Smaller towns adjusting to post office changes.” It is absolutely unbelievable papers such as yours would carry something like this without at least an accompanying article to rebut some of the info put forth in this article. It is very […]
Two words sum up this winter for me: brutal and relentless. A National Weather Service meteorologist has given Metro Detroit the number # 1 ranking in its “misery index.” Detroit has had 90.6 inches of snow so far this season; only 3 inches away from the all-time recorded total. We have had over 100 days […]
By Attorney Robert R. McGill What should man fear the most? Not the tiger whose jaws may cut a man in half; nor another man, whom he may fight hand to hand. No, it is the insidious application of the Emperor’s edicts as interpreted by his minions, by the slow churning of injustices committed, and […]
Building a powerful nationwide grass-roots movement to Save The People’s Post Office By Dave Welsh Without question, the big-business class – and their agents in USPS headquarters, the executive branch and Congress – are on a path to dismantle the Postal Service, privatize the profitable parts of it, and neutralize or destroy the postal unions. […]
As the “Most Trusted Government Agency” for the last seven years, the USPS feels very strongly about its brand and how the American public views its employees. One of the most important aspects of the USPS brand is the uniformed employee. Who else do we open our doors for or welcome onto our yards as […]