Excerpts from a report issued by INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMICS OF TAXATION (IRET) Since 1983, Congress has annually included a rider in appropriations bills requiring the Postal Service to deliver mail six days a week. This paper examines the main developments since early 2009, when the Postal Service requested authority to eliminate the […]
The following is a press release from the office of of Senator Daniel Inouye: June 17, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) today urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to hold field hearings in Hawaii and Alaska on a Postal Service proposal to […]
Witness List for the Postal Regulatory Commission Field Hearing Monday, June 21, 1:00 p.m. Chicago City Hall Council Chambers, Room 201A 121 LaSalle Street Chicago, IL Panel 1 John Seebeck Direct Marketing Business Director, Crate and Barrel Northbrook, IL Chris Luthin Executive V.P. of Operations, Caremark Pharmacy Services Northbrook, IL Dan O’Brien Director of Postage […]
Nationwide Campaign Launched By NALC NALC is taking its campaign to preserve the long-term viability of the Postal Service to the streets this summer. President Fred Rolando launched the “Save Saturday Delivery” campaign with a national mailing to branch leaders and state-level legislative activists. Included in the mailing is a comprehensive toolkit designed to help […]
A Texas Postal Worker in a letter to the Postal Regulatory Commission regarding the elimination of Saturday mail delivery he wrote: Greetings Everyone! My name is Bill Hall and I have been a mail processing clerk in the Amarillo, Tx facility for the past 18 years. What I see on a daily basis is the […]
APWU Urges Postal Commission To Save Saturday Service APWU News Testifying at a Las Vegas field hearing, APWU Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to reject the USPS proposal to end Saturday delivery. The plan will “hasten the call for elimination of the private express statutes and legal monopolies, which ensure […]