President Obama nominated David S. Shapira, executive chairman of Giant Eagle, ( (retail grocery store chain),to the board of governors of the United States Postal Service, the White House announced on Wednesday. Shapira has been in his current position with Giant Eagle for two years. He was CEO and chairman from 1980 to 2012 and […]
Letter writing has received an endorsement from the commander in chief. President Obama went to Minneapolis last month to meet Rebekah Erler, a Minnesota mother of two who wrote to him about her family’s financial struggles.
Senate inaction causing empty chairs at the USPS Board of Governors. PRC got next in empty chairs, 2 of 5 chairs vacant with Chairman Ruth Goldway’s term expiring November 22, 2014. Here is a post that I never finished several months ago after NALC mentioned the five vacancies on the USPS Board of Governors. The […]
By Jamie Partridge Despite telling local KATU news that it’s “just an idea.. we’re not really pushing for it…it’s just a discussion… they’re just talking about in Congress” , the Portland District of the US Postal Service is indeed soliciting property owners and managers to “convert” from at-the-door to at-the-corner “cluster box” mail delivery. And […]
As chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has dogged the Obama administration since 2011. Issa has tried to tied Obama on reports of IRS bias in tax exemption forms, at the Benghazi attacks of 9/11/12, Healthcare.gov website fiasco, bring down the U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and anything […]
May 7, 2014 -Consideration by a House Committee of a new postal bill sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) , which was scheduled for May 7, has been postponed indefinitely. “We must remain vigilant,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “The bill proposed by Rep. Issa is extremely detrimental to the Postal Service, to postal workers and to […]
PostalReporter.com: In the Obama 2015 Budget policy posted a few months ago there was a recommendation regarding health premiums. The recommendation would permit health providers to charge higher premiums for enrollees who smoke. Developing….. From the National Association of Postal Supervisors: President Barack Obama administration’s 2015 Budget Policy recommendations for the U.S. Postal Service updated […]
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 […]
Santiago Erevia and Jose Rodela to be honored by U.S. Postal Service on Upcoming Stamp Sheet WASHINGTON, March 18, 2014 — Only a few close friends who have known Santiago Erevia during his 32-year Postal Service career are aware that the San Antonio letter carrier was decorated for his extraordinary heroism in Vietnam. Nearly 45 […]
The administration’s budget proposal for 2015 misses the mark on postal issues, APWU President Mark Dimondstein said. “The White House budget echoes the misguided policies of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. It calls for severe cutbacks that will harm service, drive away business, and eliminate jobs,” he said. The proposal calls for the immediate end of […]