Senator’s Legislation is the First Bill to Specifically Address Growing Postal Challenges in Rural ND Communities Bill Builds on Heitkamp’s Fix My Mail Initiative that has Gathered 200 Stories from North Dakotans about Poor Mail Delivery WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today introduced legislation to improve rural mail service and delivery, increase protections […]
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Senator to top federal watchdog: ‘fixing these programs starts with a firm understanding of the facts’ WASHINGTON – In an effort to better understand the ability of the Postal Service to meet stated delivery times, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is requesting that the federal government’s top watchdog review the Postal Service’s […]
May 27, 2015 (U.S. Senate) – As the U.S. Postal Service continues to face a budgetary shortfall, Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) want better postal data so policymakers can make informed decisions on how to improve service in rural America. Tester and Heitkamp wrote Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Chairman Robert Taub to […]
Sens. Carper, McCaskill, Tester, Heitkamp hold roundtable on Postal Service challenges in rural communities across the country WASHINGTON – Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Committee Members Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) hosted a roundtable to examine, analyze, and discuss the various challenges […]
(U.S. Senate) – Senator Jon Tester today hosted a Senate roundtable to meet with stakeholders about the Postal Service’s impact in rural America. During the roundtable, Tester criticized recent moves by the Postal Service that degraded delivery standards in Montana and called for Congress to move forward on common-sense reforms that will ensure quality, reliable […]
(U.S. Senate) – Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) are introducing legislation to protect grieving parents from losing their jobs in the event of their child’s death. The Parental Bereavement Act would amend the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to give parents up to […]
National Association of Postal Supervisors President Louis M. Atkins today applauded Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) for their leadership in introducing legislation that helps to assure fairness for all mid-level managers in the United States Postal Service. Senator Tester on February 26 and Rep. Connolly on March 2 introduced the “Postal […]
(U.S. SENATE)-Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today reintroduced legislation to strengthen labor rights for American postal workers. The Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act provides approximately 7,500 mid-level managers at the U.S. Postal Service the right to appeal adverse actions such as removals, suspensions, reductions in pay, and furloughs to the Merit […]
01.29.15 – SCHUMER URGES INCOMING POSTMASTER GENERAL BRENNAN TO HONOR LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO KEEP U.S.P.S. BUFFALO PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER OPEN THROUGH 2015 – SCHUMER VOWS TO CONTINUE FIGHTING TO KEEP WILLIAM ST. CENTER ALIVE Schumer Has Successfully Lobbied Postmaster General to Keep Buffalo Processing Facility Open, Which Could Have Closed As Early As May […]
Tester meets incoming Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan to discuss strengthening USPS Also concerned about USPS failing to comply with GAO request for data on mail volume 1/29/15 (U.S. SENATE)-Senator Jon Tester today met incoming Postmaster General Megan Brennan for the first time to discuss strengthening the Postal Service and the need to improve delivery […]