Web News Article #: 170-2015 08/27/2015 – In a sharply worded letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the Postal Service’s decision to close mail processing centers and eliminate overnight delivery “a disaster” and urged her to “re-instate overnight delivery standards and speed up the delivery of mail as soon as…
August 4, 2015 Re “Reisman: Complaining about Postal Service is futile,” March 16 column: Columnist Phil Reisman repeated misleading “conventional wisdom” about U.S. Postal Service finances in asserting that “email, social media and the Internet in general are the primary cause of the Postal Service’s chronic woes.” Were increased Internet usage indeed causing the red…
(January 13, 2015) Last week, the U.S. Postal Service reduced its service standards for First-Class mail, and eliminated nearly all overnight letter mail delivery. Most mail will be delivered in two to three days — longer if weekends and holidays are involved. During 2015, more than 80 processing plants in small cities and rural areas…
Web News Article #: 006-2015 01/13/2015 – When postal officials lowered “service standards” on Jan. 5, they didn’t just slow down America’s mail: They set in motion a process that is causing serious disruption in the lives of thousands of hard-working postal employees. As management reconfigures mail processing, they are also causing massive reassignments and shift…
Committee leadership taking shape for incoming Congress One of the first orders of business for lawmakers returning after the mid-term elections was voting on committee leadership posts for the 114th Congress. Those elections were held on Tuesday. With regard to committees of importance to the NALC, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) will no longer chair the…
On Friday, Nov. 14, members of the NALC will join with the three other postal unions for a national day of action to tell Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors: “Stop delaying America’s mail!” “The Postal Service is set to make severe cuts in mail delivery service that, if implemented, would…
Immediate Release – August 21, 2014 Top Postal Executive’s Visit Draws Protest (Vancouver, WA) Deputy Postmaster General Ron Stroman drew the ire of dozens of postal workers and community allies when he visited Vancouver this morning. Carrying signs, picketing and chanting, the protesters massed at the entrance to the 2014 Mailers Conference at the Convention…
Web News Article #: 154-14 08/20/2014 – A bipartisan group in the House of Representatives – five Republicans and five Democrats – has drafted a letter to leaders of the House Appropriations Committee calling for a one-year moratorium on Postal Service plans to close mail processing plants and slow down mail delivery. The letter’s authors are…
