For Immediate Release 01/19/2015 – Expanding Low-Cost Financial Services through the United States Postal Service is a Way to Put More Money into the Pockets of Low-Wage Workers and to Provide Banking to Americans in Rural and Urban Areas with Few Banking Options United for a Fair Economy, One of the Coalitionâs Founding Members, Releases…
Monday’s column (Jan. 12) about rural mail suffering with new policies of the U.S. Postal Service resonated with me. About Jan. 13, I received a mail notice from my health insurance company that they were canceling my policy in two days because of non-payment of my January dues. It happens to be the first invoice…
The Jan. 14 editorial âSpecial interestsâ deliveryâ quoted extensively from outgoing Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoeâs speech this month at the National Press Club. Drawing on Mr. Donahoeâs criticism of the mailing industry, postal unions and lawmakers, the editorial said interest groupsâ âresistance to changeâ blocks postal reform. Thus, the editorial argued, the main obstacle…
By Richard Johnson – January 16, 2015 Ever wonder how lowly paid lawmakers leave office filthy rich? Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing how itâs done. The US Postal Service plans to sell 56 buildings â so it can lease space more expensively â and the real estate company of the California senatorâs husband, Richard Blum,…
By Susan Ferrechio  – January 17, 2015 Senate Democrats want to use the Keystone Pipeline bill as a vehicle to impose a two-year moratorium on U.S. Postal Service cuts. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced legislation Friday to stop the postal service from planned cuts that are aimed at closing a budget deficit. It will be up…
