Excerpt: Speak Out! Postal Reform Bill Approved by House Oversight Committee NARFE strongly urges its members to contact their legislators and ask them to oppose the Postal Reform Act of 2017 in its current form. This bill forces current postal retirees onto Medicare in order to keep their federal health insurance coverage and sets a…
Below is a press release I would like to share from Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN). Most of the problems the post office suffers from would be healed if this legislation was law of the land. As well as a lot of problems the APWU and labor unions have. Rep Nolan is one of the few…
Background Highway Contract Routes (HCR) are competitive fixed-price contracts the U.S. Postal Service awards to contractors to transport mail between post offices, network distribution centers (NDC), and other designated stops. In fiscal year (FY) 2016, the Postal Service spent about $3 billion for about 8,664 HCRs. The Postal Service uses 21 NDCs to increase operational…
