Labor, biz united behind postal reform push in the lame duck

Posted on November 4, 2014November 4, 2014 by 21cpw

(November 4, 2014) Unions and the business mailing industry, tired of years of stalled efforts on postal reform, are teaming up to try to push through legislation to help the U.S. Postal Service after Tuesday’s elections. Organized labor and the mailing industry — which includes banks, catalog companies and a slew of other sectors reliant…

Hopes dimming for postal service reform

Posted on September 27, 2014September 27, 2014 by 21cpw

(September 27, 2014) The U.S. Postal Service is besieged by financial losses, and the cavalry doesn’t appear to be coming. After years of debate, Congress remains stalled on legislation to prop up an agency weighed down by heavy employee costs and still struggling to remake itself in the Internet era. Two years ago, lawmakers worked…