Cut And Slash Is Not The Way To Save America’s Post Office

By John Greathouse Editor, The Pacer National Postal Press Association American Postal Workers Union Central Michigan Area Local – Lansing, MI In 2010 the Postal Service, under the guise of a financial crisis, began with what is best described as a “Fire Sale”! This financial crisis gave them the reason to begin the closing of…

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Audio: Should the Postal Service go into banking?

By Emily Kopp – March 25, 2015 Consider this: Post offices sell money orders and conduct international transfers. Would it be such a big step to expand into the banking world via debit or prepaid cards? Postal Service Inspector General David Williams revived the debate during a discussion Wednesday at the Brookings Institution. As local…

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Union Pushes Post Office to Offer Financial Services

By Melanie Trottman – February 20, 2015 The American Postal Workers Union is making a big ask as part of contract talks it kicked off Thursday with the U.S. Postal Service: It wants the post office to expand customer offerings to include financial services. That will be a challenge. The recently departed postmaster general, Patrick…

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NALC: Obama administration releases FY 2016 budget

Feb. 2, 2015—Today, the Obama administration introduced its $4 trillion budget proposal for the federal government in Fiscal Year 2016, which begins on Oct. 1, 2015. The proposal outlines the president’s spending and tax priorities for the next fiscal year, as well as reform proposals for agencies such as the U.S. Postal Service. Congress is…

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New postmaster general started as letter carrier in Lancaster

By Candy Woodall – January 30, 2015 Megan Brennan began her career with the U.S. Postal Service in 1986 as a letter carrier in Lancaster County. On Sunday, she will assume the organization’s top office as its 74th postmaster general, becoming the first woman to hold the job. “I am deeply honored and humbled to…

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APWU: With a ‘Golden Parachute’ in Hand, Donahoe Opposes Retirement for Young Workers

Web News Article #: 014-2015 01/26/2015 – When Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe retires at the end of the week, he’ll get a retirement package of more than $4 million. Not bad for a “civil servant.” But in his controversial farewell address to reporters at the National Press Club on Jan. 6, Donahoe made clear that…

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Opinion: Not so distressed at the Postal Service

The Jan. 14 editorial “Special interests’ delivery” quoted extensively from outgoing Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe’s speech this month at the National Press Club. Drawing on Mr. Donahoe’s criticism of the mailing industry, postal unions and lawmakers, the editorial said interest groups’ “resistance to change” blocks postal reform. Thus, the editorial argued, the main obstacle…

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USPS: Triple header – Three PMGs meet at National Postal Museum

January 16, 2015 PMG Pat Donahoe and his predecessor, Jack Potter, and successor, COO Megan Brennan, recently came together at the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC. Donahoe, who became Postmaster General after Potter stepped down in 2010, will retire Feb. 1 after 39 years with USPS. Brennan will be the 74th PMG. via USPS…

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