WH budget proposal: Restructure USPS healthcare prefunding, Eliminate Saturday mail delivery

[maxgallery id=”43311″]December 27, 2015 The Postal Service’s healthcare prefunding requirement would be restructured and Saturday mail delivery eliminated under President Obama’s fiscal 2015 budget plan. The proposal (see page 101) recommends deferring the healthcare fixed payments due in 2014 and half of the payments in 2015 and 2016. That would provide USPS with $9 billion…

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Video: Congressman Steve King experiences a day in the life of a mail carrier

By Sarah Danik – March 31, 2015 MASON CITY, Iowa – It’s a sight you don’t see every day. U.S. Representative Steve King, is getting an inside look at the Mason City Post Office, and he’s joining in on the route as well. He was invited by Herb Copley, who is a letter carrier and…

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APWU: Issa Tries to Derail Six-Day Delivery – Again!

Web News Article #: 133-14 July 9, 2014 – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, can’t seem to give up his quest to eliminate Saturday mail delivery. On July 8, upset that the House Appropriations Committee restored protection for six-day delivery to a funding bill, the California Republican…

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House Panel Moves Postal Service Closer to Eliminating Saturday Mail Delivery

The House has taken a major step to allow the U.S. Postal Service to eliminate Saturday mail delivery. The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations subcommittee — headed by Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla. — did not include a rider in its version of the fiscal 2015 funding bill to require USPS to deliver mail six…

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How many people would be ‘out of work’ if USPS eliminates Saturday delivery?

“The loss of jobs resulting from eliminating Saturday mail delivery would not be limited to the private sector, as approximately 80,000 full-time and part-time middle-class postal workers, including rural letter carriers, would find themselves out of work.” — Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), letter to other lawmakers, June 3, 2014 “It’s a job-killer. Ending Saturday delivery…

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Rep. Gerry Connolly: The USPS is Not a Piggy Bank!

Web News Article #: 113-14 June 5, 2014 – In a “Dear Colleagues” letter dated June 3, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) urged his fellow members of the House of Representatives to oppose a proposal to use Postal Service funds to help replenish the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) by ending Saturday mail delivery. The letter, sent to all…

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