[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…
By Sarah Danik – March 31, 2015 MASON CITY, Iowa â Itâs a sight you donât see every day. U.S. Representative Steve King, is getting an inside look at the Mason City Post Office, and heâs joining in on the route as well. He was invited by Herb Copley, who is a letter carrier and…
Web News Article #: 133-14 July 9, 2014 – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, canât 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…
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…
âThe 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.â â Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), letter to other lawmakers, June 3, 2014 âItâs a job-killer. Ending Saturday delivery…
Web News Article #: 113-14 June 5, 2014 – In a âDear Colleaguesâ 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…
