House Bill: Cutting Back Mail Delivery

H.R. 4670 Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014 The Essentials 1. For three years, Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has tried to sell his colleagues on a comprehensive postal reform bill. His rescue plan for the money-losing U.S. Postal Service includes ending Saturday letter delivery, closing some post offices, and consolidating the agency’s sprawling distribution…

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APWU e-Team News Update – May 28, 2014

Issa Advances Bill to Cut Door Delivery As previously discussed in the e-Team, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) appears unable to gain enough support for his extreme and anti-worker postal bill, H.R. 2748.  Now, he has adopted a new strategy and is trying to advance his destructive postal agenda piece…

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Rolando: Lawmakers should fix what they broke, not break what’s working

May 21, 2014—Statement of Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, following the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s approval of H.R. 4670, the Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014: This irresponsible bill, H.R. 4670, is bad for the American public, bad for businesses, bad for the economy and bad for…

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APWU Urges ‘No’ Vote on Issa’s Latest Postal Bill

Web News Article #: 101-14 May 21, 2014 – The APWU is urging House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members to vote ‘no’ on the latest postal bill offered by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), which would end “door delivery” for 15 million postal customers. The committee is scheduled to consider the bill (H.R. 4670) on…

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Oversight Committee to Mark up Postal Bill on Secure Delivery

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced the mark up of H.R. 4670, the Secure Delivery for America (SDA) Act, which allows the postal service to provide millions more Americans with secure clusterbox and curbside delivery. The Committee will consider the bill, cosponsored by Subcommittee on Postal Service Chairman…

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