Web News Article #: 129-201506/19/2015 – Like the Zombie apocalypse, legislation that would âfast trackâ a bad trade deal has risen from the dead. Workers, environmentalists and other progressives thwarted passage of the package on June 12, when the House voted against a companion bill that was essential to passage of the trade deal. But…
Web News Article #: 063-2015 03/25/2015 – Two congressional committees are proposing to solve the nationâs financial problems in part by reducing pay for millions of postal and federal employees. Budget bills for fiscal year 2016 proposed by House and Senate committees last week would cut pay for postal and federal workers by increasing the…
March 23, 2015 In 2001 Postmaster General Bill Henderson submitted the first blueprints for a transformation of the Postal Service into a sleeker, more efficient business entity. To justify the transformation, the rhetoric has repeated one mantra: the problem with the Postal Service is its outmoded and defective business model. A great deal of our…
Deadline Extended through Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 Web News Article #: 146-14 08/07/2014 – A move by the USPS that will slow Americaâs mail service and that threatens tens of thousands of jobs requires an urgent response, said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. On June 30, the USPS announced its intention to close and consolidate 82…
Through rain, sleet, snow, the mail is delivered and I am truly grateful for the men and women of the US Postal Service (USPS). However, I must admit to being alarmed at the fiscal management of the organization. According to The Hill, âThe USPS lost $1.9 billion over its most recent quarter, despite bringing in…
