Senator Introduces Bill to End Taxpayer Subsidies of Mail from China, Other Foreign Countries

Press Release – April 10, 2018 WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), today introduced the Ending Needless Delivery Subsidies (ENDS) Act, legislation that would save U.S. taxpayers from having to subsidize international postal shipments from foreign countries to the United States.“The current system costs American jobs at the expense of American taxpayers,” said Dr….

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EEOC Launches Online Charge Status System; Continues to Expand Digital Services

PRESS RELEASE 3-23-16 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the launch of key services that improve service to the public. EEOC’s services now include: 1) providing individuals who have filed a charge of discrimination the ability to check the status of their charge online, and 2) providing a portal for businesses…

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APWU Press Release: New Coalition, ‘Campaign for Postal Banking,’ Launches with Strong Support from Financial Reform Groups and Labor Unions

For Immediate Release 01/19/2015 – Expanding Low-Cost Financial Services through the United States Postal Service is a Way to Put More Money into the Pockets of Low-Wage Workers and to Provide Banking to Americans in Rural and Urban Areas with Few Banking Options United for a Fair Economy, One of the Coalition’s Founding Members, Releases…

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APWU Press Release: US Postal Service Poised to Make Devastating Cuts in Service – Postal Workers to Deliver Message – ‘Stop Delaying America’s Mail’ – At 150 Protests in 50 States

For Immediate Release 11/13/2014 – Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors, the board that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, are poised to make devastating cuts in service to the American people – cuts so severe that they would forever damage the U.S. Postal Service. On Jan. 5, the USPS is slated…

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Press Release: OPM Announces 2015 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Premium Rates

(October 7, 2014) Washington, DC – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has announced the average premium rate for the 8.2 million people covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program will increase by 3.2 percent in 2015. That percentage is lower than last year’s increase of 3.7 percent and represents the fourth…

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PRC Seeks Comments on the Cost of Postal Service Activities

Press Release August 25, 2014 PRC Seeks Comments on the Cost of Postal Service Activities Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission has established Docket No. PI2014-1, to invite public comments on the meaning of “other public services or activities” by the Postal Service under 39 U.S.C.3651(b)(1)(C) for cost reporting in its Annual Report to…

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Social Security Launches 1st National my Social Security Week

Monday, August 18, 2014 For Immediate Release LaVenia J. LaVelle, Press Officer press.office@ssa.gov In honor of the 79th Anniversary of the Social Security Act, Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, invites everyone to celebrate the first National my Social Security Week. From August 17 through 23, 2014, Social Security will host numerous events…

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USPS: Second quarter $1.9 billion loss highlights urgent need for comprehensive legislation

May 10, 2013 Release No. 13-051 New Services & Successful Marketing Continue to Fuel Package Growth Career Workforce Reduced by 25,000 in Second Quarter Updated Five-Year Plan Returns USPS to Solvency Only if Congress Acts WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service ended the second quarter of its 2013 fiscal year (Jan. 1 – March 31)…

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