It’s the day after the midterm election, and before I address what the results mean for letter carriers, I want to take the opportunity to publicly thank the active and retired members who took action before and on Nov. 4. Whether it was knocking on doors or making phone calls in the weeks leading up…
(November 4, 2014) Unions and the business mailing industry, tired of years of stalled efforts on postal reform, are teaming up to try to push through legislation to help the U.S. Postal Service after Tuesday’s elections. Organized labor and the mailing industry — which includes banks, catalog companies and a slew of other sectors reliant…
On Friday, Nov. 14, members of the NALC will join with the three other postal unions for a national day of action to tell Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors: “Stop delaying America’s mail!” “The Postal Service is set to make severe cuts in mail delivery service that, if implemented, would…
Web News Article #: 186-2014 10/16/2014 – The four postal unions are calling for a National Day of Action on Nov. 14 to send a message to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors: Stop Delaying America’s Mail! “The Postmaster General is poised to make devastating cuts in service to the American…
August 25, 2014 Fred Rolando and City Carrier Assistants Everyone knows that the City Carrier Assistants (CCAs) have become the untouchables of the Postal Service. Upon their daily arrival they are confronted by bad-tempered supervisors, pacing up and down behind them like prison guards. They are micromanaged and berated, constantly under threat of discharge if…
(August 12, 2014) The Postal Service, lawmakers and postal unions are still butting heads over whether the improving financial situation at the agency undermines the argument for expansive postal legislation. The Postal Service saw its operating revenue increase by more than $327 million over the same time last year led by an increase in packages,…
Aug. 11, 2014—Statement from National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric V. Rolando, on today’s U.S. Postal Service report for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2014: “The figures released today by the Postal Service show an operating profit of slightly more than $1 billion for the first three quarters of Fiscal Year 2014, continuing…
If Congress fixes retirement pre-funding, rural and Saturday service would not need to be cut. Your Aug. 2 editorial (“Our View: Bleak message for patrons of rural post offices in Maine, nationwide”) properly emphasized the importance of rural post offices for Maine, and more broadly the role of the U.S. Postal Service, which does so…
