Father Pat Donahoe of Our Lady of Perpetual Privation, the world’s largest postal parish, dons his stole and makes his way to the confessional, where every Saturday at three PM he is forced to perform the wearisome work of hearing the confessions of the most humble members of his postal flock. Father Pat does not…
Click Here for Convention Chronicle In his keynote speech on Monday, July 21, to the more than 5,300 delegates on hand for the National Association of Letter Carriersâ 69th Biennial Convention in Philadelphia, President Fredric V. Rolando highlighted the many victories letter carriers have celebrated since the 2012 convention in Minneapolis, while also laying out…
July 16, 2014âThe full House of Representatives voted Wednesday to preserve six-day mail delivery appropriations language by passing H.R. 5016, the Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill. The base bill was introduced last month without the six-day provision, which has been part of appropriations bills for decades. But following extensive…
Web News Article #: 125-14 June 27, 2014 – The House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to a funding bill on June 25 that would prevent the Postal Service from eliminating Saturday mail delivery. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) and Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA), received bipartisan support and easily passed a vote…
Leading congressional Republicans strongly support U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoeâs plan to save $2 billion a year by eliminating Saturday letter delivery. Yet on Wednesday, party members defied their leadership and joined Democrats to pass an amendment to the House appropriations bill that would keep letters, bills, and junk mail flowing six days a week….
June 25, 2014âLanguage mandating six-day mail deliveryâintentionally left out of the draft version of the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Governmentâs Fiscal Year 2015 spending billâwas successfully reinserted into the measure that was approved on Wednesday by a voice vote of the full House Appropriations committee. âThis is a clear victory for letter…
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…
