Postmaster General Pat Donahoe’s effort Wednesday to justify to lawmakers his attempt to do an end-run around Congress by ending Saturday delivery failed badly. Donahoe acknowledged that he had not studied the impact on lost mail volume and revenue of going to a five-day delivery schedule, and that his figure of $2 billion in potential […]
February 13, 2013 What GAO Found The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) continues to incur unsustainable operating deficits, has not made required payments of $11.1 billion to prefund retiree health benefits, and has reached its $15 billion borrowing limit. Thus far, USPS has been able to operate within these constraints, but now faces a critical shortage […]
WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe told a Senate committee today that the Postal Service’s financial problems are more urgent than ever and will continue to get worse until Congress takes action to reform its business model. Testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Donahoe said the Postal Service will continue […]
USPS has released a general operating policy and holiday planning guidance memorandum for the 2013 President’s Day holiday (Monday, Feb. 18). Click here to read the memorandum distributed Feb. 5 by the Network Operations and Delivery and Post Office Operations vice presidents.
Embracing differences – USPS launches diversity and inclusion website As part of its efforts to attract and retain high performing diverse talent to improve organizational performance, USPS has launched a Diversity and Inclusion website on LiteBlue. “Fostering diversity and inclusion is vitally important to the future of the Postal Service,” said Employee Resource Management VP […]
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), joined by virtually all members of New York’s Congressional delegation, this afternoon sent a bipartisan letter U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe blasting his decision to eliminate Saturday mail delivery and demanding that he reconsider the plan. The correspondence, spearheaded by Meng, is signed by Reps. Michael Grimm (R-NY), Nita Lowey […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $1.3 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013: “The U.S. Postal Service continues to suffer unsustainable losses that threaten its long-term viability. Since August 2012, the […]
NALC President Rolando responds to Donahoe PMG to Congress: Out of the way, I’m ending Saturday delivery NALC to PMG: Not without a fight! Feb. 7, 2013 — Postmaster General Pat Donahoe’s unilateral and brazen plan to end Saturday mail delivery in August led many reporters at a press conference yesterday to question its legality, […]
February 7, 2013 Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid issued the following statement after the United States Postmaster General made the decision to suspend mail delivery on Saturdays: “While I question the legality of the Postmaster General’s decision to suspend Saturday mail delivery, this unfortunate scenario could have been wholly prevented if the House […]
“The Postmaster General should be fired. The Congress needs to block these cuts and closures. The President should issue an executive order,” said Jamie Partridge, a retired letter carrier and west coast organizer with Communities and Postal Workers United, in response to the announcement that Saturday delivery would end in August. The CPWU is calling […]