NALC – A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives has now cosponsored House Resolution 23 (H. Res. 23), which expresses the sense that the U.S. Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers. It now has 220 cosponsors.
Thanks to the efforts of letter carriers nationwide, the resolution reached the 218-cosponsor threshold and is now the fourth of NALC’s five priority resolutions that enjoy a majority of support in either the House or Senate.
This is great news, but we can’t stop there. We still need Representatives to cosponsor the bipartisan USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382), which would repeal the burdensome prefunding mandate and H. Res. 60, which calls for strong service standards.
Below are updates on the number of cosponsors. To see a list of cosponsors, click the title of each resolution.
H.R. 2382 – USPS Fairness Act
Status: Introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Co-sponsors: 121 (99 Democrats – 22 Republicans)
To repeal the requirement that the United States Postal Service prepay future retirement benefits.
House Resolution 23 (H. Res. 23) – Door Delivery
Status: Introduced by Reps. Susan Davis (D-CA) and Peter King (R-NY)
Co-sponsors: 220 (181 Democrats – 39 Republicans)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers.
House Resolution 33 (H. Res. 33) – Anti-privatization
Status: Introduced by Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Co-sponsors: 253 (215 Democrats –38 Republicans)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization.
House Resolution 54 (H. Res. 54) – Six-day Delivery
Status: Introduced by Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Sam Graves (R-MO)
Co-sponsors: 260 (198 Democrats – 62 Republicans)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its six-day mail delivery service.
House Resolution 60 (H. Res. 60) – Service Standards
Status: Introduced by Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Co-sponsors: 173 (151 Democrats – 22 Republicans)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to restore service standards in effect as of July 1, 2012.
Senate Resolution 99 (S. Res. 99) – Anti-privatization
Status: Introduced by Sens. Gary Peters and Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Co-sponsors: 53 (43 Democrats – 8 Republicans – 2 Independents)
Expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization in whole or in part.
I agree one hundred percent. Biggest waste of money having walking routes. 350 deliveries versus 800. Sense would be clusters and curb line and some how offer early outs to rid the top pay scale in order to keep low pay scale on board. Amount of injuries from snow,ice dog bites,ankle injuries etc. Think it’s time union gets on board if for nothing else then the safety of their members.
Horrible decision. NALC is thinking High number of members=More due$$$ When it should be thinking, what do we do to keep the doors open at least another ten years. Centralized boxes in communities have been extremely succesful nation wide, not only would they save the Post Office billions in labor cost, they would save billions more in reducing wear and tare that leads to injuries and loss of work hours, etc.. in carrier craft. This is cronyism turned up to eleven.