Oversight committee mark-up of ‘new’ postal bill postponed
May 07, 2014 – NALC

The mark-up of Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) latest postal bill has been postponed indefinitely. “We’re glad to see the hearing on this counterproductive bill postponed,” NALC President Fredric Rolando said. “With the Postal Service now operationally profitable, any bill that diminishes service to the public and to businesses will stop the postal turnaround in its tracks by driving mail and revenue out of the system. Instead, lawmakers should fix the absurd mandate to pre-fund future retiree health benefits, which accounts for 100 percent of USPS ‘losses’ and which is required of no other public or private entity.”