Late Wednesday afternoon, the Senate passed S 1789, the 21st Century Postal Act of 2012, by an overwhelming margin of 62-37. The bill makes it more difficult to close small rural post offices and provides a one year moratorium on closings of small post offices in rural areas. The bill provides a return of $11 […]
“Keep your chin up; this fight is far from over,” Rolando says Amendment to save door-to-door passes The United States Senate adopted a deeply flawed postal reform bill on Wednesday, voting for S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, by a vote of 62 to 37. The legislation embraces a downsizing strategy and fails […]
APWU Web News Article 47-2012, April 26, 2012 A “potential consolidation list” [PDF] developed by the Postal Service and provided to members of the Senate on April 24 has generated a lot of interest at postal facilities across the country, but it is not an official management proposal or reliable list, the union is warning. […]
GAO-12-506, Apr 25, 2012 What GAO Found Field employees have key roles in the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) efforts to reduce costs and generate revenue. For example, these employees evaluate the feasibility of closing or consolidating facilities, such as post offices and mail- processing facilities; carry out the closures and consolidations of these facilities; and […]
April 24, 2012 — The Senate voted Tuesday to begin the slow dismantling of the United States Postal Service and to attack injured postal workers by slashing their workers’ compensation benefits. The NALC has argued for months that S. 1789 would fail to preserve the long-term viability of the Postal Service because it embraces the […]
The Senate passed an amended version of the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) on April 25 by a vote of 62-37. “Although the bill is flawed, the amended version is far better than the original,” said APWU President Cliff Guffey. “That is a result of the tremendous effort of APWU members, postal customers, […]
APWU Web News Article 45-2012, April 24 , 2012 The Senate began voting on amendments to the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) on April 24, with action on the bill expected to be wrapped up in the Senate on April 25. Still to be voted on is Amendment #2042, offered by Sen. Bob […]
Today, the Senate cast votes on 15 of 40 amendments to S. 1789, the Lieberman-Collins-Carper-Brown postal relief bill. The legislative body will resume its voting tomorrow at 2:00 PM EDT. The proceedings may be viewed on CSPAN-2 or at www.senate.gov. During the course of consideration, two amendments were withdrawn by their sponsors; most notably, Sen. […]
Forever Stamps Evoke 1862 Battles in New Orleans and Antietam NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Postal Service today issued the second of an annual series of Forever stamps that pay tribute to one of the most searing, traumatic and consequential events in our nation’s history: the American Civil War. The dedicated stamps, The Civil War: […]
A new video urges Americans to contact their senators to tell them S. 1789 is not the solution to the challenges facing the Postal Service, as this piece of legislation advances a dangerously misguided strategy that purports to somehow “save” the Postal Service by cutting service to customers. As noted above, the Senate may vote […]