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12/11//11
Good reason to save the post office
Gerald Ensley: If USPS perishes, many jobs will, too
12/10//11
The Case for Consolidation: Overview of
the Postal Service's Request for an Advisory Opinion
California
Congressman Calls On PMG To Keep Mail Processing Facility Open
In Stockton
Oregon: Protests voiced over cuts proposed for post offices
12/9//11
Senator
Tester: Delay Postal Service closures for six months
New York
Congressman Introduces Bill to Preserve Postal Services, Cut
Costs
Senators Seek
to Stop USPS Cutbacks
Will the Postal Service Save
Email from the Grave?
12/8//11
The Public
Be Damned: Using the Amtrak Script to Kill
the Post Office
Huffington Post
- If the
conversation about the end of the U.S.
Postal Service sounds familiar, it's not
just because we've heard variations of it
since 1970, when the old Post Office
Department became a separate business. It's
also because the destruction of mail
delivery closely parallels the wrecking of
American passenger rail. Apparently the
Congress has it in for quasi-public
institutions with work forces composed
disproportionately of African-Americans.
Chicago: Postal workers rally against
proposed cuts
Cuts to U.S. Postal Service to
include next-day, Saturday delivery
Postal worker released
from hospital following pellet gun shot
Pitney
Bowes expresses patience with USPS financial dilemma
12/7//11
Politico says NALC warns of USPS
'death spiral'
Workers' comp reform has
lawmakers crisscrossing partisan lines
12/6//11
USPS Mulls Moving Mail
Processing To Burlington
The U.S. Postal
Service is considering moving some of its mail
processing from the White River Junction post
office to facilities in Burlington and Manchester,
N.H., but the move would probably not create more
jobs in Burlington, spokesman Tom Rizzo said.
Wrong time to cut postal jobs,
Sen. Sanders says
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Nation Reacts to USPS Plans to Cut Service
Standards and Reduce Networks
USPS Moves Forward its
Ill-Advised Plan to Reduce Service Standards- A service-oriented business such as the USPS
should not be cutting service in an effort to save
money” said National President John Hegarty. “At
such a critical time for the USPS and for the
American economy generally, the Postal Service
should be improving service and attempting
everything in its power to grow the business
rather than degrading service. This misguided
action is the definition of “penny wise and pound
foolish,” as it will simply drive more and more
customers away, sending them to the internet, and
to our competitors|
Sen. Collins Blasts USPS
Money-Saving Plan
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The Postal Service Plots Its
Own Demise | The Nation ||
Stop! The Poison-Pill that
is Killing the Post Office.||
Who Killed the Postal
Service? - The Atlantic ||What to Do When the Mailman
Slows Your Business Down | Entrepreneur.com||
Farewell, first-class mail
|| Editorial: Junk mail- A plan to gut the
USPS is wrong direction for
U.S. ||
NY Metro APWU: Thursday’s
Postal Closing Hearing for Bronx Stadium Post
Office to be Flashpoint for Protest
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Video: Major Cuts to USPS Spending, Staffing to
May Take Effect in April 2012
PR Reader: "This could mean
early retirements, possibly with an incentive, excessed
people have nowhere to go." Fox News
Insider - "The effects will
probably not be felt until early April of 2012, said
Dave Williams, Vice President of Operations. In a press
conference Monday, Williams said that there’s really no
choice for the USPS – slashes in spending and staffing
simply have to be done.“ |
Kucinich: USPS
Privatization Plan Will Hurt Business, Workers and the
Economy
The plan
from Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe would make
extreme cuts including the elimination of over 100,000
jobs, lengthening the delivery time for periodicals up
to 9 days, and closing thousands of neighborhood post
offices. “These draconian cuts were proposed under the
false pretense that the Postal Service is headed towards
bankruptcy. We could easily protect the Postal Service
if Congress would address the agency’s overpayment into
its Retiree Health Benefits program, and allow the USPS
to generate revenue in other ways that take advantage of
their existing infrastructure and dedicated workers.”
Corridore Says USPS Cuts to Hurt
Economy
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USPS to file Proposal to
lower service standards
"The proposed changes to
service standards will allow for significant
consolidation of the postal network in terms of
facilities, processing equipment, vehicles and employee
workforce and will generate projected net annual savings
of approximately $2.1 billion."
This is part of the overall savings expected from the
network optimization initiative, which is projected to
save up to $3 billion by
2015.
Senator Carper Responds |
APWU: USPS Plan Will Hasten Demise
Of a Still-Vital Institution
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NALC: Reduced delivery standards will harm USPS
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New
Yorkers stamping feet over Postal Service's drastic cutback
plans
Netflix will be
doomed by USPS cuts
12/5//11
House Dem calls for firing
postmaster general; blames Obama, GOP Congress
The Hill- Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.)
on Monday afternoon called on the the Obama
administration to fire Postmaster General Patrick
Donahoe in light of Donahoe's announced plan for drastic
service reductions at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)."This
guy, this so-called postmaster general, should be fired
because of a lack of any imagination or initiative," an
angry DeFazio said on the House floor. "He's proposing
the death knell for the great United States Postal
Service."
Video:
Congressman: PMG Plan For USPS Means Americans
Underserved"
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Magazines Gird for USPS Nixing
Saturday Delivery
Ad Age - Weeklies That Try to
Reach Subscribers Before Weekend Would Have Even More
Problems Staying Timely -Other magazines aren't
waiting to see what Congress lets the Postal Service do.
Bloomberg Businessweek has been developing an alternate
delivery system since last year, when it began using
newspaper carriers in Philadelphia. Today newspaper
carriers deliver some 200,000 of the magazine's roughly
900,000 subscription.
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Who Should Be The Next Celebrity
Stamp?
NPR -"The U.S. Postal Service
has waived its rule banning someone from being honored
on a stamp until he or she has been dead for at least
five years. Host Scott Simon reports the Postal Service
has received thousands of nominations from the public
for new stamps to honor more recent celebrities, ranging
from Billy Graham to Lady Gaga." They hope that putting
popular, current faces on postage stamps might make more
Americans eager to buy stamps and send mail in an
envelope."
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Postal union honors man who tried to keep
post office open
Top 10
things every fed should know before retiring
Week in Review: More news, more of the
same
Arbitration between the USPS and NRLCA
Begins Today
USPS to close 12 Capital Region Branches
12/4//11
What were you thinking, Mr. President? Obama nominates Hammond to the PRC
On Friday the White House
announced that President Obama was nominating Tony
Hammond as the fifth commissioner on the Postal
Regulatory Commission (PRC). No offense to Mr. Hammond,
but that’s probably not good news for communities trying
to save their post office or processing plant, and it’s
not good news for postal workers either. With a
Republican-dominated PRC, [ until 2016] it’s hard to imagine many
appeals on post office closures winning a “remand”
decision. It’s been hard enough getting a victory with
two Democrats and two Republicans. Of the last twenty
decisions, just two were remanded, and only Chairman Goldway has issued dissents from decisions to affirm the
closing. Importance
of PRC Appointments
| Precedent
Provides Hints about how PRC Will Rule on USPS Service
Changes |
The Junking of the Postal Service
New York Times - “The post
office is in the final stage of decaying into total
irrelevance,” ..The fact is that the primary beneficiary
of the United States Postal Service today is arguably
the advertisers whose leaflets and catalogs flood our
mailboxes. In fact, to compensate for projected declines
in “real” mail, the Postal Service has been aggressively
promoting the use of new services for advertisers like
Every Door Direct.. “One could argue that the real
customer of the Postal Service is now the direct mailer;
it is a channel for advertising,”
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USPS Proposing to Close 3
Congressional Post Offices
DC Postal Robberies May Be Connected
Attack on postal worker lands man behind bars
12/3//11
Postal workers aren't 'excess' to be
jettisoned to cut costs
Don't you love the
euphemisms that employers substitute for the word
"layoffs"? Instead of saying, "We're firing you and
ending your livelihood," they "downsize," "right-size"
or "maximize efficiencies." They all mean the same
thing: Employees are screwed.
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President Obama Names Republican Tony Hammond to PRC
- Tony Hammond served on the
Postal Regulatory Commission and its predecessor agency,
the Postal Rate Commission, from August 1, 2002 to
October 7, 2011. Earlier this year,
APWU Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez urged postal
employees to call upon President Obama to appoint a
Democrat to the Postal Regulatory Commission. President
Obama has appointed 3 Republicans to the PRC. The PRC is
now composed of Two Republicans and Two Democrats. |
USPS in need of 90 Rural Carriers
Associates in the South Carolina
Dallas City Officials Write Letter to PMG
About Loss of Dallas Postmark and Potential Closures
Alaska
Delegation Refutes USPS Inspector General Bypass Mail Report
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