NALC: Good News This Week! But Our Fight is Far From Over
Thanks largely to your hard work, the Postal Service has backed off of its plan to end Saturday mail delivery, for now. As Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated in an Associated Press news story, “This is...
View ArticleNALC’s President Fred Rolando Testifies Before House Committee On Postal...
NALC News NALC President Fredric Rolando was among those called to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service’s financial...
View ArticleNALC’s President Rolando: PMG’s Press Club Speech Paints Improved Financial...
NALC News In his appearance Friday at the National Press Club, Postmaster General Patrick Donahue said that the Postal Service will have an operational loss of $1.7 billion this year. “This reflects a...
View ArticleNALC’s Fred Rolando Speaks at PostalVision 2020, Explains Why Five-Day...
National Association of Letter Carriers At Wednesday’s session of PostalVision 2020, NALC President Fredric Rolando explained in persuasive — and un-rebutted — terms why going to five-day mail delivery...
View ArticleWho Cares About Hungry Families? Maybe Not the Senate – But Your Letter...
(This is a cross-post from NH Labor News) By Liz Iacobucci Congress is getting really good at pulling together just-after-the-last-minute political deals. The latest deal passed the Senate unanimously...
View ArticleStanding Strong for Our Vision of the USPS Against Any Blowback
By Fredric Rolando, President National Association of Letter Carriers Thanks to the thousands of NALC activists who wrote or telephoned their members of Congress, recruited community allies for the...
View ArticleHelp Save the U.S. Postal Service
This is a cross-post from AFL-CIO Now Jackie Tortora and Kenneth Quinnell Do you care about keeping post offices open, ensuring Saturday delivery for years to come and stopping proposals to lay off...
View ArticleEncourage Everyone to Sign Rep. DeFazio’s “We the People” Petition in Support...
Fredric Rolando, President National Association of Letter Carriers On April 24, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) launched a “We the People” petition on the White House website to urge the Obama administration...
View ArticleSign the Petition to Get Your Voice Heard on Postal Reform
Cutting Saturday mail is not the way to reform the United States Postal Service. The real culprit of USPS losses is pre-funding, which is responsible for 78 percent of the USPS’s $42.5 billion in...
View ArticleDeadline Looms to Sign Rep. DeFazio’s “We the People” Petition to Save the...
By Fredric Rolando, President National Association of Letter Carriers On April 24, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) launched a “We the People” petition on the White House website. The congressman’s goal is...
View ArticleRep. Darrell Issa’s Flawed Postal Service ‘Discussion Draft’ Has Major Problems
NALC News On June 13, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released what he termed a “discussion draft” of a possible postal reform bill that he hopes to...
View ArticleDarrell Issa Repackages Previously Failed Legislation and Mislabels It...
Last week Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, took a break from his IRS “scandal” long enough to dust off a piece of failed 2011 legislation...
View ArticleWhy We Should Give a Damn About Saving the USPS and Other Stories
(Editor’s note: Here are some of the latest stories (and one older one from the late Andy Rooney) and why America’s postal service should be saved and how we can go about doing it. If you haven’t...
View ArticleHave You Called Your Congressional Representative Yet On Postal Reform? If...
Members in both houses of Congress are currently discussing postal reform. And the clock is ticking. The bills that are supported by the NALC come under the title of “The Postal Service Protection...
View ArticleIt’s a Big Week For Postal Reform Bills! Contact Your Representative and Tell...
There’s a lot going on here in Washington this week. Here’s what you need to know: Chairman Darrell Issa is holding a hearing tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 to discuss draft postal reform bills. Click here...
View ArticleHouse Focuses on Postal Reform, Six-day Mail
NALC.org House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) held a hearing on his draft postal reform bill on Wednesday (July 17). Click here to watch a video replay of the...
View ArticleNALC Urging Representatives to Vote NO on H.R. 2748, Issa’s Postal Reform...
Rep. Issa has introduced H.R. 2748, and tomorrow it will be debated in the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. This bill is damaging. NALC staffers and grassroots activists are talking to every...
View ArticleNALC’s President Rolando on H.R. 2748: We Strongly Oppose This Harmful Bill
NALC statement on postal bill mark-up session: July 24, 2013—On July 24, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, held a mark-up session on his postal...
View ArticleDarrell Issa’s House Committee Passes Potentially Destructive Postal Reform Bill
From NALC.org House committee passes Issa bill : The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed Chairman Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) postal bill on Wednesday. NALC opposes H.R. 2748—click here to...
View ArticleTell Congress: Oppose the Republican Plan to Cripple (Then Kill) the USPS
From CredoAction No more Saturday mail delivery. No more door-to-door mail service for millions of Americans. The Postal Reform Act of 2013, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa and passed out of the House...
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