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Congressional Research Service publishes summary of HR 756
There is one summary for H.R.756. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.
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Introduced in House (01/31/2017)
Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 Continue reading
APWU: CBO Reports a Positive Financial Impact of HR 756 on Federal Budget
From the American Postal Workers Union:
06/02/2017 – Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its report on Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756). It is standard practice for the CBO to “score” pending legislation introduced into Congress in order to report its impact on the federal budget. They estimate that H.R. 756 would result in a savings of $6.2 billion over the next ten years. Continue reading
APWU: White House 2018 Budget Proposal Targets Postal Workers and Postal Services
From the American Postal Workers Union:
05/26/2017 – This week the White House released their budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, as they do every fiscal year. There are a number of disturbing provisions which will directly affect postal workers and postal services for the American people. Continue reading
USPS and NALC reach tentative contract
The National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service have reached tentative agreement on a national labor contract, covering 213,000 active city letter carriers across America. Continue reading
APWU Receives Favorable Arbitration Ruling
Clerk Craft Gains 362 Administrative and Technical Jobs
04/24/2017 – Arbitrator Goldberg ruled that the Postal Service failed to make a good faith effort to return 362 administrative and technical jobs to the Clerk Craft. The arbitration award was issued on April 21, 2017 and settles a long-standing dispute over the Clerk Craft Jobs Memorandum of Understanding in the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Continue reading
Frustrated customers denied access to mail after Richmond post office closes abruptly
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — People who live in Church Hill are frustrated over the abrupt closure of their post office.
“Without any warning, it’s kind of depressing,” said Lewis Robinson, who showed up Monday morning to get mail from his post office box.
So did John Rasmussen. “I have mail probably including checks for my home business in my PO box that I can’t get to which is personally frustrating,” he said.
A sign on the door of the 25th street location told customers the post office is closed temporarily because of emergencies.
Source: Frustrated customers denied access to mail after Richmond post office closes abruptly
APWU: Postal Reform Questions & Answers
04/06/2017 – In order to have a healthy, sustainable, public Postal Service, legislation is necessary to protect postal customers and postal workers from USPS’s current financial crisis. The bi-partisan Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) of 2006 largely caused this crisis, sending the Postal Service on a severe downward spiral. The PAEA mandated the Postal Service “pre-fund” 100 percent of its retiree health benefit liabilities, 75 years into the future. Continue reading
USPS seeks an end to postage price cap
From USPS News Link:
USPS is offering comments on the 10-year pricing system review being conducted by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC).
Under a 2006 postal law, the PRC must review the system used for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products, including First-Class Mail, USPS Marketing Mail and other mail categories. Continue reading
APWU: Postal Reform Act of 2017 Moves Forward
From the American Postal Workers Union:
03/20/2017 — On March 16, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee “marked-up” and approved the Postal Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756). A mark-up is a formal process where a congressional committee can consider and amend a bill before advancing it to the full House of Representatives or Senate.
Recognizing the need to set the Postal Service on sound financial footing, the APWU supported H.R. 756 advancing through committee. The favorable vote to move the bill out of the Oversight Committee is one of several key steps in a lengthy legislative process. Continue reading
