5 day delivery

              With all the talk of eliminating Saturday delivery I dug up this gem from 2009.   This is what the USPS presented to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) in 2009 to show the effect of eliminating Saturday delivery on rural routes.   Of course we have no idea [...]

Senator Claire McCaskill D-MO held a press conference Monday in Kansas City, MO, to express her concerns that a switch from six-day delivery to five “might be a death spiral”. McCaskill told journalists the USPS should instead regain its competitive edge by emphasizing that unlike UPS or FedEx, the Postal Service does not charge a special [...]

A postal bill eliminating Saturday mail delivery, altering collective bargaining and mutating the Postal Service as we know it is scheduled for a vote in the Senate next Tuesday, 31 January 2012.   If the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011 (S.1789) remains unchanged, it would radically alter our livelihoods as rural letter carriers. [...]

Thank you to everyone who made phone calls to their Congressmen in the past several days. Congressional offices have been flooded with calls from every Postal Union and Postal Employees of all crafts asking that the six-day mail delivery language be protected from Rep. Darrell Issa’s attack to strip the language from the Financial Services [...]

Rule Hearing Information: UPDATED: 07/13/2011 at 3:15 p.m.Meeting Time: This hearing has been postponed subject to the call of the Chair. House Committee on Rules – Bills Click here for the numbers to call

URGENT: WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW!!!!! Update:  The meeting mentioned below has been cancelled but the issue is still being pursued.  Click here for more Members: Today we learned Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is requesting that the House Rules Committee rule in favor of stripping the language included every year in the Financial Services and [...]

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I have been listening to some of the PRC hearings that are going on right now. Here are a couple of notes with some information I have found interesting.. I have to say I have never heard more side-stepping, bloviating, misdirection, and just flat out refusal to accept reality in my life. I will continue [...]

ACTION ALERT! Contact your Senators and Representatives to Urge Continuation of 6-Day Delivery Contact Your Legislator http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml House of Representativeshttp://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm United States Senatehttp://www.visi.com/juan/congress Contacting the Congress Below are UPDATED form letters to assist you in writing to your Congressmen. http://www.divshare.com/direct/10831705-3e8.doc Form Letter to Contact Representative(word) http://www.divshare.com/direct/10831707-c08.pdf Form Letter to Contact Representative(pdf) http://www.divshare.com/direct/10831706-03b.doc Form Letter to [...]

Rural Mail Carrier Postal News: Letter to Potter from NRLCA concerning 5 day delivery: “Letter to Potter from NRLCA concerning 5 day delivery”

I have read some of the information from the fact sheets released today concerning rural carriers and 5 day delivery. Here are a few key points I noticed.. Rural DeliverySaturday delivery to and collections from street addresses will be eliminated, except delivery of Express Mail. The number of rural and contract delivery service routes isexpected [...]

ACTION ALERT! Contact your Senators and Representatives to Urge Continuation of 6-Day Delivery Contact your Senators and Representatives to urge the continuation of 6-Day Delivery. Contact Your Legislator: House of Representatives United States Senate Contacting the Congress Below are UPDATED form letters to assist you in writing to your Congressmen. Please contact your State Board [...]

Rural Letter Carriers’ Union continues to oppose the Postal Service’s push to go from six day delivery to five day delivery! The president of the 100,000-plus member National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, Don Cantriel and the entire NRLCA National Board oppose the proposal by Postmaster General John E. Potter to eliminate Saturday delivery. It is [...]

Rural Mail Carrier Postal News: As Jay Sees it… PRC requesting input on 5 day delivery

NRLCA President Don Cantriel and the entire National Board fully support 6-Day delivery and oppose five day delivery which could further erode the Postal Service’s dwindling customer base. It is an important part of the business day in America to provide six day delivery in any kind of weather to every business and household in [...]