Apr 25, 2012
By Bob Sloan The Senate today voted to pass a bill to salvage the USPS – for now. Critical to avoiding a proposed shut down of hundreds of postal facilities and centers with the loss of 200,000 jobs, the news was cautiously welcomed by VLTP. While the House has yet to vote on similar legislation, [...]
Apr 25, 2012
…But politics also plays a huge part in this. In 2006, in what looks like an attempt to bust the Postal Workers’ Union, George Bush signed into law the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006. This law required the Postal Service to pre-fund 100 percent of its entire future obligations for 75 years of [...]
Apr 22, 2012
by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) In today’s Charlottte Observer, NC Senator Richard Burr, one of the most conservative members of the U.S. Senate had the following to say about the USPS: While the future of the Postal Service is uncertain, what we do know is that comprehensive reform will be needed to address its many [...]
Apr 19, 2012
CHARLOTTE – U.S. postal workers across the nation took to the streets on one of the busiest postal days of the year, to rally for support. Members of the American Postal Workers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Unions want the public to know about possible changes to service. They said those changes would be [...]
Apr 19, 2012
On April 16, local residents and members of Occupy Winston-Salem held a demonstration at the U.S. Post Office in the Waughtown area. Protesters demanded that the only post office in the community not be closed down. Across the country, hundreds of U.S. post offices are on a closure list, based upon the amount of revenue [...]
