Feb 7, 2013
“The USPS announced that it will end mail delivery on Saturdays this year. Republicans in Congress have been waiting for this moment. Ed Schultz talks to Rep. Gerry Connelly, D-VA, and letter carrier Audrey Himes about what can be done to save the postal service.” This is the description of a segment on The Ed [...]
Jan 16, 2013
“The United States Postal Service doesn’t cost you a dime of taxpayer money, but Republicans are regulating it in a way no other agency or business has ever been regulated. The USPS doesn’t add to the debt, but is required to fund a retirement account that covers workers who haven’t even been hired yet. At [...]
Jan 10, 2013
editors note: VLTP continues to follow the assault on the USPS…We wrote about this USPS privatization effort in April 2012: http://www.vltp.net/alec/senat… and released a full investigative report about such privatization efforts and how Congress was influenced to pass the The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act to begin the process of privatization: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10…What was not mentioned [...]
Dec 21, 2012
Here is something of critical importance to North Carolina immediately. First, excerpts from the article/broadcast at WFAE, the NPR station in Charlotte, NC. Then, my personal commentary. ‘At a press conference ,,,Governor-elect Pat McCrory appointed …conservative activist Art Pope to be his deputy budget director–the governor’s top aide on budget issues. Pope … is a director [...]
Oct 18, 2012
Here at vltp.net we pay attention to the searches made by those who visit our site to see what interests our readers. Last night the top search was “does the usps have ties to alec?“ which, in different iterations, is a common question. The USPS is under attack by ALEC, which has been working for almost [...]
Aug 2, 2012
We generally do not post articles about up-and-coming events, but our support for all USPS workers does not waver. Please see the event details in our EVENTS section. And please, support the USPS against privatization as laid out and executed by ALEC and their corporate members UPS and FedEx.
Aug 2, 2012
From AlterNet by David Morris – “Obama’s former Budget Director, vice chairman of corporate and investment banking at Citigroup thinks it’s a good idea — he may stand to benefit…“ VLTP has been fighting against privatization of the USPS by ALEC and others. This taking over of the Postal Service by corporate interests has been ongoing [...]
Jul 20, 2012
The Postal Service, faced with continuing financial losses because of a drop in mail volume, expects to default for the first time on its annual payment for future retiree health benefits. The $5.5 billion payment, which was deferred from the 2011 fiscal year, is due Aug. 1. The Postal Service is also scheduled to make [...]
Jul 1, 2012
This is a good overall story about ALEC for those looking for a good overview. It is from the CBS Evening News with Roger Pelley. Hope you saw it on TV, but if not, here it is. This is one of the better :summary” stores that I have seen on the MSM. I hope that [...]
