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 [...]
Feb 6, 2013
The ALEC-led death spiral for the USPS continues. We wonder what will happen after UPS and FedEX get the USPS privatized and then decide that they are not going to deliver the mail to unprofitable routes. Who will pick up the slack? Who else–WE THE TAXPAYERS! Hey there USPS Management and Union Leaders: get out [...]
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 [...]
Nov 27, 2012
here is something I received today that merits everyone’s attention: A bad idea that could dismantle the U.S. Postal Service is gaining traction in Congress, and we need your help to stop it. Working behind closed doors, holdover members of the House and Senate are trying to ram through harmful changes to the Postal Service [...]
Sep 4, 2012
Dear Readers, With the DNC happening in Charlotte, along with all the related protests, time is lacking to do the research to post for you. Please bear with me and we will get the volume of our content back up to normal. Today I attended the Southern Workers Assembly–a meeting of unions from around the [...]
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 7, 2012
For the past year, the Center for Media and Democracy has worked to expose the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), through its ongoing www.ALECexposed.org investigation into ALEC’s operations, lobbying, and “model” bills voted on behind closed doors by corporate lobbyists and legislators voting as equals. ALEC’s extreme agenda has included templates to change our laws [...]
