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Jan 26th, 2011
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It is crucial we immediately act on the E-Activist below.

We need everyone possible not to just call our Senators in Region 1 but also write them a letter as well. Letters written and mailed to our US Senators State District Offices will get there within a couple of days, plenty of time to get their attention if this comes up for a vote at the end of next week. It is fine to call their Capitol officers but please do not send any mail to DC since they delay the mail for screening by as much as 8 days, thank you.
I've attached a sample letter to use and send to Senators Reid and Heller. Below is a list of all our Senators local address. Also it is very important you get this out to as many members as possible using your own email addresses. At the begining of the year the E-Activist list was updated and a portion of the membership previous on the list in all three states were purged. We need to make sure every gets this alert. If you have any questions please give Clancey a call.

Nevada
Senator Harry Reid Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse & Federal Bldg 400 S. Virginia St, Suite 902 Reno, NV 89501 (202) 224-3542 Senator Dean Heller Bruce Thompson Federal Building, 400 South Virginia Street, Suite 738 Reno, NV 89501 (202) 224-6244


Jan 24th, 2011
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USPS declines to extend contract talks:

On Friday, Jan 20th, the USPS declined to extend collective-bargaining negotiations with the NALC, triggering an impasse that will automatically send the matter to mediation. “I am disappointed by the Postal Service’s decision,” NALC President Fredric V. Rolando said. “We have been making steady progress in negotiations. NALC continues to believe that a negotiated agreement is in the best interests of the parties, the businesses that rely on us and the nation we serve. We will continue to negotiate in good faith as mediation takes place.”
Click here to read the president's complete statement


Jan 24th, 2012
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An important message from the NALC e-Activist Network

As the Senate reconvenes in Washington today, the NALC is closely monitoring expected Senate action for this and the coming weeks. With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announcing late last week that he would be delaying a floor vote for the controversial anti-piracy bills pending before Congress, the Senate schedule now has unexpected floor time that will need to be filled. All indications are that the leadership plans on moving S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011, as early as next week. S. 1789, in its current form, is unacceptable to the NALC and to many stakeholders and customers throughout the country.

The bill as reported out of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs fell short of achieving the many needed reforms to ensure a vibrant Postal Service for the future. The legislation:
* Allows for five-day delivery in two years' time if the Postal Service is not turning a profit, but fails to give the Postal Service any flexibility to achieve that profit.
* Phases out door-to-door delivery in favor of curbside and centralized delivery.
* Fails to recoup the $55 billion to $75 billion in CSRS pension surplus funds.
* Does not go far enough in restructuring the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund.
* Includes an anti-labor provision that would direct arbitrators to take into special consideration the financial condition of the Postal Service before rendering a decision.
* Unfairly attacks injured postal workers by removing them from the OWCP rolls and forcing them into retirement without implementing a formula that would make these people whole. The reduction in compensation would be severe.
Please call Sen. Reid at (202) 224-3542 and ask him to oppose S. 1789 in its current form. The legislation is deeply flawed and needs significant changes before the Senate should consider passage of this bill.
Changes to the bill should include provisions from S. 1853, The Postal Service Protection Act of 2011. This bill takes the necessary steps by addressing the issues laid out above to strengthen the Postal Service while maintaining the excellent level of service Americans have come to expect, preserving middle-class jobs and creating new opportunities for the Postal Service moving forward.
Again, please call Sen. Reid as soon as possible and urge him to delay action on S. 1789 as drafted. We expect the Senate to pass legislation that protects senior citizens, rural communities, small businesses and others and we hope to be at the table as those discussions are held.
Thank you in advance for your urgent action.
In Solidarity,
Fredric V. Rolando, President National Association of Letter Carriers




Dec 28th, 2011
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Commission faults USPS planning for post office closures

(from federal times) The U.S. Postal Service used questionable data in its selection of more than 3,600 post offices to study for closure and should rethink its methods, an oversight body has concluded. Postal Regulatory Commission members are concerned that the mail carrier's approach does not "determine the facilities most likely to serve the greatest number, reduce the greatest costs, or enhance the potential for growth or stability in the system," PRC Chairman Ruth Goldway said in a news release accompanying the Dec. 23 release of the133-page opinion. In many cases, contract post offices and other means of "alternative access'' cannot make up for the loss of a full-service post office, the four-member PRC found in a unanimously issued advisory opinion. And while the Postal Service predicts that the proposed closings would save about $200 million annually, it could not provide revenue and expense information to back up that assertion to the commission's satisfaction. USPS officials in July unveiled a list of about 3,650 post offices — or about 11 percent of the total — that could be closed. Its goal was to wrap up a streamlined review by year's end.
With its downsizing plans under mounting fire on Capitol Hill, however, the Postal Service earlier this month announced a freeze on shuttering any post offices or mail processing plants until mid-May. Postal officials are reviewing the PRC opinion, spokesman Dave Partenheimer said Tuesday. About 80 percent of post offices lose money, according to the Postal Service; of the facilities on the review list, more than 3,000 yield less than $27,500 in yearly revenue, the agency has said. By law, the Postal Service must ask the commission to weigh in on any proposed service change with a nationwide impact. Although the newly released opinion is nonbinding, it furnishes ammunition to critics who say that a wave of post office closings would hurt service and disproportionately affect rural areas. The PRC's "unanimous findings support my and many of my colleagues' skepticism about the wisdom of mass postal closures without a more thoughtful, transparent and data-driven process," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in a news release.


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