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Congress fails to deliver. Richard Wueste, CEO of Colorado Consulting Associates, a management consulting group based in Alamosa, CO, wrote a pro-postal column for the May 6 issue of The Pueblo Chieftain. |
A Band-Aid instead of a more serious reform. NALC Chief of Staff Jim Sauber was interviewed April 27 on the Sirius/XM “POTUS” channel program “Stand Up!” hosted by Pete Dominick. The program airs weekday afternoons from 3 to 6 ET on Sirius/XM Channel 124. |
Killing the Messenger:
The Downsizing and Death of the Postal Service. Dean Baker, author and co-director of The Center for Economic and Policy Research, blogged about the Postal Service and postal reform in The Huffington Post on April 23. Casper, WY Br. 1681 President Rene Eberhardt's letter to the editor appeared in the April 15 edition of the Casper Journal. |
The Senate Can and Should
Save the Postal Service. "The United States Postal Service is not broke," wrote The Nation's John Nichols in a blog post dated April 18. April 17's edition of MSNBC's "The Ed Show" featured more coverage of Tuesday's Senate debates. NALC Region 14 National Business Agent John Casciano spoke about the Postal Service's financial situation in the April 18 Boston Globe. An article in the April 16 edition of Washington Square News, the student newspaper for New York University, profiles the professor behind the "Save The Post Office" blog and quotes President Rolando. |
Save our Postal Service. Chicago Branch 11 President Mack Julion's letter to the editor of the Chicago Sun-Times was published April 10. April 11's "Marketplace" program on American Public Media featured an interview with NALC Chief of Staff Jim Sauber. Kearney, NE Branch 312 activist Ken Nickerson's letter to the editor of the Kearney Hub also was published April 10. And David Morris, vice president of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, penned a pro-USPS April 8 op-ed piece for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. |
| Congress handcuffs Postal Service. NALC President Fredric Rolando’s op-ed, in response to a March 28 editorial in The Charleston (WV) Gazette, was published April 5.
NALC Chief of Staff Jim Sauber discussed the pre-funding mandate in a post for the USPS Office of the Inspector General’s “Pushing the Envelope” blog. On April 4, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz discussed postal reform with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the author of S. 1853. |
Senate defers work
on Post Office overhaul. On March 28, The New York Times covered the Senate's failure on Tuesday to gain enough votes to proceed to debate on S. 1789 and quoted NALC President Fredric Rolando. Rolando also was a guest on Thom Hartmann's "The Big Picture" television program on March 26. |
| Union calls on senators to oppose postal reform bill. In a March 27 story, The Hill quotes NALC President Fredric Rolando. Rolando also was interviewed live on Federal News Radio. An op-ed piece by the president was printed in the Duluth (MN) News Tribune. And the residents of Nalcrest—the union's Florida retirement village—were featured in a front-page story (plus website video) in The Wall Street Journal. |
| Louisville postal workers part of test to deliver emergency medications door-to-door. Louisville letter carriers have volunteered for a pilot program to deliver supplies of emergency medicines to residents within 48 hours of a biological attack. In a newsfeed March 26 to radio stations around the country, President Rolando spoke about carrier participation in the Cities' Readiness Initiative. A Muscotah, KS resident wrote a letter to the editor of The Topeka Capital-Journal praising NALC President Fredric Rolando's March 2 letter. |
| Making Postal Service pre-fund retirement
puts agency at risk. NALC President Fredric Rolando wrote a guest column for the Orlando Sentinel that was published March 16. A letter to the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, written by Ohio State Association of Letter Carriers President John Dyce, was published on Sunday, March 18. |
| What should be done to save the Postal Service? South Dakota State Association of Letter Carriers President Brent Fjerestad wrote an op-ed piece for the Argus Leader March 15. In a blog post, author and radio commentator Jim Hightower quoted Rolando. Salon.com journalist Josh Eidelson described how politics is more of a threat to the Postal Service than e-mail or economics. |
| What Should Be Done to Save the Postal Service? NALC President Fredric Rolando's letter to the editor of The New York Times was published March 8. A separate letter to The Philadelphia Inquirer ran March 6. Rolando was featured in a two-part Radio America series in February. Saginaw, MI Branch 74 President Brad McKenna's guest column for the Midland Daily News was published March 6. And an essay by Buffalo State College Professor Michael Niman has gone "viral." |
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