Tag: wage agreement

  • Mailer Groups: USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist

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    Mailer Groups: USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist June 9, 2017 – mailomg.com, The Official Mail Guide Opinion of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce In the ongoing “Ten Year Review” of postal pricing, the Postal Regulatory Commission is considering whether to retain, loosen, or eliminate the…

  • Mailers’ Groups Blast NALC Deal

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    Mailers’ Groups Blast NALC Deal Dead Tree Edition June 1, 2017 Three mailers’ organizations blasted a labor deal with the National Association of Letter Carriers today as proof that the “spendthrift monopolist” U.S. Postal Service “cannot be counted on to control its costs or prices.” “Rather than bringing compensation more in line with the private…

  • Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 federal budget targets postal union benefits

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    Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 federal budget targets postal union benefits Linn’s Stamp News Washington Postal Scene — By Bill McAllister Forty-eight years after President Richard M. Nixon pleaded with postal unions to support his plan for an independent postal service, another Republican president appears to be saying those unions might have achieved too many benefits…

  • Mail Group Trio Attacks New Wage Agreement

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    June 3, 2017 – Connolly.House.gov Three large mailing organizations have attacked the Postal Service’s new wage agreement with the National Association of Letter Carriers, saying the pact shows that the USPS “cannot be trusted … to control its own costs.” In a June 1 essay, titled “USPS — Spendthrift Monopolist,” the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers,…