Delivering solutions. NALC President Fredric Rolando's letter to the editor of The Topeka Capital-Journal appeared in the Mar. 3 print edition. In the same day's Politico, Sen. Bernie Sanders uses an op-ed to explain to readers that pre-funding is the real culprit behind the Postal Service's reported losses. And Phoenix Br. 576's Keith O'Brien was featured in a story aired on the city's Fox affiliate. |
Easier to battle rain, snow. A generally supportive editorial in the Feb. 29 Philadelphia Inquirer notes that "it remains in the national interest to provide reliable and comprehensive mail delivery across the country." |
NPR's 'To The Point.' California State Association President John Beaumont took part in a panel discussion about the Postal Service on Feb. 27's "To The Point," a public radio program broadcast daily on National Public Radio. |
Local mail centers saved,
but some fear future cuts. Waterloo, IA's KWWL captured key aspects of the Postal Service's financial situation in a Feb. 23 report that featured Region 5 RAA Mike Birkett. |
| The shrinking service: Why are post offices closing? A two-part look at the Postal Service's financial problems by a TV station in Watertown, NY on Feb. 22 and 23 does a more thorough and factual job of analyzing the situation than any of the major networks have done (so far). |
| Congressional mandate behind Postal Service woes. A letter from NALC President Fredric Rolando to the editor of USA Today was published in the paper's Friday, Feb. 17 edition. |
| Fix the Postal Service. President Rolando explained to readers of the Feb. 7 St. Louis Post-Dispatch what's wrong with a deeply flawed Senate bill designed to "save" the USPS. And The Nation's John Nichols finds one thing wrong with the diagnosis that the Postal Service is broke: "It's wrong." |
Cutting services won’t save
our vital U.S. Postal Service. Seattle Branch 79 President Jo Ann Pyle spells out the problems with the Postal Service's cost-cutting plans on the Washington State AFL-CIO's news website, and retired Auburn, ME Branch 345 member Bert Godin's letter to the editor was published in the Lewiston, ME Sun Journal. |
Don’t send the Postal Service into a death spiral. President Rolando's commentary in the Sunday, Jan. 15 Press-Enterprise—in Rep. Darrell Issa's district—provided a compelling argument about why the congressman's efforts would serve to destroy the USPS. Also, a story in that Sunday's Springfield News-Leader played up some opposition to ending six-day delivery. |
| The truth about the U.S. Postal Service. Lawrence, MA Br. 212 Vice President Kevin Poe's letter to the editor of the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune ran Jan. 8. |
Issa misleads on Postal Service. NALC President Rolando contributed an op-ed to The Orange County Register, one of California's largest newspapers and one of the top regional papers in the country, on Thursday, Dec. 29. It rebuts Rep. Darrell Issa's recent commentary piece on the Postal Service and takes on his legislative activities. |
| Return to sender. A letter by Mass. N.E. Mgd. Br. 25 Pres. Dave Barbuzzi to the editor of the Boston Herald was published Dec. 21. Barbuzzi was writing in response to a Dec. 10 Herald op-ed. |
| Postal Service saddled with funding mandates. NALC President Fredric Rolando wrote a letter to the editor of the Norfolk, VA Virginian-Pilot, praising that paper's recent, knowledgeable editorial about the Postal Service's financial problems. |
Postal Service saddled with funding mandates. A letter by Region 14 NBA John Casciano to the editor of The Boston Globe was published Dec. 18, in response to a Dec. 11 Globe column. |
| Sorting out the Postal Service’s woes. President Rolando's "taking exception" letter ran Dec. 16 in The Washington Post. It rebutted several recent pieces in that newspaper. |
| The Future of America’s Post Offices. The Dec. 15 New York Times leads its "letters to the editor" section with "The Future of America's Post Offices," consisting of five letters, four of which are highly favorable to our agenda. |
| Crippled by a Mandate. President Rolando wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times that ran Dec. 7. "If Congress will fix the mess it created, then the postal community can take a deep breath, roll its sleeves up and do what it always has done: modernize, adapt and better serve America," he wrote. |
| The Real Reason the Post Office is Going Broke. President Rolando was a guest Dec. 14 on Los Angeles-area radio station KFPK's program "Background Briefing with Ian Masters." |
| Postal Service delays closings until May 15. As many groups cheered the Postal Service's announcement Dec. 13 of a moratorium on facilities closures, a CNN Money story quoted President Rolando on the matter. |
| Better postal fix needed. A great editorial that ran in the Dec. 13 in the Buffalo News quoted Buffalo-Western New York Branch 3 President Robert McLennan. |
| Return to Sender. President Rolando's rebuttal to an article in the Economist ran Dec. 11. Not only was it displayed prominently, it kicked off quite a discussion—including lots of support for the USPS. |
| Address the pre-funding fiasco. An op-ed piece by President Rolando's ran in Dec. 9's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a major regional newspaper read by every member of the Georgia congressional delegation and by business and civic leaders in Atlanta and other southern states. |
| A business undone by Congress. An editorial in the Dec. 8 Virginian-Pilot hits the nail on the head regarding the Postal Service's financial problems |
Crippled by a mandate. President Rolando wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times that ran Dec. 7. |
Postal Service is protected by the U.S. Constitution. Buffalo-Western New York Branch 3 President Robert McLennan wrote a letter to the editor of the Buffalo News, in response to George Will's Nov. 28 column. The letter was published Dec. 4. |
| Union will push to save mail delivery on Saturdays. On Nov. 21, NALC President Fredric V. Rolando expressed his disappointment in the Washington Times that the White House has not opposed the Postal Service’s plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery service. |
Senators Look To Slash Benefits For Disabled Civil Servants. Nov. 10, 2011 -- Ron Watson, the NALC's workers' comp expert, told the Huffington Post that planned compensation reductions are "intentionally targeted at injured workers with families, their widows and widowers, and the elderly." |
| Fixing the U.S. Postal Service's finances. On Oct. 28, CNBC posted a terrific interview with NALC President Fredric Rolando that details the real financial situation at the Postal Service, the options to fix it, the value of the universal network, the opportunities for growth, the role of Congress and more. |
| Twisted government accounting
behind Postal Service woes. On Oct. 7, MSNBC posted a piece about postal finances, and Oct. 10, Mass. North Shore Br. 33 President Dana Salo's letter to the editor was published in the Gloucester Times. |
| Congress is killing the U.S. Postal Service. On Oct. 19, a Colorado TV station told its viewers that Congress was chiefly responsible for the Postal Service's current financial crisis, while on Oct. 20, an editorial that supports the Postal Service was printed in the Pocono Record. |
| Passage of HR 1351 would help the postal service. Randy Hartman of Branch 78 sent a letter to the editor of the Marion Star explaining a way to help the Postal Service's finances without resorting to service cuts. The letter was published on Sunday, Oct. 9. You can read the full letter here. |
| Postal Service Faces Cuts in the Face of Manufactured Fiscal Crisis. NALC President Fredric V. Rolando was a morning drive-time guest Oct. 5 at 8:40 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Los Angeles radio station KPFK. |
| Saving America's Postal Service. In the wake of the Sept. 27 rallies, a number of prominent columnists covered the USPS's financial problems, including in The Nation, the New York Daily News and The Huffington Post. |
| Postal Service workers rally against ‘manufactured' crisis. NALC President Fredric V. Rolando was quoted extensively in a terrific analysis of the Postal Service's financial situation Sept. 27 in the Huffington Post. The same day, he also was a featured guest on NPR's "Diane Rehm Show," and he spoke the weekend before with a TV station in Buffalo about the Postal Service's financial problems and the common-sense legislative solutions to those problems. |
Congress got us into this mess. President Rolando was featured in a Sept. 24 story by The Buffalo News. Kansas State President Rod Holub and Salina Br. 486 President Brad Johnson were quoted in a story in the Sept. 24 Salina Journal. |
| On air in DC, Cleveland. President Rolando again appeared on TV Thursday evening in the DC area live on NewsChannel 8's "Capital Insider." Also, America's Work Force Radio aired its interview with our president Friday at 4 p.m. ET. |
| In a story published online Sept. 21, President Rolando recently was interviewed by "Federal Times Newsmaker" about strategies to solve the Postal Service's financial problems. |
| Region 5 RAA Mark Sims recently explained to Cedar Rapids, IA television viewers that the 2006 congressional mandate to pre-fund 75 years' worth of future retiree health benefits is the real reason behind the Postal Service's financial problems. |
| 4 Iowa mail centers threatened. For a Sept. 16 story, President Fredric Rolando spoke with a Des Moines Register reporter about the unfair pre-funding burden and the pension over-payments. The same day, he also spoke via with Los Angeles' KTYM Radio and dispelled the incorrect notion that the Postal Service is going broke. |
The Postal Service's money crisis: What the agency wants from Congress. NALC President Rolando was interviewed on Sept. 7 on News Channel 8's "Capital Insider" program, which has a large audience in Washington, Maryland and Virginia among federal employees, contractors and others involved with the federal government. |
| How Should U.S. Postal Service's Financial Problems Be Fixed? An estimated 3 million Americans saw NALC President Fredric V. Rolando take part in a lively discussion about the USPS Sept. 6 on "PBS NewsHour." |
| Editorial offered wrong solution. Wisconsin State Association of Letter Carriers President Scott Van Derven wrote a letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It was published Aug. 7. On Aug. 30, a retired postmaster in Oklahoma wrote an insightful opinion piece for the Norman Transcript. |
| Post Office is unfairly painted as inefficient and draining. Letters to editors written by letter carrier activists in New York and Florida have recently been published in local newspapers. |
| Mandate is killing US Postal Service. North Dakota State Association President Rachel Freehauf's letter to the editor of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead was published Aug. 27. You'll also find links to a letter to the editor written by a retired rural carrier from Louisiana and a terrific piece by a Rhode Island columnist who gets it. |
| Postal Service hurt by congressional mandate, not mail delivery. Zanesville, OH Branch 63 activist John Collins' letter to the editor was published by The Zanesville Times-Recorder on Aug. 25. |
| The U.S. Postal
Service is adapting
to changes. An op-ed by NALC President Fredric V. Rolando was published in The Denver Post on Saturday, August 20. |
| There's always work at the Post Office? Maybe not. Durham, NC Branch 382 Vice President Jimmy Mainor, along with former letter carrier and author Phil Rubio, spoke with National Public Radio's Tony Cox on the "Tell Me More" program Thurs., Aug. 18. |
| Reducing postal service is not the answer. A column by President Rolando was published in The Baltimore Sun on Thurs., Aug. 11. |
Post office makes a profit Congress won't let it keep. President Rolando's letter to the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) was published on Aug. 11. |
| Letter carriers play important role in Hawaii community and elsewhere.A commentary piece by Hawaii Association of Letter Carriers President Terry Kaolulo was posted Aug. 5 on the website of the Hawaii Reporter. |
| The truth about the Postal Service. An op-ed piece by President Rolando was printed August 2 in The Providence Journal (RI). |
| What we’ll lose if we lose the post office. The Sunday Washington Post on July 31 ran an opinion piece by author and professor Phil Rubio, who also carried mail for 20 years in Colorado and North Carolina. |
| 3,700 post offices may close, 'village' mail service to launch in stores. In a story distributed via the Scripps Howard wire service July 27, President Rolando put proposed post office closings in the context of the real financial situation facing USPS. |
| Postal Service bears unique financial burden. President Rolando, in a letter to the editor published July 25 in USA Today, responds to a July 20 article about the USPS. |
| Postal Service is a vital hub for America. William B. Cook, president of Northeastern New York Branch 358 and state director of legislation, wrote a guest essay for the July 16 Post-Star of Glen Falls, NY. |
| Postal Service is managing responsibly. NALC President Rolando responded on July 15 to a recent editorial in the (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union. |
| Rep. Ross misfires on the myths and the facts. President Rolando wrote a rebuttal to a posting published on the website of Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL), chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District of Columbia. |
| Misinformation obscures Postal Service's profitable work. On July 8, President Rolando responded to a Washington Examiner column by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the committee that oversees the Postal Service. |
| A rebuttal: Postal Service runs net profit. An op-ed piece by President Rolando in the July 7 San Diego Union-Tribune rebuts a column a week earlier by Bill Gunderson. |
| Commentary: The truth about the Postal Service. President Rolando pens a June 27 op-ed piece for the McClatchy News Service that has subsequently run in print and on-line outlets across the country. |
POSTAL FACTS on-air: President Rolando did back-to-back-to-back drive-time radio interviews on June 21 with 15 broadcast stations or networks across the country. |
| How misleading is the Miami Herald's Glenn Garvin commentary on the USPS? Let's count the ways. A T.V. critic bombs in his "postal" premiere (June 16) |
