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ECONOMICS BLOG: October 2014 Results: $633 million YTD Operating Income
For October 2014, the Postal Service reported $633 million in operating income.
POSTAL FACTS: Nov. 24, 2014 (updated)
President Rolando was quoted or paraphrased frequently about USPS’ financial report and the PMG’s retirement announcement; plus, read more examples of how NALC members and leaders have been making their voices heard.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 24, 2014
Today we’re reading about postal love…the response to the hacking response…a mode package-delivery partnership…finding a letter carrier’s killer…and “stamping out hunger” in time for Thanksgiving.
ECONOMICS BLOG: 2014 Postal Service results: $1.4 B operating profit
Postal Service profitability has clearly turned the corner.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 20, 2014
Today we’re reading about pessimistic prospects for postal reform…and how dog bites are mostly down across the country.
UPDATED: Two heroic carriers honored on CBS Evening News
The heroic action of two Peoria, IL Branch 31 letter carriers who rescued an abducted boy outside their post office was reported tonight on the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley.
Rolando congratulates incoming Oversight Chairman Chaffetz
NALC President Fredric V. Rolando congratulates Rep Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on his election as chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the committee that has jurisdiction over USPS.
Rolando: After the midterms, letter carriers’ resolve remains strong
Letter carriers have a duty to continue building alliances with the men and women on both sides of the aisle and to use our unparalleled network of activists to proactively find champions for our causes.
NALC files NLRB charge over USPS response to hacking
NALC has filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board protesting the Postal Service’s failure to provide NALC advance notice of, and an opportunity to bargain over, the Postal Service’s response to the breach of employee data.
PMG announces retirement; USPS releases 2014 financial report
NALC President Fredric Rolando wishes Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe well in the future and congratulates his replacement. He also says that today’s annual USPS financial report reinforces the point that the postal networks are thriving.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 14, 2014
Today we’re reading a little about the new postmaster general…and about a congressional investigation into the Postal Service’s hacked data.
Four postal unions hold Nov. 14 ‘Day of Action’ on new round of service cuts
On Friday, Nov. 14, members of the NALC joined with the three other postal unions for a national day of action to tell Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors: “Stop delaying America’s mail.”
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 13, 2014
Today we’re reading about the harm of proposed plant closings…and the promise of postal banking.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 12, 2014
Today we’re reading about a senator who’s champing at the bit…boosting postal banking…and a Southern window of opportunity (for organizing).
USPS employee data hacked
At 9 o’clock this morning, NALC received information on the cyber breach that compromised USPS employees’ personal and employment information. This is the first we heard of the cyber intrusion.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 7. 2014
Today we’re reading NALC President Rolando’s letter to New York State’s fifth-largest newspaper…and how Americans might be realizing that raising wages makes all-around good economic sense.
POSTAL FACTS: Nov. 7, 2014
NALC President Rolando’s letter in The Buffalo News and quote in The Hill; Idaho state president's letters published in two newspapers
ECONOMICS BLOG: First-Class Mail & Standard Mail revenue
Evidence fails to back the conventional wisdom for why the Postal Service continues to incur net losses.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 6, 2014
Today, we’re reading about spreading the word about pre-funding…how things in Washington might be different (or the same) over the next two years…and how to get a special holiday postmark.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 5, 2014
Today we’re reading about NALC President Rolando’s thoughts about postal reform in the lame-duck…how good (postal) news is no news…and how postal banking could help USPS really thrive.
ECONOMICS BLOG: Postal banking
Nearly 100 million people in the U.S. are either unbanked or underbanked.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 3, 2014
Today we’re reading about targeting political ads…organized nurses…postal appreciation…and international arguments against postal privatization and service cuts.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 31, 2014
Today we're reading about letters to Louisiana editors…and how the U.S. Constitution even protects giant inflatables.
ECONOMICS BLOG: What’s in a name? Controllable income is operating profit
For hard-to-fathom reasons, in the third quarter of this year, USPS decided to change the name of a key line in its quarterly results slide presentation—from “Operating Income/(Loss)” to “Controllable Income/(Loss).”
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 30, 2014
Today we’re reading how USPS’ financial crisis is a manufactured one…and how further cuts in mail processing would have a serious impact on residential and commercial postal customers.