Postal Unions Write to House Committee Leaders

APWU Web News Article #071-14, April 16, 2014

The presidents of the four postal unions have written to leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee expressing opposition to White House 2015 budget proposals regarding the Postal Service. In the letter [PDF], the presidents noted that Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) indicated at an April 8 hearing that the committee would seek to consider a new postal bill based on the administration’s proposals.  

The April 14 letter to Issa and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was signed by National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Roland, APWU President Mark Dimondstein, National Postal Mail Handlers Union President John Hegarty and National Rural Letter Carriers Association President Jeanette Dwyer.