What's the Buzz?

If you are using the mail for any of your campaigns, you need to pay attention. This issue is key not only because of the increase in costs, but also because of the impact on the overall economy should the USPS fail. We have come very close to passage of comprehensive reform this year, and attempts will be made to have it pass during the lame-duck session. However, new hurdles presented themselves at the end of the year when Bill Young, president of The National Association of Letter Carriers — a labor union that had seemed to support the bill — suddenly said the union could not support it because of a provision that would penalize postal workers who pursue worker-compensation issues.