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Widow Blames Postal Supervisor for Husband's
Suicide -
A
widow who says a supervisor at a suburban Delray Beach, FL.
post office drove her husband to suicide is seeking more than
$1 million in damages from the federal government. The lawsuit
says the supervisor would time postal worker Mark Kresin's breaks
to the second, assign him several tasks at once and called him
"stupid" and "idiot" in front of co-workers. Kresin complained
to the postmaster but was told to "stick it out," |
Widow of Federal Employee Sues for $1 Million
History of a 204-b-"Ever
wonder why acting supervisors are called 204-bs? In the past
it was thought that 204b was the number of the original form
completed to put someone in an acting supervisor position many
years go, when the U.S. Postal Service was known as the Post
Office Department. Wrong!"
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Top Stories
USPS Boosts Productivity, Holds Rates Steady
-Chief
Financial Officer Richard J. Strasser, Jr. told the USPS BOG at
a meeting that through Qtr. 3 of fiscal year 2004, the Postal
Service further reduced its debt and is on track to hold rates steady
to 2006. He said that despite slight revenue declines, the Postal
Service achieved a net income of $259 million in Quarter 3 on revenues
of $16.6 billion. Productivity gains of 1.8 per cent were achieved
by managing costs and employee complement. |
-USPS
Sees Steady Rates Until 2006
USPS Sign $300M Agreement
for New Hand-Held Scanners-
USPS
signed an agreement with Motorola to design, develop and install
up to 350,000 mobile data acquisition devices e.g. handheld and
hands free, and all related communication infrastructure. The scanner
will include both the 4-state barcode (in testing stage) and 2-d
codes currently used today in PC Postage|
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Postmasters Next in Line for USPS Early
Outs
-NAPUS
estimates about 500 of the Postal Services 25,500 postmasters will
take early retirements. Neither the Postal Service nor postmaster
groups knew when early outs would be offered , but USPS expects
that will be settled by the end of the month. The National League
of Postmasters plans to push the Postal Service to offer early retirements
to all levels of postmasters. |
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Updated VER Q & A
and Summary of Benefits, Leave Provisions
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Postmasters (EAS 11-18) Approved
for Early Outs
Updated Report on National Level Arbitrations (pdf) by Greg
Bell, Industrial Relations Director, APWU. The report also
includes an update on the case involving dispute over return-to-duty
requirements in FMLA Publication 71 . ( In one of the cases
(see summary of FMLA court case) cited by Bell,
the court awarded an employee almost $500,000 in compensation
/ legal fees)
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Also See APWU, USPS MOU Re: Corrections of Unsafe Conditions
National APWU Convention Will Go On As Scheduled
-Union
Received Assurances From Hotel Management that APWU Delegates would
not be subjected to any repercussions of the
labor dispute during the convention.
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APWU News Bulletin: Landmark Safety Agreement, COLA
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APWU Raises Concern About USPS Ad's
Spotlight on Letter Carriers --but
was informed that the ad described in the
July 8th Postal Bulletin is just one part of the Working For
You campaign that eventually will include all the postal groups
that perform essential mail services |
Delegates at NALC Convention Delegates Back New Route Adjustment
System (pdf)-Delegates to Convention
authorized NALC President Young and the Executive Council to pursue
a better, joint way to evaluate and adjust routes that avoids daily
confrontations, maintains 8-hr. routes and the 40-hr. week, and
eliminates supervisors. |
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Letter Carriers Union Endorses Kerry-Edwards
Ticket
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NALC News Bulletin: Convention, COLA
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Wientzen: Workers, Mailers Have Postal Survival in Common
Flushing, NY NALC President: USPS Plans To Outplace Disabled Workers-"As
the Postal Service (USPS) shifts towards a for-profit corporate
model, managers have become more and more interested in trimming
the fat by cutting loose employees deemed unnecessary. To do this,
they have introduced a program on Long Island & Flushing, NY called
the Outplacement Initiative. |
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USPS
to Implement Pilot Program to 'Outsource' Injured On Duty Employees-
District
Court Denies USPS Request to Dismiss Portions of Postal Workers'
Overtime Suit
-USPS
sought to
dismiss
suit claims of violating the RICO Act and Privacy
Act. Judge: "..the motion to Dismiss is denied." "...ORDER:
A preliminary pretrial conference shall take place on August 12,
2004. At the preliminary pretrial conference, the undersigned shall
specify the date by which Plaintiffs must file their motion for
class certification.
USPS Seeks Dismissal
of Postal Workers' Overtime Suit
GAO Report: USPS Needs to Clearly Communicate
How Postal Services May Be Affected by Its Retail Optimization Plans-"On
the retail side, USPS plans to provide more cost-effective and convenient
service by developing new, low-cost alternatives; moving stamp-only
transactions away from post office counters; and optimizing its
retail network. Employee groups are concerned with
USPSs attempts to make changes to the postal network. Carrier unions
have also raised issues related to actions taken by USPS to establish
and categorize carrier routes"|
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Chart: Number by state- Post Offices,
Branches, Contract Stations, residents served per retail facility
at the end of 2003
Time is Right for Meaningful Postal Reform
-In
a commentary to the Federal Times, former Postal Commission Member
Robert Walker said, " If the agency is to be competitive, its cost
structure must be re-examined, including how it deploys and motivates
its work force. Work-force issues are politically sensitive, but
reforms that ignore them will simply not be enough to save the Postal
Service." |
Pay-For-Performance Plan Makes Goals
Clearer, Postal Managers say-Postal
Managers will be judged on how well they met goals set by their
superiors. Managers will also be judged on whether their postal
facility and the Postal Service as a whole met expectations.
Managers will receive their first raises under the new program in
January 2005 |
Union Initiates Grievance on Hallmark Contract Postal Units
-"The
Keystone (PA) Area Local APWU has initiated a grievance contending
that the contract between the USPS and Hallmark Gold Crown
to open Contract Postal Units (CPUs) was done in violation of
the National Agreement. The Union has argued that any Contract Postal
Units (CPUs) must be established in accordance with USPS Regulation
contained in various postal handbooks/ manuals ."As a remedy the
Union is requesting that USPS: terminate contract; return
the work to the Clerk Craft employees; compensate all affected clerks"
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USPS & Hallmark Gold Crown Partnership Program (PDF)
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Court Rules USPS can keep Hallmark contract details a secret
Ex-Rural Carrier suing PMG, Postmaster
to get job back
Families
Speak Out for Connecticut Postal Workers -In
a federal lawsuit file this month against PMG and Postmaster, East
Hampton Rural Carrier alleged that after she (and others) had asked
for the removal of local NRLCA steward --she was subjected to harassment,
retaliation, bullying and disciplinary actions (the postmaster allegedly
expressed a desire to have the steward remain as union rep) and
violation of her 1st amendment rights.
The rural
carrier also alleged she was subjected to harassment based on sex
(all rural carriers at the facility are female and all city carriers
are male.|
Union Fox to Guard Postal Henhouse? Theres a vacancy on
the Postal Rate Commission. The post office, as you know, is a government-protected
monopoly. Among other things, the PRC is supposed to be an independent
board overseeing the monopolys operations, approving rate hike
requests and considering the closure of under-utilized facilities.
Now get this: The person the Senate is considering to fill the PRC
vacancy, Mr. Dawn Tisdale, is a former post office employee and
labor union leader. Can you say conflict of interest, boys and
girls? What are the odds that this man would vote in favor of closing
an unneeded postal facility if that would mean putting some of his
fellow union buddies out of work?
U.S. Office of
Special Counsel Files First USERRA Case -On June 23, 2004, the
OSC filed a Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights
Act (USERRA) case against a federal agency, the first in its 25-year
history. Passed in October 1994, the Uniformed Services Employment
and Re-employment Rights Act states that uniformed service members
cannot lose their jobs or benefits because of a call to military
service. The case would benefit the individual and any others who
work for that agency. "We filed that only because the agency would
not do the right thing with regard to the Postal Service employee,"
Special Counsel Scott Bloch said in an interview on the Pentagon
Channel. |
Delegates at NALC Convention Delegates
Back New Route Adjustment System (pdf)-Delegates
to Convention authorized NALC President Young and the Executive
Council to pursue a better, joint way to evaluate and adjust routes
that avoids daily confrontations, maintains 8-hr. routes and the
40-hr. week, and eliminates supervisors. |
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Letter Carriers Union Endorses Kerry-Edwards
Ticket |
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NALC News Bulletin: Convention, COLA
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Wientzen: Workers, Mailers Have Postal
Survival in Common
Long-Awaited
Overtime Union Grievances Yield $100,000+ in Compensation
- Western Region
Clerk Craft National Business Agent Shirley Taylor successfully
represented the APWU in the longest awaited class action grievance
in the history of the San Francisco (CA) Bulk Mail Center. Ms. Taylor
received an award in excess of $100,000 on behalf of SFBMC Clerk
Craft employees for Article 8.5.g (overtime) grievances dating back
to 1985. So complex and extensive were the issues and files pertaining
to these cases, it was agreed to use a representative case to minimize
confusion. The Union challenged Postal Management's scheduling of
Overtime Desired List Clerks and Non-Overtime Desired List Clerks
without maximizing OTDL clerks up to 12 hours as required by the
National Agreement.
source: SFBMC Director
Tyrone Hewitt via East Bay Unionizer
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Court
Allows New Union Financial Disclosure Rule to Take effect as of
July 1, 2004-The District Court denied
AFL-CIO's request to delay implementation of Dept. of Labor's
regulation requiring unions to disclose more details about their
finances. Judge said that the arguments being made to further delay
the new financial transparency rule were 'unconvincing.'"
The AFL-CIO says that
the reporting burden would cost its affiliates (including postal
unions) $$$$$millions. (7/13/04)|
USPS Postal Inspection Service's 2003 Annual Report
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U.S. Postal Inspectors in FY 2003 arrested 11,161 criminal suspects,
with 56% of the arrests for mail theft. Inspectors investigated
3,150 mail fraud cases, arrested 1,453 fraud suspects, and responded
to approximately 80,000 consumer fraud complaints. The report highlights
crimes such as: a rural letter carrier pled guilty in 2003 to selling
stolen postal (arrow) keys; 43 employees convicted on OWCP fraud;
(one employee was injured after 8 days employment and received OWCP
for 36 yrs.) 274 convictions for assaults and threats (stats include
on-duty postal employees); rationale for reduction of postal police
force; standard operating procedure for employees handling registered
mail, a publisher signed a $3.7
million settlement for
underpaid postage; 'outsourcing' some of its security operations
and much more |
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Text from USPS Postal Inspection Service 2003 Annual Report
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Postal Inspectors Keep an Eye Out for Workers' Compensation Fraud
(pdf) )
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Internal and External Investigations (902K) |
Statistical Charts
(162 KB)
Alabama Mail Carrier Slams Into House--Charged with DUI-
Police say Wilma Faye
Terry was delivering mail on March 19th when she lost control of
her mail-truck and ran into a home . She was arrested May 7th and
later released on a $1,000 bond. Sources say police seized several
bottles of prescription pain-killers. Terry has been off the job
ever since. |
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Alabama Mail Carrier injured
when truck hits house||
Comments (3/20/04)
NC Senator, VP Hopeful a Friend to Labor and Fed/Postal Workers-
Senator John Edwards: "I believe that the pay received by postal
workers is hard-earned and well deserved." "I support current law
that prohibits private delivery companies from delivering to mailboxes."
During his six years in the U.S. Senate, Senator Edwards has compiled
a 98% voting record on issues of importance to the Federal workforce.
" Sen. Edwards Mother, Bobbie
is a retired Letter Carrier, according to the Minneapolis
Star Tribune and NY Times. (7/6/04)
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Ex- Postal Commissioner, Who Led Edwards Search, May Get Top Post
Showdown
for Labor at Los Angeles Hotels-Hotel
union plan demonstrations starting next week as LA Mayor fears labor
strike. APWU National Convention May Be in Limbo
LA Hotel Workers Reject Management Offer -Hotel Workers
from 9 Los Angeles Hotels will discuss the next plan of action today.
Reportedly, (unofficial) APWU is considering several alternatives
including moving the National Convention to Las Vegas or the city
of Anaheim.
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Labor Dispute Looms at Calif. Hotels Scheduled to Host APWU National
Convention -9 Southern Calif. union
hotels agree to lock out workers if contract dispute leads to strike.
Westin Bonaventure
said a postal employees union which had scheduled an August
(23-27) convention that will account for 22,000 room nights had
called to ask about talks
News Flashback! Postal Supervisor Takes Medical Leave After Ordered
To Cut Fingernails-A Postal Supervisor in St. Petersburg,
Fla. took medical leave in March 2000 after being ordered
to cut her 5 inch-long fingernails. The supervisor cited stress
brought on by the order and took leave after her supervisors indicated
that the length of her fingernails violated the local postmaster's
rule that the nails cannot extend be more than a quarter-inch beyond
the fingertip. She returned to work in June 2000. |
Letter Carriers' Bid for Union Hall Sparks Fight-North
St. Paul residents want their mail delivered they just don't want
letter carriers hanging out in their neighborhood after dark.
That's the message Dan Garhofer said he's gotten from homeowners.
Garhofer, president of the St. Paul area branch of the NALC, hopes
to convert a vacant library building into a union hall and
meeting area for members. The union has signed a $685,000 building
purchase agreement. However, a group of neighbors is working to
amend or stop the deal. One St. Paul resident who lives across from
the facility, "We have nothing against (the union). They deliver
our mail and look out for our homes," she said. "We just don't want
more traffic or noise and potential alcohol in our neighborhood.
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Postal Service Cracks Down on Misuse of Media Mail Rates-Packages
being mailed at the low-cost media mail rate through USPS will get
past the counter unopened. But before those hit the mail trucks
en route to destinations, many will be opened and searched to ensure
all items enclosed meet the strict criteria for media mail. The
Kentuckiana District, along with several districts across the country,
are part of a pilot program that requires daily random sampling
of media mail packages in search of fraudulent items
Postal Employees Owe IRS over $200 million in Delinquent Taxes-
According to WJLA-TV in Washington ,D.C. Federal Workers owe the
government more than $2 billion in delinquent taxes. According to
IRS records obtained by WJLA-TV, USPS has the highest number of
tax delinquents with 32,269 postal employees owing the government
$201,591,423.00. Thanks to PR Reader for this link.-
see list of federal agencies |
Families Speak Out for Connecticut Postal Workers -In
a federal lawsuit file this month against PMG and Postmaster, East
Hampton Rural Carrier alleged that after she (and others) had asked
for the removal of local NRLCA steward --she was subjected to harassment,
retaliation, bullying and disciplinary actions (the postmaster allegedly
expressed a desire to have the steward remain as union rep) and
violation of her 1st amendment rights.
The rural
carrier also alleged she was subjected to harassment based on sex
(all rural carriers at the facility are female and all city carriers
are male.|
Connecticut Postal Workers Plan to Protest Violence at Work
-Postal workers
and their families are holding an informational picket in front
of the East Hampton post office Saturday to address alleged
workplace harassment and violence they say their spouses are experiencing.
"There is tension, problems, between the postmaster and the letter
carriers." .... a spokesperson for the EEOC said the Workplace
Environment Improvement Advisory Committee which created guidelines
to help keep the post office workplace free of hostility and harassment,
has recognized the post office as a trouble work site with a potential
for violence.|
Letter: USPS Outline Plans for Stamp Vending Machines as Automated
Postal Centers are Deployed- The
Postal Service's
self-service strategy
"will have an impact on the staffing (SSPC
Technicians, Level PS-6, and operator maintainers, generally Level
PS-5 when performed by bargaining unit employees) needed to support
vending in some districts. Maintenance craft activities may also
be impacted."|
Lance's Wins Sixth Consecutive Tour
de France-"Armstrong
rode into history Sunday, winning a record sixth Tour de France
and cementing his place as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Never in its 101-year history has the Tour had a winner like Armstrong."
Big Blue, the USPS Cycling Team shows meaning of teamwork-USPS
cycling team is teaching the American sports public some new lessons
about what it means to be a teammate. In cycling it means no glory.
No ego. It means working solely for someone else. It means no Lakeresque
feuds, no hidden agendas.|
July 31, 2004
Back to the good days for US-to-Europe mail
Controversy continues surrounding postal employee's
$175,000 lottery winnings
Letter Carrier a Life Saver
Just Like Lance, Postal Service Delivers Day
After Day
South African
Post Office learns to fight mail crime...American Style-
"South
African Post Office (SAPO) investigators are being trained by their
United States counterparts to combat postal crimes. The South African
and US postal services recently joined hands in an effort to stamp
out the problem. Fifteen top SAPO investigators and their counterparts
from Southern African Development Community countries, including
Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland and Kenya, are attending a three-day
Mathematical Analysis of Route Irregularities in the Air and Transport
Mail (eMaria) course at the South African Post Office Learning Institute
in Midrand. The Post Office said the course would enable participating
countries to access a global database of mail irregularities that
occurred in different countries."
July 30, 2004
LABOR TO LABOR WALK On JULY 31ST In PHILADELPHIA
Reopening Mail Site a Priority
Postal Worker Doesn't Send Out Art
Group's 'Questionable' Material
Former Letter Carrier:
What's wrong with our postal service?
USPS Seeks Rate Boost for Repositionable Notes
USPS Finalizes Simplified Merged 5-Digit Pallet Plan
Postage stamp honors Gay Author/ Civil Rights Activist James
Baldwin
July 29, 2004
Rottweiler Mauls California Mail Carrier
Audit reveals 'troubling' questions at Canada Post
Bolger Center owned by the Postal Service, but its open for anyones
business.
Senator Goes Through
the Post Office That Was on Fire
Door-To-Door Mail Delivery Might Stop For One Neighborhood
Curbside Delivery Decision Causes Confusion
Postal Service, Bayonne agree on mail delivery to new homes
Milestones of history on the Boston Post Road
U.S. Postal Inspection Service Selects Diebold to Service National
Intrusion Detection System -
Postal Worker Drawn
to Disney's Magic
- George Reiger Jr. claims to be Disney's No. 1 fan. If you want
to challenge him, you'll have to beat this: 1,643 tattoos of Disney
characters from the base of his neck to the tops of his toes; a
4,200-sq.ft house in Bethlehem, Pa., with 19,000 Disney collector
pieces, and six honeymoons at Walt Disney World in Florida. Reiger
pours about $50,000 a year into the company cash registers. It's
most of what he makes as a postal maintenance worker and magician.
He says it makes him happy (click picture for larger view)
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Court: USPS Denial of "Limited Duty" to Pregnant PTF Does Not Violate
the Pregnancy Discrimination Act -The crux of the PTF's
argument is that the Postal Service unlawfully restricted her, as
a pregnant woman, to light duty, and precluded her from limited
duty, because limited duty assignments are only given to employees
with on-the-job injuries. The court ruled that this argument had
no merit.
July 28, 2004
USPS May Discontinue Volume Discounts for Certain International
Mailers
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Federal Register Notice
Ex-Rural Carrier suing PMG, Postmaster to get job back
Postal Worker puts postal credo to the test
One of Oregon post office's friendly faces prepares for new smiles
Antiquated Iraqi postal service improving, U.S. postal team says
UK manager in charge for ending bullying
is investigated for bullying
USPS Parcel Return Services Hits $10M
RoboClerk: Automated Postal Center Adds Convenience
Stamps, Postal Cards to Celebrate Native American Art
Post offices won't have services cut
AuthentiDate Connects USPS Electronic Postmark With activePDF ToolKit
The Emperor Has No Clothes... And the Postal Service Has No Reform
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For Mailers It's Pain, No Gain
USPS Final Rule: Access of Persons With Disabilities to
Postal Service Programs, Activities, Facilities, and Electronic
and Information Technology. The Postal Service is amending its regulations
in order to add a complaint process for employees and applicants
under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
The rule is effective August 27, 2004.
July 27, 2004
URS-Led Joint Venture Wins USPS Contract worth $275 Million over10
Yrs.
Post office damaged in World Trade
Center attack to reopen
Man Drives Truck Into Post Office Annex
Postal
Carrier Accused Of Taking Mail Home
Olympia, WASH. postal workers among troops serving in war
East Side facility too small, Postal Service told again
Postal facility to
be renamed for fallen soldier
Pitney Bowes 2Q Earnings Up 14 Percent
Opinion: Political junk mail
USPS Tests PhotoStamps
Armstrong Will Continue to Rake Money in From Endorsements-
This year, Lance Armstrong will make about $4 million from the U.S.
Postal Service
July 26, 2004
Former Assistant PMG James W. Hargrove Dies at 81-Hargrove
was a key player in writing and enacting the Postal Reorganization
Act of 1970.
USPS Wins KIOSK Award. The Postal Services
Automated Postal Center (APC) has won the Best Retail Kiosk
award from the Kiosks.Org Association . The award recognizes the
APC for its ability to provide a full range of postal products,
services and information and its ease of use. There are 685 APCs
installed around the country .USPS News Today. According
to other reports, "in an effort to reduce wait times and increase
efficiency, the U.S. Postal Service is spending more than $100 million
on the APC program. It plans to deploy more than 2,500 units by
the end of 2004 and 10,000 by late 2006 or early 2007."
Postal Union to participate in Walks to Promote Labor Candidates
Orient, Illinois Postmaster recovering from dog attack
Editorial: E-bias-E-government initiatives are not easy
but they should not be more difficult than the
old processes. USPS offers a case in point.
Related article:
The check is no longer in the mail
After48 yrs, It's
a new walk of life for Retiring Newport Beach, CA Letter Carrier
Veteran letter carrier has delivered tons of
mail
NAPUS VP to receive 3rd Benjamin Award Next Month
Soldier support groups press for lower postal fees
From The American
Postal Worker, July/ August issue : APWU Requests Polo Shirt
Program to Go Nationwide-" The pilot polo shirt has been concluded
with extremely successful results. Our sales associates love them
and the Mystery Shopper scores demonstrate that there is a good
reason to make these shirts part of the uniform program." PARS
Program One Year Behind Schedule- "The Postal Automated Redirect
System (PARS) program is (thankfully) about one year behind schedule.
The impact reports to date shows a reduction in CFS staffing levels
projected to be about 25-35% of work hours in Phase I. The good
news is that CFS employees are due fore their upgrade resulting
from the 2003-2005 contract extension. ON Nov. 13, they will be
upgraded from Level 4 to Level 5."
July 25, 2004
Delray Beach, FL. post office to close--Basic postal services contracted
out
Postal Worker Crashes into Raleigh,
NC duplex
July 24, 2004
Postal workers angry over sorting facility's planned closing
Postal officials will hear appeal on East Side facility in
St. Joseph, MO.
Biting dog halts mail delivery
Editorial: New Postal Service Distribution Center Special delivery:
How often does Philadelphia see a huge public works project that
doesn't cost local taxpayers a bundle, yet boosts jobs and business
opportunities in an area of the city where both are scarce? You
can count the times on one hand, most likely. Topping that short
list of projects, though, would be the new U.S. Postal Service distribution
center taking shape in Southwest Philadelphia. The $300 million
center is bringing cutting edge mail-handling technology to the
city, preserving nearly 4,000 good-paying jobs, and already serving
as a catalyst for new business nearby.
July 23, 2004-
Official says this is Armstrong's last
Tour
Police confiscate 55 pounds of pot sent via USPS Priority Mail
Veteran wants USPS to Send Care Packs to War Zones for free
Official says this is Armstrong's last Tour
Police confiscate 55 pounds of pot sent via USPS Priority Mail
Hilton Hotels & Resorts selected
USPS as preferred provider for mailing and shipping needs
and stamps.com(TM), an approved licensed vendor
of the USPS, as the provider for PC postage.
July 22, 2004
Latest Postal Bulletin: PhotoStamps In Market Test Phase-A
new form of USPS- approved PC Postage
 known
as PhotoStamps is in the market test phase. The new PhotoStamps
labels are in the mail stream beginning July 23, 2004. These PhotoStamps
labels are authorized postage, so employees must process them as
usual, without delay. PhotoStamps is an online commercial service
that allows customers to create postage with their own designs,
images, and photographs. The product is a variation of Stamps.coms
NetStamps, and has been approved and in popular use since June
2002
Two Michigan Men Arrested for Stealing Mail-a letter carrier
accidentally left key in the mailboxes of an apartment complex
USPS National Overnight Delivery Score
Hits 96% for First Time in EXFC History
USPS building 850,000-square-foot Pontiac
(MI) center, employing 1,500
Snail mail? Blame a shortage of carriers
Former Oklahoma letter carrier given 13 month prison sentence for
OWCP fraud
Petersons rented mailbox comes into question
MDI, USPS celebrate milestone of producing 50 millionth plastic
mail tub
Postal inspectors join investigation of mercury spill
USPS cites savings through automation
NALC News Bulletin: Convention, COLA
Pet store to stop selling doggie treats shaped like letter carriers
Post Office linked to porn
Chicago postal worker sentenced for
mail theft
MSPB: USPS can fire employee who forged supervisor's signature on
medical forms
North Plains, Oregon residents going postal about paying for
boxes
UPS Reports 18% Jump in 2nd quarter Profits-Revenue Falls Short
South Carolina is First State to Make E-Mail with USPS Electronic
Postmark Equivalent to Certified or Registered Mail-
Wientzen: Workers, Mailers Have Postal Survival in Common-The
survival of the U.S. Postal Service is in the best interest of both
postal workers and mailers, and the two groups must work together,
H. Robert Wientzen, outgoing president/CEO of the Direct Marketing
Association, told letter carriers this week. The DMA does not always
see eye to eye with postal labor unions. For example, the American
Postal Workers Union and its president, William H. Burrus, who referred
to large mailers as "vermin" in the union's newsletter last year,
oppose workforce reform proposals that the DMA supports.
DHL Teams up with Miami Dolphins and Pro Player Stadium in Major
New Partnership Agreement -The new partnership makes DHL
"The Official Express Delivery Provider of the Miami Dolphins and
Pro Player Stadium," providing exclusivity in that category and
allowing DHL use of the team and stadium trademarks
July 21, 2004
Proposed Guidelines/Timelines for Postmaster VER |
Santa Rosa, CA mailman in coma 18 days after fall while delivering
route
Error on Florida post office information card sends callers to sex
line
Postal
employees' checks not in their mail -Last week several workers
at the Postal Service's Teterboro (NJ) facility didn't receive their
paychecks. And it had nothing to do with the year-old state-of-the-art
processing and distribution center, or some type of labor
dispute. The problem? Their checks were in the mail. "The mailing
went awry," said Tony Smith, acting manager for delivery services
at the plant. "Some checks accidentally went through the regular
mail stream instead of the direct stream. South Bergen County
News
July 20, 2004
'Snail mail' is here to stay -Interview with Pitney Bowes
CEO Michael Critelli
Postal workers gave to friend in need
Entrepreneur to Launch Fashion Accessories Line Featuring USPS Stamp
Art
USPS/GLS: another right Royal Mail mess
Kentucky Carrier indicted on mail theft charge
Closing of Fort Detrick lab marks renewed intensity in anthrax probe
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