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Postal News Blog
Major Changes in 2015 USPS Plant
Consolidation Schedule Updated April 3, 2015
USPS made last minute
“public” changes some facilities; some facilities move
dates that were changed just last week has changed again.
Approximately TWENTY-ONE (21) facilities have had
their move dates changed to “To Be Determined” (TBD) or
“Not Applicable” (N/A) and four (4) facilities move dates
changed to an earlier or later date.
(4/4/15)
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Judge orders Postal Service to pay
damages to whistleblower
In 2012, the U.S. Department of
Labor (DOL) sued the United States Postal Service (USPS) for
retaliating against a Safety Specialist at the Seattle,
Washington Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC)
(2/26/15)
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Sen. Tester to incoming
PMG Brennan: delivery standards have become a
disaster for USPS
- Tester meets incoming Postmaster General Megan
J. Brennan to discuss strengthening USPS . Tester
also concerned about USPS failing to comply with
GAO request for data on mail volume.
Senator Schumer urges incoming
PMG to honor promise to keep Buffalo, NY plant
open
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USPS updates notifications to APWU and Mail
Handlers on involuntary reassignments in 2015
- USPS has updated
notifications to APWU and NPMHU of its intent
to involuntarily reassign Clerks, Maintenance,
Motor Vehicle Service (MVS) and Mail Handlers
in the Pacific Area
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USPS seeks to overturn
OSHA citation, penalties in heat-related death
of Missouri letter carrier
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USPS is asking
a federal court to review and set aside the
final order of the U.S. Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission (OSHRC)
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Hackers may have postal employees’ OWCP medical
records dating back to 1980
Potential victims
include current and former postal employees
who filed injury compensation claims between
November 1980 and August 2012.
USPS data breach also affected workers comp
files of 485,000 postal workers
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USPS data breach
affected bank and medical information of nearly
a million current and former postal workers
injured on the job
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NALC and USPS new agreement
allows hiring retirees to work as ‘Holiday Carrier
Assistants’-
The NALC and USPS have entered into the Memorandum
of Understanding Re: Holiday Carrier Assistants
– 2014 .
NALC and USPS agree to
new joint route adjustment process
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Oakland APWU Local Strikes Back at Abusive
Postal Supervisor
The APWU Oakland
Local #78 took the unusual step of launching
an office-wide petition against Tour 1 Postal
Supervisor. The petition, which has more than
100 signatures, details years of unacceptable
conduct.
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USPS gets approval for ‘customized delivery’
market test of groceries, other prepackaged
goods
- On September
23, 2014, the Postal Service filed a notice
with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)
announcing its intent to conduct a market test
of an experimental product called Customized
Delivery. Customized Delivery is a package delivery
service offering that will provide customers
with delivery of groceries and other prepackaged
goods, primarily during a 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. delivery
window.
Comments (Count)
USPS's latest solution for aging Long Life Vehicles--keep
body, replace frame
USPS would like
to retain the best qualities of the current
right hand drive long Life Vehicle (LLV) without
having to redevelop what has been proven to
work.
(9/9/14)
Comments (Count)
Video: 15,000 postal service jobs could disappear
Republican attack
against the United States Postal Service grows,
as the do-nothing Congress down make your mail
delivery significantly slower. Ed Schultz and
Sen. Bernie Sanders discuss
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Issa Postal Reform bill discussion allows residents
to pay ‘fee’ to continue door to door delivery
- National Association
of Postal Supervisors - The draft also permits
the Postal Service to reduce the delivery of
first class mail to five days per week. Requires
the Postal Service to deliver of packages six
days per week until December 31, 2018.
Obama administration’s 2015 Budget Policy recommendations
for USPS updated 4-22-14 -
Issa Prepares Postal Reform "Lite"
- Rep. Darrell
Issa (D-CA), chair of the House oversight committee,
is drafting a new stripped-down postal bill
that he says tracks the Obama Administration’s
primary proposals for overhauling the Postal
Service. (It doesn’t, at least not entirely.)
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USPS Records FY 2014 Second Quarter Loss of
$1.9 Billion
Some comments in
recent news reports suggest that all we need
from Congress is help with restructuring our
retiree health benefit plan,” said Chief Financial
Officer and Executive Vice President Joseph
Corbett. “Nothing can be further from the truth.
Our liabilities exceed our assets by $42 billion
and we have a need for more than $10 billion
to invest in new delivery vehicles, package
sortation equipment, and other deferred investments.
USPS Reports $1 Billion
Operating Profit in First Half of Fiscal Year
- So Why is Postal Management Cutting Service?
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NALC Rolando:
Results reconfirm the steady improvement in
USPS’ finances ||
Senators
Carper, Coburn React to USPS Second Quarter
Losses ||
NAPUS: Issa
Postpones Committee Consideration of New Postal
Bill
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USPS seeking Reduction
in Force (RIF) Administrator
USPS created news
position to
develop and implement
policies and procedures governing the conduct
of all reduction-in-force activities
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CBRE CEO also serves on Board of Staples
Buried in the story is an interesting fact that
no one seems to have noted before: CBRE CEO
Robert Sulentic also serves on the board of
Staples, a position for which he received $300,000
in 2011. “Asked whether he had played a role
in the retailer’s USPS pilot program, a USPS
spokesperson answered that the program ‘was
solicited publicly through a [Request for Proposals].’
CBRE answered, ‘Mr. Sulentic is not involved
in the day-to-day management of Staples,’ and
referred questions regarding Staples’ programs
to Staples
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March 31, 2015
Federal Court dismisses twenty-one
year old lawsuit against NALC
If readers may recall David
Noble was employed at NALC headquarters from 1981 to 1993
as an assistant to the late NALC President Vincent R.
Sombrotto. Noble’s job ended at NALC headquarters
reportedly after he complained that the officers breached
their fiduciary duties under federal law.
Comments (Count)
Video: USPS National Recycling Operation
Rural mail carrier has been making her
rounds for 47 years
Cape Girardeau: Mail-processing change
could create delays, postal employees say
Congressman speaks out against USPS plans
to close Eureka's processing center
March 30, 2015
Deceptive Study on USPS so-called "unfair competitive advantage" Financed by UPS
UPS has advocated privatization of the Postal Service for
more than 30 years,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
“So it’s not surprising that the company would make these
wild claims.
Comments (Count)
Maya Angelou Stamp Dedication to Feature
PMG, Oprah Winfrey, Ambassador Andrew Young and other Notables
USPS OIG: Mail Left in Mail Transport
Equipment Dispatched to Dallas, TX MTESC
Postal Contract Employee sentenced for
stealing nearly $478,000 in USPS equipment
EEOC to Study Workplace Harassment
Maryland Postal Worker sentenced for
seven-year disability scam
Residents in Flatbush fed up with mail
delivery issues
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March 29, 2015
Car Collides with Postal Truck in
Oceanside NY
Postal Service launches new search tool
for lost mail
The USPS and PRC ponder the meaning of
"post office": The appeal on the Careywood, Idaho CPO
USPS Eliminates First Class domestic and
international Mail and Ordinary Parcel Pricing Choices From the
Online Customer Postage Price Calculator
Opinion: Get Ready, New Canaan, For the
Pop-Up Post Office
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March 28, 2015
APWU files National Dispute over USPS removing scheme
qualifications
The APWU takes the position
that the notification dated February 20,2015 is a unilateral
action in violation of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining
Agreement. Comments (Count)
Postal
truck burns in Colorado Springs
Berkeley post office: Judge asks USPS to rescind documents
Online scammer sent empty boxes to victims
Michigan
letter carrier injured in accident
USPS Changes Will Upend Delivery Service in NE Georgia
APWU: Arbitrator Sustains Grievance on Motor Vehicle Craft Subcontracting
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March 27, 2015
PMG Brennan discusses Postal Pulse
survey and USPS growth initiatives
In the March Edition of
Postmaster General Megan Brennan’s “Business Focus,” the PMG
discusses how the Postal Pulse survey will help improve USPS
workplaces. The Postal Pulse features shorter questions that
will allow USPS to better leverage employees’ feedback.
USPS delays implementation of price
changes scheduled for April 26
The USPS Board of Governors
decided today to delay the implementation of new
market-dominant and competitive rates and classification
changes until all of our proposed market-dominant changes
are approved by the PRC.
Comments (Count)
2015 USPS Plant Consolidation Schedule
Updated March 27, 2015
List of postal facilities that
have changed move date. South Bend, IN, Houston, TX, Central
Massachusetts, Norfolk, VA and Augusta, GA
USPS officials confirm mail delays starting in April due to consolidation
US Representative Rick Nolan
says the Postal Service is using its “manufactured financial
problems as an excuse to cut one day service to three to
four day service.” Rep. Nolan adds the Duluth facility, and
others, set for consolidation, are among the most
productive.
Comments (Count)
Two Georgia drug dealers get prison
for armed robbery spree targeting letter carriers
Two drug dealers have been
sentenced to prison for their roles in an armed robbery
spree that targeted U.S. Postal Service letters carriers in
Decatur and Lithonia, Georgia.
Comments (Count)
PRC Evaluates USPS Performance in 2014
Annual Compliance Determination
Suspicious letter sickens woman, prompts
Hazmat scare at St. Mary's post office
Mail delivery seem slower than usual?
You're not alone
New York City Carrier Assistant pleads guilty to throwing away mail
More mail box thefts in California
Calls for a US stamp to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising
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March 26, 2015
Missouri Postal Workers indicted for
throwing away mail, stealing $5,000
During their investigation,
postal inspectors installed a covert camera in letter
carrier's delivery vehicle. The letter carrier was observed on
video drinking five to eight beers each day while delivering
his route. The other employee was also caught on camera
stealing.
Comments (Count)
USPS: March 31 is deadline for postal
employees to sign up for free credit-monitoring service
The U.S. Postal Service is
offering all current, some retired and former postal employees
an Equifax credit-monitoring service for one (1) year.
USPS is offering the credit-monitoring services after a
data breach compromised employees’ personal information
The mail must go through … the fence?
Truck crashes, no one hurt
Chagrin Falls postal supervisor indicted
for embezzling $11,000
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March 25, 2015
USPS operating profit $1.4 billion for first five months of
FY 2015
For the month of
February 2015, the Postal Service had a $76 million operating
profit, down slightly from the results for the same month last
year, but a higher result than planned. Workhours and
numbers for career employees and non-career employees
were up.
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Rep. Huffman to New Postmaster General:
Don’t Close Petaluma and Eureka Mail Processing Center
“I continue to be frustrated with the USPS’s refusal to
provide my office with requested information and the lack of
interest in fully explaining these changes to the public,”
Huffman wrote. “I
do not believe it is wise to move forward with a plan to
consolidate operations without knowing the full financial and
service impact of such a change, and I ask that you halt this
change until your analysis is complete and the public has had
time to review the new data and provide comments.”
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USPS Proposes “Forever” Status for Five Additional First-Class
Stamp Categories
The Postal Service seeks to
eliminate the need for customers and the Postal Service to
acquire and distribute new denominated stamps in anticipation of
price changes affecting these stamp types, each time a price
change occurs.
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APWU update on disbursement of $56
Million Global Settlement Remedy
APWU Clerk Craft Director Clint
Burelson has updated union members on progress toward
disbursing a $56 million settlement that was signed Dec. 5,
2014, to resolve disputes over postmasters and supervisors in
small offices performing bargaining unit work.
Video: Convicted sex offender, mail
carrier taken off school’s delivery route
A convicted sex offender and mail
carrier for the U.S. Postal Service has been reassigned after
concerns that he was going to deliver to local schools. Registered
sex offender will continue to deliver mail despite complaints
Comments (Count)
US Supreme Court revives pregnant
worker’s discrimination case against United Parcel Service
The U.S. Supreme Court on
Wednesday sided with a former driver for UPS Inc by giving her
another chance to argue that the package delivery company
discriminated against her when it refused to lighten her work
duties while she was pregnant.
PRC rejects
USPS request for Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA) with
Discover
The Postal Service was seeking to
add a new negotiated service agreement (NSA) with Discover
Financial Services (Discover) to the market dominant product
list. Discover threatened to shift from mail to digital
alternatives if NSA is not approved.
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Police seek owner of pricey jewelry left in mailbox
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March 24, 2015
Video: Chicago Mailman shot to death on
his way to work
A 27-year-old letter carrier was
shot to death early Tuesday morning in the East Garfield Park
neighborhood.
Friends, relatives gather to remember slain mail carrier
Comments (Count)
USPS Station Manager sentenced to prison
in bribe scheme
Station Manager Received over $500k
in Bribes for Inflated Invoices for Landscaping and Cleaning
Services
(3/24/15)
Woman arrested after police discover other people's mail in her posession
Columbus Man Sentenced For Attacking Postal Worker, Stealing Package Full Of
Pot
Woman arrested after police discover other people's mail in her possession
Wisconsin postal contractor convicted of stealing gift cards, cash
March 23, 2015
Nonprofit
Mailers Scramble, Again, to Fight Postal-Rate Increases
Vehicle Crashes Into Hedgesville Post
Office
Careywood Post Office Appealing Closure
USPS Delivery Truck Involved in Crash That
Killed Motorcyclist
Network Consolidation: It Takes Two …
Phases
Postal Service looks to repurpose
Stewart sort center
Body of man found at
Morristown Post Office
Video: Postal Worker caught on camera throwing fragile
packages on customer’s porch
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March 22, 2015
Indiana postal
worker accused of throwing away mail
Twenty
years later: Montclair, NJ looks back at Watchung Plaza Post
Office shooting
Alabama carrier,
60, jailed on child porn charge after taking computer for
repairs
Michigan: Kalamazoo Mail Plant To Close, Expect More Delays
Eugene Postal Worker Reaches Settlement in Dog Attack Case
Patrons Plead for Post Office
March 21, 2015
Video:
Tucson to get cluster mailboxes with improved security that
thwart thieves
2 sought in postal carrier robberies in
Coral Springs, Tamarac
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March 20, 2015
Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduces bill to halt sale and consolidation of
Historic US Postal facilities
The Moratorium on US Historic
Postal Buildings Act would prevent USPS from selling any
facility
USPS OIG Audit Report: 911 Emergency Services Policy
"According to district and
information technology managers, it is not possible to dial 911
from some telephones within the Bay-Valley District facility."
2015 USPS
Plant Consolidation Schedule Updated March 20, 2015
Man
Convicted in 2013 Holiday Shooting , Robbery of Massachusetts Letter Carrier
Pennsylvania Letter Carrier admits to stealing from mail
Who Remembers the Nationwide Postal Wildcat Strike of 1970 (and Why Does That
Matter)?
Amazon gets FAA approval to test drones
Postal Inspectors Offer Reward For Armed Robber
Iowa mail carrier sentenced for tossing mail off a bridge
Fighting For A Post Office
Video: Detroit postal worker beat up, hospitalized
after trying to break up fight
Suspect arrested in Georgia postal
robbery
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March 19, 2015
LaFayette GA Postal
worker charged with stealing post office keys, trying to make copies
USPS expands
grocery delivery test
Video: Oklahoma letter carrier accused of
stealing mail from elderly residents
Car slams
into Woodlawn VA Post Office, causes extensive damage
Timely Mail,
Sunday Packages: Can Burlington's Acting Postmaster Deliver?
Mail woes
continue in New Jersey town
Texas postal
worker indicted on drug delivery charge
Letter Containing Cyanide Mailed to White
House
USPS Worker Who Stole Victoria Secret Coupons
Sentenced
April Postal Increases Worry Nonprofit Magazine
Publishers
Tallying Postal Service Complaints in Greenburgh,
New York
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USPS will no longer require ‘scheme qualifications’
on postal clerk bid duty assignments
This is due to the continuing reduction in mail volumes
requiring manual scheme knowledge. Furthermore, eliminating
scheme qualifications on Clerk bid duty assignments will reduce
the substantial annual costs for scheme training.
Comments (Count)
House budget ‘plan’? Cut letter carrier pay
(again)
NALC Legislative News - The federal
spending plan for Fiscal Year 2016 released by the House of Representatives
on Tuesday once again aims to cut letter carriers’ pay.
Comments (Count)
Postal Service reissues Policy on Workplace
Harassment
This policy: Reaffirms the Postal Service’s
commitment to providing a work environment free of harassment.
Comments (Count)
Who Owns the Postal Service?
Who is the post office designed to
serve? What is the system’s ultimate function? These questions
are fundamental to the future and the fate of the post office, the
postal network, and postal services in this country.
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PRC Again Remands Price Adjustments Back To
USPS: Standard Mail, Periodicals, and Package Services Products
Affected - For the
second time in this case, the Postal Regulatory Commission returned
a Postal Service proposal to adjust rates for Standard Mail, Periodicals,
and Package Services.
Postal Unions notified letter addressed to
President Obama tested positive for cyanide
Late Tuesday afternoon, the Postal
Service was made aware of a suspicious parcel addressed to the President
of the United States (POTUS). Upon opening the package a sealed
container containing a liquid was discovered.
NALC: Employee safety paramount following
suspicious letter report
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Chief Marketing Officer Manabe to leave Postal
Service
Nagisa Manabe, chief marketing
officer for the United States Postal Service and supervisor of
the stamp program, told associates she plans to leave.
Comments (Count)
USPS expands test of larger mailboxes
The Postal Service has expanded its
test of larger mailboxes to rural and suburban communities in California,
Colorado and North Dakota
Comments (Count)
Video: Letter Carrier and Customers Protect
Mail From Burning LLV
Video: Postal Worker Robbed In Valdosta GA
Vandals damage
17 postal vehicles in Omaha NE
Rules Tightened on Low-Cost Marketing Parcels
Soldiers build postal capacity from ground
up in Iraq
Postal Service Looks to Improve on 9 Miles
Per Gallon
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Pacific Area
Cancels Most Involuntary Reassignments
Area postal officials have issued the
Region written and verbal notice canceling most of the “excessing”
impacts scheduled for implementation in California in April and
July of this year
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NAPUS: PMG Brennan Pledges to Keep Mail Relevant
Postmaster General Megan Brennan addressed
Postmasters at NAPUS’ Leadership Conference Monday, March 16. Attendees
warmly welcomed the new PMG. She thanked them for being at the conference
and working to advance comprehensive postal reform legislation to
ensure the long-term viability of the Postal Service and mailing
industry. Comments (Count)
Des Moines Post Office faces thousands in
fines for safety violations
A post office in central Iowa is
facing a sizeable fine for alleged safety violations, according
to Scott Allen, spokesman for the U.S. Labor Department’s
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA. “OSHA
did issue citations to the Des Moines Main Post Office for one
repeat and two serious safety violations involving standards for
power industrial vehicles and forklifts,” Allen says. “They were
fined $49,500.
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An Expanding US Postal Service is Very Possible
The ongoing, preventable plight of
the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is an important issue for those of
us who have observed its steady decline over the last several years
due to unimaginative management, huge prepayment obligations imposed
by Congress
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Maryland Letter Carriers plead guilty to drug
distribution conspiracy and accepting bribes
Former letter carriers pleaded
guilty to bribery and drug conspiracy in which they accepted
bribes to divert packages of marijuana sent through the mail and
deliver the packages to co-conspirators
Comments (Count)
USPS: Customer Connect program nears $2 billion
in revenue
Mail truck catches
fire in Coralville Iowa
Fairbanks AK judge won’t sign off on postal
worker’s plea deal for stolen prescriptions
Mailbox rivalry
goes postal
Jersey City
man charged with robbing Bayonne mailman
Lost since 1969:
Topsham man’s water bill returned after 46 years in postal limbo
USPS plans to reduce
carbon emission by 20% by 2020
Postal truck
catches fire in Kirkwood MO
Does the new PMG see the glass as half-full?
NALC - You can’t judge a new
CEO on the basis of only one week on the job. That would
be like judging a book based on its opening chapter or the
color of its cover. But I was encouraged by the
performance of Megan Brennan during her first week on the
job as the 74th postmaster general of the United States—at
least in comparison with her predecessor. Three things
stand out.
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Can One Union Save the Slumping Post
Office?
"We Deliver for Amazon": The Postal
Service's New Priority
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US Postal Service Might Be Just Fine Without a Chief
Data Officer
The value of a government-owned postal service
Atlanta postal worker taps $400K prize in Georgia
lottery
Postal Service change leads to delays in video disc
mailings
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March 12, 2015
Postal Pulse employee survey aims to strengthen USPS workplaces
The streamlined questions will
yield better data that supervisors and managers can use to put
employees’ feedback into action, Chief Human Resources Officer
Jeff Williamson says in a new video about the Postal Pulse
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Postal Worker Shot while delivering mail
Erie, PA - He was taken away on a
stretcher to be treated at UPMC Hamot, with non-life
threatening injuries.
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The Real Cost of 'Amazon Sunday'
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Mail carriers are at the mercy of a
brutal postal management looking to appease Amazon.With the
enactment of what many postal employees have come to call “AmazonSunday,”
a program offering Sunday package delivery for Amazon’s Prime
customers, the United States Postal Service management began
the compulsory seven-day workweek for its City Carrier
Assistant workforce.The toxic work environment USPS management
and Amazon Sundays created affected each and every CCA; the
stress and strain of unrelenting work is wearing people thin.
Comments (Count)
Longwood tenants fed up with postal
service problems
Harborton postmaster retires after
49 years of service
Couple upset about deaths of shipped baby
chicks
March 11, 2015
Taking the oath : PMG thanks employees,
family during installation
In addition to discussing the
Postal Service’s future during her March 6 installation, PMG
Megan Brennan thanked employees for their dedication. “Our
employees do great work every day,” Brennan said. “They serve
every community in America, visiting every business and
residence, and they do so with deep pride in our mission.”
Video: Postal Service Swears in First Female
Postmaster General
Megan Brennan was sworn in on
Thursday, March, 6 2015 as the first female postmaster general
at the Postal Service. Brennan received the honor in an
installation ceremony in Washington D.C.
Postal Service must continue improving,
PMG says during installation ceremony
(3/6/15)
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Senator Heitkamp Calls for Improved
Rural Mail Service in Meeting with New Postmaster General
Heitkamp met with Megan J.
Brennan, U.S. Postmaster General and United States Postal
Service (USPS) Chief Executive Officer, who took over as head
of the Postal Service last month. Heitkamp stressed to Brennan
that she hopes the agency will bring a stronger focus to
addressing the mail delivery, service, and postal worker
challenges in rural areas like North Dakota.
Comments (Count)
APWU Contract Town Hall Call March 19
Mailing Groups Cautiously Optimistic New Postal Leadership
Will Stop All the Fighting
Mail issues
plague Lombard Road businesses in Illinois
Cupid and his friends at the post office are fighting back against
flimflamming privatize
Police Searching For Two Suspects In Virginia Post Office Robbery
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March 10, 2015
Video: Deaf woman says Port Orange FL
post office discriminated against her
A deaf woman said a post office
in Port Orange discriminated against her when staff members
refused to communicate via writing. .
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Ex-postal
driver sentenced for stealing more than $1000 from mail
Women postmasters honored in Palmetto
Heritage Festival
First women: From the beginning women have
shaped USPS
Video: USPS Is Falling Down On Job,
Residents of NY Town Sa
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March 9, 2015
Postal
Service to push for compromise reform bill
But while Brennan's predecessor
Patrick Donahoe advocated trimming the workforce by tens of
thousands of employees, Brennan said the overall workforce
size should be dictated by the amount of business the agency
conducts and whether the agency can make it more
efficient..Brennan said the agency has increased the number of
non-career employees while advances in technology have allowed
the Postal Service to use its existing workforce better. Comments (Count)
Uptown Residents Petition to Improve Poor
Post Office Package Delivery
Authorities: Dealers using Postal Service
to ship drugs cross-country
Your Christmas gifts are changing the
Postal Service
Australian government backs two-tier mail
delivery service proposal -
Maryland
postal employee alerts apartment residents to fire
Video: Thieves targeting cluster mailboxes in Davis CA using crow bar
Car runs into Belfair WA post office
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March 8, 2015
Say
goodbye to the lick-and-stick U.S. stamp
Postal
history: Colonists sent letters by native American messengers,
says new book
March 7, 2015
Connecticut postal worker charged with
stealing money orders
Marking 50 Years Since Selma
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March 6, 2015
Video: Postal Service Swears in First Female
Postmaster General
Megan Brennan was sworn in on
Thursday, March, 6 2015 as the first female postmaster general
at the Postal Service. Brennan received the honor in an
installation ceremony in Washington D.C.
Postal Service must continue improving,
PMG says during installation ceremony
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PRC Remands Proposed Price Adjustments
to USPS
the Postal Regulatory Commission
returned proposed rate adjustments for Standard Mail,
Periodicals, and Package Services classes to the Postal
Service to allow for modifications that comply with applicable
legal requirements.
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American Postal Workers Union Assembles
Team of Experts To Oppose Staples-Office Depot Merger
The union is urging the
Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to
block a merger that it sees as monopolistic and unlawful. The
union also will reach out to members of Congress and state and
local officials to raise objections.
Comments (Count)
USPS restores ten mail handlers positions at Mansfield Oh post office
Galveston postal workers stop 90-year-old man from sending last of savings to
scammer
Maine: Theft nets former East Vassalboro PMR 3 months in federal prison
Norfolk mail carrier accused of dumping mail four times
Mail theft in California town getting worse
Fight to save Stamford post office suffers another setback
USPS, rivals and mailers knock heads over alleged cross-subsidy of products
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March 5, 2015
DOL wanted injunction against USPS to
protect whistleblowers in all postal facilities
In
a recent whistleblower lawsuit against USPS, the Department of
Labor (DOL) had requested broad "injunctive relief, nationwide
in scope, to vindicate the public interest in promoting safe
workplaces and protecting those who dare to advocate for
them." Postal Service employees and managers testified to a
culture of hostility toward OSHA and its goals at both the
Seattle P&DC and USPS Queen Anne District Office.
A Senior Postal Manager
told the casual employee involved in this case that “no one
can touch us,”
immediately following her threat to terminate the casual
unless she retracted her OSHA complaint. Comments (Count)
Transportation Companies Dominate List
of Top U.S. Postal Service Suppliers in Fiscal Year 2014
Transportation contractors held
five of the top 10 spots in the list of the agency’s Top 150
U.S. Postal Service Suppliers for fiscal year 2014. Federal
Express Corporation was again the U.S. Postal Service’s
largest contractor, a position it has held since 2002.
Comments (Count)
Vietnam Medal of Honor Recipients To be
Recognized on Forever Stamp Sheet
Nonprofits Reel From Proposed Periodicals
Postage Increases
The postman never rings at all at Queens
apartment building
Hartland: Seven ZIP Codes for 15,000
People?
What We Lose With a Privatized Postal
Service
Waggoner Post Office is Indefinitely
Closed
Cold, Ice No Match for USPS Letter
Carriers
Why Are We Still Calling Postal Workers
'Mailmen'?
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March 4, 2015
Some areas of USPS.com website down
today
The Postal Store page was
unreachable for an unknown amount of time.
Oklahoma Postal Worker dies in two-car
crash
A rural carrier in Ada, OK,
died in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning, the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol reported.
Postal Worker
Sentenced for Stealing Mail
USPS unveils Dr. Maya Angelou forever
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Customer drives into Alabama post office
March 3, 2015
APWU files Labor charge protesting USPS new ‘Postal Pulse’ employee survey
The APWU and USPS are facing off
over management’s latest scheme: The Postal Pulse, a new
employee opinion survey. “The APWU vehemently opposes Postal
Pulse – and any other employee opinion survey – despite
management notices that say otherwise,” said President Mark
Dimondstein. Comments (Count)
Senators reintroduce bill to strengthen postal managers appeal rights
Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and
Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today reintroduced legislation to
strengthen labor rights for American postal workers.
NAPS Applauds Introduction of Postal
Employee Appeal Rights Legislation
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Postal Worker says she hoarded, stole mail
because it was too much to deliver
North Carolina letter carrier delivers
hope to homeless veterans
Postal carrier retires after 39 years
Earth Class Mail, once a highly touted Oregon startup, files bankruptcy ahead
of planned sale
Postage stamps to rise to $1 as part of Australia Post shake-up
Where is the Love from Low Fuel Prices?
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March 2, 2015
Here’s What USPS Is Looking For In Its
Next Generation Delivery Vehicle
In a presentation by USPS to
prospective suppliers the next mail truck would need total
cargo space of 330 to 400 cubic feet, a minimum clear floor
space of 72" by 108", 76" of headroom, and a clear bulkhead
passage that's 30" wide. USPS is requiring a larger vehicle to
accommodate the growing parcel business.
USPS: New delivery vehicles will be more
efficient, CSO says
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$60 Million
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed By Family Of Woman Killed By U.S.
Postal Truck
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OC Weekly - he surviving family of an elderly Trabuco Canyon
woman run over and killed by a U.S. Postal truck in October
2013 has filed a $60 million wrongful death lawsuit . Mary
Honda, 85, had been placing mail in her mailbox when postman
ran over her "several times" and caused serious trauma,
according to the lawsuit. Comments (Count)
Video: Tax
payments burn, wedding ring safe in mail truck
fire
At Auburn post
office, money order request handled shabbily
March 1, 2015
USPS revising ‘Privacy’ rule to share
postal workers employment , wage data with BLS for research
USPS is proposing to modify a
General Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) to support the
sharing of employment and wage data with the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) for their Occupational Employment Statistics
(OES) program. Comments (Count)
200 postal jobs moving from Roanoke VA to
Greensboro NC
Video: Taylor Ridge, IL post office armed robbery suspect in custody
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