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Postal News Blog
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? |
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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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
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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? |
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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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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DOL Accuses
USPS of Destroying Evidence in Whistleblower Case
In
2012, the U.S. Department of Labor sued USPS for retaliating
against a Safety Specialist at the Seattle, Washington P&DC.
The
DOL notification included an “admonishment to refrain from
destroying documents or records that might be requested by
OSHA. The DOL is accusing USPS for failing to preserve the
records as required.
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Michigan Letter
Carrier Attacked By Armed Robbers While Delivering Mail at
7:15 pm
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Clarification: Police say 7:15pm,
news media cite 7:20pm as the time of robbery. The postal
worker told police he was walking back to his mail truck when
he was approached by a man who then brandished a handgun.
According to police, the gunman forced the worker to the ground
and took the vehicle’s keys so he could open the rear door
to the mail truck
San Francisco Mail carrier robbed
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Senator Schumer
to propose end to restrictions on shipping alcohol through
USPS-
The end of the law would generate an estimated $225 million
of increased annual revenue and benefit the 12,090 postal-service
jobs in upstate New York.
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(Pittman) Edmond Walker Class
Action EEO Against USPS Settled for $17.25 million
current and former employees
in permanent rehabilitation assignments during the period
March 24, 2000 to December 31, 2012. Comments
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Postal Clerks Suspended For
Not Asking Hazmat Question About Perfume?
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Congresswoman
Norton Seeks Answers From PMG On Postal Employees Delivering
Mail After Dark
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Inspector general to probe
late mail delivery
Lose
a Life to Save a Dollar’
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Video: USPS
Criticized Over Third Mailman Murder Since 2010
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USPS OIG Some N.J. mail carriers
told to report for work during Superstorm Sandy
A report by the U.S. Postal Service’s inspector
general on the service’s hurricane response said managers
at that post office told employees they must report for work
on the day the massive, devastating storm hit, despite the
fact that the facility was within a mandatory evacuation zone.But
the floodwaters rose quickly, trapping several employees at
the facility and requiring rescue by the Coast Guard.
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USPS Management Proposing A New Retirement System
Under the Postal Reorganization
Act, the Postal Service is obligated to provide wages and
benefits comparable to those provided in the private sector.
However, Postal Service management believes that the FERS
system is more costly and does not compare to retirement benefits
provided in the private sector. Comments
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PMG Tells Senate: USPS in Midst of Financial Disaster, Liquidity
Remains Dangerously Low
financial condition is so precarious, and the legislative
process is so uncertain, we’ve reached the point that we have
to consider price increases above the rate of inflation,”
said Donahoe.
In Senate Testimony, Guffey Blasts Carper-Coburn
Postal Reform Bill |
PMG: No PO or mail processing center
closures during postal reform bill debate |
Senator McCaskill Aims for Responsible
Postal Reform
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NALC: Few surprises in first of two
hearings on S. 1486
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GAO: USPS Proposed Health Plan
Could Improve Financial Condition, but Impact on Medicare
and Other Issues Should Be Weighed before Approval
The U.S. Postal
Service (USPS) would likely realize large financial gains
from its proposed health care plan, primarily by increasing
retirees’ use of Medicare. Some elements of USPS’s proposal
would add uncertainties that could reduce funds available
for its employees’ and retirees’ future health care.
GAO: USPS Healthcare Plan Would Hurt
Medicare, Postal Worker s |USPS
Plan to Pull Out of Fed Health Benefits Could Cost Postal
Workers |
USPS Plan: Make Medicare Pay Our Bills
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PMG Responds
to GAO Report On USPS Healthcare Plan
Post and Pa rcel - Without addressing
the cost issue in a responsible way, the Postal Service may
be unable to afford to provide health care benefits to retirees.
Our proposal assures that we will. Comments
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October 31, 2014
Former
USPS exec say postal financial and liquidity crisis is over for now
The
Postal Service no longer frets about “the exact number of days” of cash balance
it has on hand, he said. Instead, Kearney noted, “The compelling reason for
reform voiced by USPS management has changed from we’re about to run out of cash
to we need about $5 billion to update our truck fleet by 2017.” Comments
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Video: No
mail in Santa Clara, CA neighborhood blamed on USPS overtime cuts
Retired
postal worker wanted to know where's her mail. Letter carrier order off the
street with mailbag still partially full. Some carriers claim it's due to the
new no overtime policy. USPS said it is just a misunderstanding between the
carrier and supervisor. Comments
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The ‘us’ in USPS: New video showcases Postal Service employees
A new Postal Service video showcases employees and
their dedication to the organization. The three-minute production, which was
filmed recently in Santa Clarita, CA, will be shown at new employee
orientations. It’s also been posted on Blue so other employees can see it. The
video features a Window Clerk, Customer Service Supervisor, Postmaster and
District Manager. Comments
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Don’t
Forget: Tuesday is Election Day!
If
right-wing extremists take over both houses of Congress, then Social Security
and Medicare will be direct targets of the majority in both the House and
Senate. And if anti-worker, anti-retiree governors take over state houses, then
pensions are at risk, as well. Do you know your voting place so that you can
prevent that from happening? Comments
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Senators Grassley and Harkin Call on USPS to Ensure All Absentee Ballots are Counted
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“We must make all possible effort to
ensure that every ballot receives a legible postmark between now
and Election Day, next Tuesday, November 4,” said Grassley and
Harkin. “ Comments
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Video: Thief steals mail from cluster mailboxes in Southern California
Barber and his neighbors say they
suspect the person who did this had a master key that only U.S.
Postal Service mail carriers use, because the mailbox wasn’t
forced open.
Video: Thieves target South Austin
community’s mailboxes Comments
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NSA, Move Over: The Postal Service is America's New Privacy Problem
Kentucky woman charged with breaking into PO boxes
October 30, 2014
Video: Postal problems at New Orleans high rise resolved after TV
station intervenes - When
the U.S. Postal Service stopped delivering packages to a New Orleans
high-rise, some residents had a tough time getting their medicine.
Brown, who's 65 and diabetic, explained how she would walk several
blocks through busy intersections and in the weather to retrieve
packages at the main post office Comments
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APWU: Questions and Answers on the 9,000
New Clerk Craft Jobs
The APWU and USPS have agreed to a
set of Questions and Answers regarding the establishment of
9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs. The following questions and answers
are provided for further clarification and guidance regarding
the September 22, 2014 MOD Re: POStPlan Staffing of Offices,
Filling of Assignments, PSE Usage and Conversions (POStPlan
Staffing MOD), and the October 8, 2014 MOU Re: Pecking Order for
Newly Created Positions in the POStPlan Installations (Pecking
Order MOU).
APWU, USPS Extend Memo on Filling Clerk Craft Residual Vacancies Comments
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Updated: Postal Worker killed in Illinois crash
a Rural Carrier Associate since
2012, was pronounced dead at the scene, The accident occurred
about 12:35 p.m. in unincorporated Channahon
Township, about 7 miles southwest of Joliet,
Video: APWU President Dimondstein says Don’t Let Postmaster General
Put USPS in a Museum Postmaster
General Donahoe is implementing one of the greatest threats to the
public Postal Service to date,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein
says in a new video.
Post Office to Berkeley: Drop Dead
The Postal Service has engaged with
the City of Berkeley in the Section 106 process with the desire
to reach a satisfactory agreement. It is unfortunate that we
have been unable to reach such an agreement
Rally to stop USPS sale of Berkeley Post Office scheduled for November 1st
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Florida Postal Worker arrested for allegedly selling pills out
of mail truck
Florida city carrier assistant
is under arrest -- accused of dealing drugs out of her mail
truck to co-worker, a window distribution clerk.
North Carolina
letter carrier charged with selling drugs while on duty
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Video: Oregon postal worker takes action to
put crooks behind bars
It
was an act of bravery and quick thinking at the Medford post office
when a postal worker put an end to fake money orders circulating
around the state.
Pennsylvania postal worker ejected from delivery vehicle in crash
A mailman sustained moderate injuries
after being ejected from his delivery truck during a two-vehicle
crash
Postal workers awarded for safe driving
Familiar Granville post office personality
retires
Village Post Office (VPO) to Open in Henry
County
October 29, 2014
Tacoma mailman accused of sexually harassing
women on his route
Tacoma police on Wednesday arrested
a postal carrier accused of sexually harassing and inappropriately
touching several women for years on his delivery route.
USPS proposes to revise rules to involve communities more when relocating
post offices
- Under the proposed rule, the
Postal Service will continue to notify communities and officials,
and to solicit and consider input regarding proposals to relocate
retail services or to add a new retail services facility.
Postal Service begins
expanding into 1500 Staples
When the Postal Service said in July
that it was not going ahead with the Staples pilot, the APWU called
the announcement a “ruse.” "This attempt at trickery shows that
the 'Don't Buy Staples' movement is having an effect,” said APWU
President Mark Dimondstein. “We intend to keep up the pressure until
Staples gets out of the mail business.” It looks like Mr. Dimondstein
was right. The Postal Service may have retreated from the pilot
to put mini-post offices in 82 Staples, but it is going right ahead
with expanding into 1,500 Staples, just under a different program.
Within a few weeks, a sign like the one in the Second Avenue Staples
store will be showing up in Staples across the country.
APWU: Plans Taking Shape for National Day
of Action
Plans are taking shape for a National
Day of Action on Nov. 14, when members of the four postal unions
and supporters will send a powerful message to Postmaster General
Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governor’s: Stop Delaying
America’s Mail.
Evansville, IN Postal Manager charged with
stealing veterans prescription drugs
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A grand jury in Indiana
has indicted a Manager of District Operations (MDO) at the Evansville,
Indiana Mail Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF) on charges
of stealing prescription pain medication addressed to veterans in
Indiana and Kentucky.
Open season for
USPS employees health benefits begins in November
North Carolina
letter carrier charged with selling drugs while on duty
USPS Provides
Holiday Shipping Tips and 2014 Christmas Shipping Deadlines
Postal Service expects
14% surge in holiday deliveries
Ex-firefighter sentenced to two months in
jail for racially charged attack on mailman
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USPS OIG Report Reveals Wider Monitoring of
Mail in U.S.
The audit found that in many cases
the Postal Service approved requests to monitor an individual’s
mail without adequately describing the reason or having proper written
authorization.
Video: How the Postal Service is helping monitor
snail mail
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Tracking the Postal Surveillance System
Frenemies: UPS, FedEx & the Post Office
If you are anything like me, you may
have thought to yourself, “If the Post Office goes under, I’ll just
ship things via UPS/FedEx. What’s the big deal?”
APWU, USPS Settle Custodial Subcontracting
Dispute
The APWU and Postal Service have reached
an agreement that prohibits management from subcontracting cleaning
services based on an employee’s voluntarily transfer from an office
where USPS custodians are employed.
Expect Mail Delays After Closure of USPS Mail
Processing Center in Tucson, AZ
In a report, the office of the inspector
general wrote that the service didn’t study how service would be
affected, or adequately inform the public of its plans. Sarah Ninivaggi,
a public relations representative with the Postal Service, said
the closures will go ahead, but impact studies – including one on
Cherrybell – will be conducted starting in January.
Overnight Delivery To Come To An End with Postal Service Changes
Video: Tireless Columbus, OH Postal Worker
Retiring After 58 Years on the Job
Moses Jamison has worked with the US
Postal Service in Columbus for 58 years. Jamison says in that time,
he’s seen just about anything you can imagine being shipped.
USPS: Steps Postal Employees should take responding
to customer complaints
There are several steps employees should
take to address customer complaints about USPS products and services.
“How we respond to our customers matters,” said Consumer and Industry
Affairs VP Jim Nemec. “They deserve to have their concerns
handled in an appropriate, professional and timely manner. This
demonstrates we value their business.”
USPS: National Disability Employment Awareness
Month
Ohio: Postal
LLV flipped on its side after being rear-ended
USPS Board Of Governors meeting on Nov. 14th
open to public
USPS OIG investigating theft of Dayton mail
by contracted truck driver
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GAO: U.S. Postal Service: Information on Recent Changes to Delivery
Standards, Operations, and Performance
- The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) revised its delivery standards,
which has generally increased delivery time for some First-Class
Mail and Periodicals from 1 day to 2 days, notably by reducing mail
with a 1-day standard.
Carper: New GAO
Report Finds Cuts to Operations, Service Delay Mail Delivery | Senator
Tester statement on GAO Postal Service report |
GAO: Montana mail
service has suffered since 2011 cutbacks
Company files layoff notice for 261 employees at USPS Bolger Center
in Maryland
- Dolce International, the hospitality
company that manages the U.S. Postal Service-owned conference center,
filed notice of the layoffs on Oct 22nd.
New management
company at USPS Bolger conference center in Maryland
eNAPUS: Elections Really Matter!
With slightly more than a week before
the November 4 Congressional elections, it is abundantly clear that
political ground zero will be the fight to control the U.S. Senate.
NALC election results announced
The National Election Committee, appointed
at the 2014 NALC Biennial Convention in Philadelphia to conduct
the election of national officers of the NALC for four-year terms,
has announced the results of the election. NALC President Fredric
Rolando and Executive Vice President Timothy C. O’Malley were re-elected
following the nationwide vote.
The USPS Studies Potential Income Growth Posed
by 3D Printing
Iowa postmaster charged with stealing prescription
drugs from mail
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October 26, 2014
USPS
Executive Q&A: Postal Service is operationally profitable but still
needs Congress
- Jeff Williamson,
chief human resource officer and executive vice president for the
Postal Service, was in Madison recently where he met with commercial
customers from some area businesses. He took time after the meeting
to answer a few questions.
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UPS might levy surcharges or turn away packages
if retailers exceed holiday shipping quotas
- UPS might levy surcharges or even turn away some holiday shipments
this year if retailers surprise the delivery giant by dropping off
more packages than they had planned.
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Suspicious envelopes found at Florida Post
Office
How FedEx is trying
to save the business model that saved it millions
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October 25, 2014
Photos: Letter carrier, wearing gloves and
masks, delivers to apartment building of Ebola patient Dr. Craig
Spencer in New York
USPS Hiring in Washington State and Northern
Idaho
Auditor warns
of mail delays in Tucson
North Houston
Post Office Burglarized
Campaigns look to more cost-effective direct
mail options
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October 24, 2014
Sale
of Berkeley Post Office Rumored to Be in Escrow: City Initiates
Lawsuit
California: The name of the purchaser
is still secret, although there have been rumors that it is a Berkeley
developer. Berkeley has not been informed by the USPS who the purchaser
may be
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Tennessee postal employee sentenced to prison
for stealing meds from Vets
The mail handler stole thousands of
dollars in medication from Armed Forces veterans throughout the
region. The mail handler was also stealing items from parcels.
In other 'people who are going to prison news'
Three Houston Men Head to Prison for Robbery
of Postal Vehicle -
Inside man: The men pleaded guilty
or found guilty for planning the robbery of a contract postal vehicle.
The three men had received information that the vehicle contained
more than $2 million in cash and valuables.
NJ postal worker helps with second case against
man charged with mailing fraudulent invoices to over 73,000 schools
and colleges
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Major postal centers hiring in Dakotas and
Montana
Canada converts 100,000 customers to cluster
boxes, only 4.9 million to go
Postal unions continue fight plant-closure
battle in Kokomo, IN
Small post office in Washington State searching
for new postmaster
Winter Fun and Global Wreath Forever Stamps
Celebrate Holiday Mailings
Postal Service Truck Hits Woman in Wheelchair
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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.
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FMLA confidentiality provisions supersede
OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements
In a recent decision, the Occupational
Safety & Health Review Commission held that the confidentiality
provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) supersede
OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements
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Video: Mail theft in Denver caught on camera
Police have arrested a woman who is
believed to have been stealing mail in the Highlands area
Pennsylvania postmaster sentenced for stealing
mail, money
USPS: Customers should know the facts about
COA services
Pit bull breaks through screen door, attacks
female postal worker in Chicago suburb
Postmaster General
Wins Dubious Publishing Honor
Final Coburn
'Wastebook' Hits Postal Service
Shandon residents
say issues with the mail have gotten out of control
Iowa post
office building at risk of collapse after construction accident
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October 22, 2014
Updated
with video: PMG discusses Election Mail, packages in latest video
“We can expect to see heavy volume
right up until Election Day. So we’ve got to stay with it,” Donahoe
says.
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Video:
Baby boy found abandoned in SW Houston post office lobby
A baby boy is now in Child Protection
Service custody, after he was found in a post office lobby in southwest
Houston, Texas.
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Postal,
Federal Retirees to get 1.7% cost-of-living adjustment for 2015
The annual cost-of-living adjustment
(COLA) affects payments to over 70 million federal, postal retirees,
disabled veterans and Social Security recipients, or about one fifth
of the country.
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APWU
to Harvard President: Stop Staples Deal or Quit Board
The APWU has placed a full-page ad
in The Harvard Crimson calling on Harvard University President Drew
Faust “to do the right thing or resign.” from Staples board where
she earns $300,000
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USPS Photo: 1.2 billion miles driven by letter
carriers, truck drivers each year
Postal Clerk pleads guilty to stealing prescription
drugs from mail, burglarizing post office
Postal Employees urged to report suspected
contract fraud to USPS OIG
Target Offers Free Shipping on All Holiday
Items until Dec 20th
Teens to prison
for mail carrier assault
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October 21,
2014
Postal Inspectors video: Vehicle of Interest
in the Tyson Barnette 2013 murder
The US Postal Inspection Service needs
your help
Over 200 postal facilities
to participate in new USPS National Recycling program
Over 200 postal facilities to participate
in new National Recycling program - USPS assigned duties of National
Recycling Program to mail handlers, custodians.
Raw video: Porch camera captures package theft
the suspect
grabs the package and runs. The thief didn't even seem to notice
the camera.
Staples
probing possible payment card data breach
Multiple banks say they have identified
a pattern of credit and debit card fraud suggesting that several
Staples Inc. office supply locations in the Northeastern United
States are currently dealing with a data breach.
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Postal Hero: Rural Carrier David Zimmerman,
Shortsville, NY
Fumes from package at Humble Post Office send
7 workers to hospital
The election traffic jam in San Francisco
mailboxes
Video: USPS Apologizes For Declaring Man Dead
Postal employees hope public pressure delays
or blocks USPS plans to move Roanoke processing to Greensboro
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October 20,
2014
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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Postal News: How to Get Away with Destroying
America’s Heritage
Canada Post begins phasing out door-to-door
mail delivery
NPMHU: Postal Unions Call for National Day
of Action
Post Office in Corpus Christi, TX Closed
West Virginia PMR sentenced for theft of postal
funds
Stamps.com Aquires E-Commerce Software Company
Shipworks
Royal Mail to recruit 19,000 people to help
with Christmas rush
Ohio letter carrier helps injured woman
Sold American:
An inventory of USPS disposed properties, 2009-2014
Postal clerks
jobs uncertain after consolidation
USPS Proposing
Relocation Of Marina Del Rey Branch Post Office
Dead Tree Edition:
Google Loves Print, This We Know, For Its Guidelines Tell Us So
New City Having Trouble Getting Respect From
USPS
Postal Retiree Pursues Lifelong Dream at 71
Ebola and your job description
Canada Post begins cutting mail delivery to
homes
October 19,
2014
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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Famous Postal Workers
Village Post Office Coming to New Beaver
No traditional mailboxes for new subdivisions
Truck slams into Needham, MA post office
Animal control officers rescue mailman from
menacing pit bull
USPS DMM Revision: Hold For Pickup Service
Expanded to Additional Products
October 18,
2014
2015 USPS Plant Consolidation Schedule Updated
October 17, 2014
Suspicious package meant to steal mail
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October 17,
2014
Idaho
mother claims mail carrier won’t deliver medical supplies for terminally
ill infant
- KXLY contacted the post
office and they said the mail carrier claims the landlord has a
restraining order against him so he can't go near the property.
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OPM final rule on Temporary Feds Health Care
benefits exclude USPS non-career employees
- OPM is issuing a final rule to modify eligibility for enrollment
under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program to certain
temporary, seasonal, and intermittent employees who are identified
as full-time employees. This regulation will allow newly eligible
Federal employees to enroll no later than January 2015.
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Congresswoman
asks PMG to reconsider plant consolidations of 82 facilities without
public input The Office
of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter
Norton sent to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General
Patrick R. Donahoe that asks him to reconsider the consolidation
of more than 80 mail-processing centers in January 2015 that will
delay First-Class and other mail delivery, without public input.
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Video: Cops catch four
suspected thieves in Albuquerque area mailbox vandalisms
- Four suspects are behind
bars in connection to a rash of mailbox vandalisms around the Albuquerque
metro. USPS was replacing 10 cluster mailboxes a day in Albuquerque
area.
Massachusetts Postal Worker charged with stealing
over $2,500 from the mail
Overloaded electrical circuits sparks small
fire at Muskogee, OK post office
Amazon Confirms It Will Deliver Fresh Groceries
in New York City
Video: Postal Service Battles Illegal Drug
Shipments
Two Ohio mail carriers facing mail theft charges
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Postal Unions Tell PMG, BOG: Stop Delaying America’s Mail!
“The Postmaster General is poised to make devastating cuts in service to
the American people – cuts so severe that they will forever damage the
U.S. Postal Service,” the union presidents said.
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Postal workers take Canada Post to court to save home delivery
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is launching a constitutional
challenge of Canada Post’s plan to axe door-to-door home mail delivery
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Video: 30-second, $9K-theft caught on surveillance camera
Amazon hiring 80,000 seasonal employees for holiday this year
USPS: ELM Revision – Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB)
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October 15, 2014
Next in postal privatization: Goin Postal counters in 2,000 Walmarts
The Goin Postal pack-and-ship company has signed a deal to put small
postal stores inside of 2,000 Walmarts. While the Postmaster General
will probably say it's all about customer convenience, the deal
represents yet another step in the privatization of the Postal Service.
These postal stores, it should be noted, aren’t exactly the same as the
mini-post offices that the Postal Service tried piloting in 82 Staples
late last year. The Goin Postal stores are part of the USPS Approved
Shippers program, which consists of stores that can also offer FedEx,
UPS, DHL, and anything else they want. They make their profit by
charging a fee on top of the USPS pricing.
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USPS Bay-Valley District Manager says he will 'Break' the Unions
Clerk duty assignments are being abolished
and reposted on an unprecedented level in the history of our Local. It
has been happening in the majority of our offices and throughout the
Bay-Valley District... The culprit is District Manager Mark Martinez,
who has taken it upon himself to micro-manage every Clerk in every Post
Office.
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USPS updates plan for involuntary reassignments in 2015
USPS notified APWU that an operational review has resulted in a
reduction of the number of impacted full-time clerks in the Pacific Area
. (Note: the list is subject to change ) Also the list for impacted
employees in Tacoma, WA was omitted from the previous list of offices .
2015 USPS Plant Consolidation Schedule Updated October 10, 2014
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PMRs and PMR Annuitants Receive MOU Impact Notice
The notices let both the PMR and the PMR annuitants know that they could
still be used in 2-hour offices if they chose to continue to be PMRs.
Comments (Count)
Northern California resident warns of USPS consolidation impact on mail delivery
times
Jacksonville USPS sorting facility to take on
Gainesville mail
400 pieces of mail stolen from vehicle in
Des Moines, Iowa
Why Mail Still Matters in Politics
Man claims Canada Post took four days to close unlocked mailbox
The Little Post Office That Could
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October 14, 2014
The Postal Service’s Union-Busting Law Firm
With negotiations for a new contract set to begin on Feb. 19, 2015, it’s
worth noting that in the past, when talks have ended in arbitration, the
USPS has used the anti-union law firm Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius to represent management’s interests.
Comments (Count)
Google’s
shopping service charges membership fees
New Jersey
mailman charged with theft in connection with stolen tax return
checks
Meet the
mailman who mapped Rio’s slums before Google could
Postal Inspectors: Don't Fall for 'I've Fallen' Device Scheme
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October 13, 2014
USPS award contracts worth $37 million to update PARS, FSS and AFSM Systems
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USPS awards Siemens Postal Parcel and
Airport Logistics a contract to update the Postal Automated
Redirection System (PARS) and
a second company for the FSS and AFSM100.Comments (Count)
Fundraiser and donation page setup for Texas Letter Carrier Needing Heart
Transplant
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Friends and family are
working to raise funds for am Army vet and letter carrier who
desperately needs a heart transplant. 52-year-old Clement Raymond Smiley
is in need of a heart transplant after battling congestive heart failure
for the past four years, according to his family. A fundraiser is being
organized for November 2nd.. Donations are also being accepted via the
GoFundMe.com page that has been set up for the Smiley family.
http://www.gofundme.com/f8vj00
Invisible Hands: The Businessmen’s Campaign to Dismantle the Post Office
The leaders of the Postal Service have made
no secret of their plans for reforming the postal system. They have
issued white papers, given speeches, presented “optimization” programs,
and appeared before Congressional committees. The plans are clear:
eliminate the layoff protections in union contracts; cut the career
workforce by nearly half while tripling the number of non-career workers
Comments (Count)
Canada: Thieves break into community mailboxes
Thieves pried open a community mail box in
West Kelowna Friday night, accessing several people’s personal
information. Cst. Hall with West Kelowna RCMP said there have been at
least 12 similar incidents in the Central Okanagan in the past three
weeks. West Kelowna residents found opened mail scattered on the ground
nearby Saturday morning
Comments (Count)
USPS Hiring Automotive Technicians and City Carrier Assistants
The U.S. Postal Service is now actively
seeking qualified applicants to fill Career City Carrier and Automotive
Technician jobs, as well as a wide variety of temporary postal jobs in
the Midland-Odessa area.
Comments (Count)
USPS seeks info for buying 10,000 Right Hand Drive vehicles
The United States Postal Service is issuing a Request for Information (RFI)
to evaluate the possibility of purchasing a new commercially available
Right Hand Drive vehicle to supplement its existing fleet of light
delivery vehicles.
Comments (Count)
Video: Postal Worker thanks colleague for turning bad days into good ones
Helping endangered wildlife species one stamp at a time
Parcel set to deliver for doormen-deprived Manhattanite
The most expensive postal code in the U.S. - and nobody knows about it
Has public forgotten the tradition of Columbus Day?
USPS closes Benedict Post Office because of no contract
Getting to know a small-town postal worker
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October 12, 2014
Postal Service calling on retired employees to help during holiday
season
Officials with the United States Postal Service announced this week that
retired city carriers can temporarily return to their jobs during the
peak-mailing season. According to the USPS, retired employees can sign
up for Holiday Term City Carrier Assistant positions beginning Dec. 6.
Their positions will be for a four-week period ending Jan. 2.
OPM Medical Retirement: The Postal Worker of Today
By Robert R. McGill - We love our local postal worker, but treat the greater macrocosm of
the U.S. Postal System with disdain and dumbfounded desecration of
shameless effrontery. But for all of the faults inherent in a system
of Constitutional legitimacy, there are laws which continue to
protect, and to provide a semblance of partiality in looking out for
the best interests of the hurting U.S. Postal Worker.
Comments (Count)
Victim of money-order scam wants refund but USPS delaying payment
Joseph Hightower says U.S. postal investigators agree he got ripped off
last year when he bought a $600 money order to pay his rent.
Comments (Count)
EEOC sues FedEx for discrimination against deaf and hard-of-hearing
Mail removed from earthquake damaged NAPA Post Office
Third Bush on the Right: USPS Grocery Deliveries Would Need Lots of TLC From
Carriers
Will UPS Blow it Again This Christmas?
Postal worker who lost both legs in accident honored with
party on 20th anniversary
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October 11, 2014
Two months from her scheduled retirement, a rural postal worker
Two months from her scheduled retirement, a rural postal worker was
killed Tuesday in a two-vehicle collision along her FM 1300 route.
Kentucky mailman injured in accident
Postage mix-up
keeps mailed Harris County ballots at post office for days
The joy of snail mail
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October 10, 2014
Chicago NALC Branch VP 'Not Guilty' of criminal charges from arrest at post office
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The vice president of a Chicago NALC Branch
11 was cleared Friday of misdemeanor trespassing and
resisting arrest when a Cook County judge found that he committed no
crime when he visited a Norridge post office.
Comments (Count)
Court Rejects Mail Handlers Union Suit to Overturn Arbitrator's Decision
The arbitrator determined that improper
notification and untimely response on the part of the union excused USPS’s failure to raise the issue of timeliness in its Step 3 response
and, as a result, the grievance was not arbitrable.
The court agreed
Comments (Count)
More than 8,000 San Francisco ballot packs damaged in USPS sorting
equipment
So far, the postal service has returned 5,456 damaged ballot packets to
the elections department, and another 3,000 to 5,000 were expected to be
returned on Friday
Postage mix-up keeps mailed Harris County ballots
at post office for days
Comments (Count)
APWU: PMG Expands Staples Dirty Deal
The USPS and Staples are upping the ante as well: On Oct. 7 management
notified the APWU that it plans to expand the program to all 1,500
Staples stores in the U.S.
Comments (Count)
NALC Endorses Issa Challenger and 25 Republican Candidates
NALC has released a VOTER GUIDE for its members. The challenger Dave
Peiser is running against Rep. Darrell Issa in California's 49th
Congressional District. While NALC has endorsed Peiser, they have also
endorsed 25 Republicans.
Comments (Count)
APWU President Mark Dimondstein calls for PMG Donahoe’s
resignation
In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, Mark Dimondstein, president of
the 200,000 member American Postal Workers Union, calls for the
resignation of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe
Comments (Count)
NAPUS: Vacant Part-time Post Office 6-Hour Offices To Be Posted
USPS Organizational Effectiveness has advised that the Postal Service is
moving forward with postings concerning all vacant PTPO 6-hour offices
from October 14th through October 29th
Newspaper Subscribers May Be the Unseen Victims in
USPS Plant Closings
USPS OIG: Revenue Protection Rules
(PDF)
Haz-mat investigating contents of suspicious
package mailed to a business in Chattanooga, TN
Go Postal? - Why a job as a letter carrier may be
the best you'd ever get
Kersey man retires from USPS with 30 years
South St. Louis post office closed after being set on fire
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October 9, 2014
APWU: Remedy for Violations of PSE Cap – Conversions, Not
Terminations!
The APWU and USPS have settled a dispute over the proper remedy for
violations of contractual limits on the number of PSEs that can be on
the rolls at any given time.
APWU: ‘Pecking Order’ Set for Filling New Positions in POStPlan
Offices
Comments (Count)
Video: USPS replacing 10 cluster mailboxes a day in Albuquerque area
Vandals and thieves are keeping the United States Postal Service very
busy around the metro area. Crews are struggling to keep up with the
dozens of cluster mailboxes they’re being forced to replace each week.
Comments (Count)
Feds Should Keep an Eye on the Race to Replace Darrell Issa
[Postal and ] Federal employees following the mid-term congressional
races should tune into another contest that could more directly affect
their pay and jobs: The campaign to become the next chairman of the
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Comments (Count)
Postal Worker killed while repairing USPS truck in Hicksville,
New York
Police say David Zimmerly was fixing the truck at the postal service’s
maintenance facility Rhode
Island Postal employee taken to hospital after forklift accident
Comments (Count)
Giant Eagle executive nominated to USPS board of governors
President Obama nominated David S. Shapira, executive chairman of Giant
Eagle, ( (retail grocery store chain),to the board of governors of the
United States Postal Service, the White House announced on Wednesday
Comments (Count)
Couple sentenced for stealing more than 50,000 pieces of mail in 80 Texas cities
- According to court record, from December
2013 until March 2014, the defendants conspired to steal U.S. mail and
other Government property by breaking into U.S. Post Offices and blue
mail receptacle boxes located outside of post offices Comments (Count)
Mail stolen from letter carrier’s vehicle in Pittsburgh PA
Mail was stolen from a letter carrier’s personal vehicle that had its
rear windshield and a side window broken Wednesday afternoon
Comments (Count)
McGowan replaced as USPS stamp chief; Tackett new acting manager
Video: Vandals blow up Racine Wisconsin mailboxes
Maryland Postal Worker Indicted For Workers Compensation Fraud
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October 8, 2014
OIG: USPS did not complete service standard impacts or inform
stakeholders for Phase 2
- The Postal Service has not
analyzed the impact of planned service standard changes or informed
stakeholders of the changes related to Phase 2 consolidations.
Comments (Count)
Video: $50K Reward Offered For Info On Postal Carrier Robbery in Miami
“They
pointed a gun at her head and demanded the key then they took off
running in the opposite direction,” said U.S. Postal Inspector Blad Rojo. Comments (Count)
Berkeley City Council passes zoning overlay to limit use of post office
up for sale -
Last week, the Berkeley City Council
approved a proposal, to establish more restrictive development standards
in Berkeley’s civic center on nine parcels, including the historic post
office at Allston Way and Milvia Street. The historic post office has
been up for sale since 2012. Comments (Count)
Gone Postal’ Director seeks mail carriers for film
project
help us find Mail Carriers willing to have
our director Jay film you on your route serving the people
UPS taps new delivery tool: Other stores
UPS is testing out the use of neighborhood stores as backup pick-up
spots to improve service and lower its costs amid stiffening
competition. Comments (Count)
Nine people arrested in ‘sticky-mailbox’ mail theft scheme
Postal and Federal employees were key to gay marriage court
victories
New ZIP codes in Beaverton, Aloha create unexpected headaches
Video: Photo shows post office vehicle parked in handicap spot
Date set for USPS Lafayette plant closure
Mailers Sent By Koch Group Appear Designed to Misdirect Voters in Key
U.S. Senate Race
PRC rule lays out USPS unfair competition complaint process
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October 7, 2014
Postal employees’ health premiums will go up significantly more in 2015
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has announced the average
premium rate for the 8.2 million people covered by the Federal Employees
Health Benefits (FEHB) Program will increase by 3.2 percent in 2015.
Video: Kansas City boy recounts crash with postal truck that killed his
13-year-old best friend -
Friends and family of a 13-year-old boy who died Saturday morning when a
U.S. Post Service Mack tractor-trailer crashed into the car he was riding in
held a candlelight vigil Monday night in his honor.
Crash involving postal truck, car kills teen in Missouri
-Driver of postal truck may face charges )
Comments (Count)
Video: Post office box holders say they were never notified by USPS
about break-ins
- The United States Postal Inspector’s Office s
investigating a series of post office box break-ins at the Lake City Post
Office Branch. One customer said he found out that his post office box was
tampered with when he checked his mail last week. Comments (Count)
Video: Postal worker attacked by dogs in Schenectady
West Unity Ohio Postal employee under investigation for financial
irregularities
USPS mail carrier robbed at gunpoint in NW Miami-Dade
Letter
carrier bitten by two dogs in Schenectady, NY
Cherrybell postal center can still be saved
OPM cuts retirement application backlog again
Death Penalty Sought for Postal Worker Slaying
Hefty Back Tax Bill For Scranton Postal Workers
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October 6, 2014
USPS awarded contracts to six companies for IT projects worth $30
million
San Rafael, CA postal workers don pink shirts for Breast Cancer
Awareness Month
USPS recommended mailing dates for troops overseas
Singapore Rolls Out Next-Gen Post Offices
Post office is going pink
The New, Improved Generation of Instant Delivery Services
UK: Seven days a week for new Reading town centre post office
Australia Post records loss for the first time, considers changes to
delivery schedules
“Irate” Boynton post office customer throws box at worker, police say
Philadelphia Postal Worker Charged with Stealing and Embezzling Over
$28,000 From Post Office
California Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing 57 Vehicle Batteries from USPS
Mail Trucks
Minnesota lawmakers and community rally to save Duluth postal center
Video: First Village Post Office opens at rural grocery store in South
Mississippi
Video: Virginia Woman Says Money Stolen Out Of Birthday Card She Got In
The Mail
Mailboxes are Slowly Disappearing
How the Postal Service put your
change-of-address information at risk
Future Uncertain
as Minnesota Letter Carriers Rally Today
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October 5, 2014
Video: Postal Employees, Local Leaders Rally to Save Duluth, MN Mail
Center
Duluth Postal Services employees and leaders from across Minnesota rallied
against closing Duluth’s mail processing center Monday.
Minnesota
USPS service cuts deemed 'mindless,' 'nonsensical'
Candidate asks court to hold 20-year lawsuit against NALC officers until
results of election-
In previous years the NALC election of National officers has been held
without any fanfare. But this year a team of letter carriers led by David W.
Noble called “NALC Clean Sweep 2014″ are vying to replicate what happened in
the APWU National Election.
Comments (Count)
USPS stops curbside mail delivery and wants cluster mailboxes installed
USPS
stops curbside mail delivery and wants cluster mailboxes installed-After
receiving mail for a week upon moving into the Maple Shade Estates
development in July, his mail delivery suddenly stopped.
Comments (Count)
Postal customers, workers protest proposed changes
Ocala FL woman sends inmate boyfriend
drug laced love letter
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October 4, 2014
NALC President Emeritus Bill Young responds to video by Candidate David
Noble - Former NALC president
sets the record straight on presidential candidate's platform Comments (Count)
Army mailrooms cutting down on ‘junk mail’
Around 1.5 billion pieces of official and personal mail are processed
through military mail rooms annually, serving nearly 3 million service
members and civilians Defense Department wide. Comments (Count)
He’s the whole package – mailman and friend
A good mailman is like a crackerjack barber: You hope you die or leave
town before they do. Alex Dang is a good mailman, except that, in
retiring after 47 years with the Postal Service, he’s breaking hearts
along the avenues,
Comments (Count)
Video: Postal worker ‘laughs hysterically’ trying to run over person
A postal service worker has been arrested for trying to run over someone
who was documenting the worker’s offensive behavior toward another
person, Bellevue police said.
Comments (Count)
Crash involving postal truck, car kills teen in Missouri
Driver of postal truck may face charges
Comments (Count)
Video: From Your House To Grandma’s-How Mail Gets Sorted & Delivered
Boston: USPS says "no thank you" to $350 million for channel property
Raritan letter carrier recognized for life saving effort
American Stamp Dealers Association Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Jury convicts former Louisiana postal worker for stealing $275 in gift cards
from mail
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October 3, 2014
Jack Daniel Distillery petitions USPS for commemorative stamp to honor
founder -
Included with its petition is a
letter signed by every member of Tennessee’s congressional delegation
supporting the request. Comments (Count)
USPS Delivers Teddy Bears for Kids in Crisis
The residents of the mountain community of Divide, CO, have purchased
more than 160 teddy bears from their Post Office as a giftComments (Count)
USPS Mail Bins Crowd Sidewalks In New York Financial District
Suspect arrested in Arkansas Post office robbery
Honoring 50 Years of Service at Post
Office
Marred Mailboxes Are Community Eyesores
Raritan letter carrier recognized for life
saving effort
Congress's
Research Arm Cites Retiree Fund as USPS's Undoing
Is Amazon
Planning a Shipping Revolution?
Highway
Contract Route Electronic Payment Process (PDF)
Dormant
Advance Deposit Permit Accounts (PDF)
Management Alert
– Manual Package Counting and Conversion Factors
Voyager
Card Program for Highway Contract Routes - Pooling Policy
Concerns and Related Overpayments (PDF)
October 2, 2014
USPS awards nearly $100 million in contracts for 4,000 Delivery Vehicles
USPS puts dent in replacing its aging delivery vehicles with the purchase of carrier route vehicles and body trucks.
Comments (Count)
Wilt Chamberlain set to appear on Forever Stamp
Retirement Savings Funds Hit a September Slump
How to Avoid Costly Mistakes Filling Out Your TSP Forms
Colorado Man Wants to Bring Gun Into Post Office
Survey Shows Half of Americans Plan to Shop Online Earlier for Holiday
Gifts
NALC: City Delivery Route Alternative Adjustment Process
(CDRAAP) guidelines
now available
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October 1, 2014
USPS Board of Governors decide not to seek rate hike for January 2015
The Postal Service Governors have decided
to maintain current product and service prices and not seek a market
dominant price change at this time. Comments (Count)
USPS seeking at least 2,000 trailers for mail transportation during
holiday season
- The United States Postal Service is
seeking to procure an independent supply of outsourced trailers for the
transportation of mail to cover peak season needs for mail
transportation during the holiday mailing season.
Comments (Count)
Video: USPS AmazonFresh Deliveries
The Postal Service began a test in the San
Francisco area this past August to see if delivering packages in the
early morning hours was feasible.
Comments (Count)
Rural Carrier Guarantee Period
USPS hiring over 170 for holiday season at three Ohio facilities
Retired Letter Carrier is one of the oldest workers in the country
Video: Driver hits postal worker outside Ohio post office
Equipment Maintenance Allowance (EMA) Schedule for Rural Routes
Two DeKalb postal employees retiring with decades of service
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