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Postal News Blog
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. The objective is to provide a new rolling chassis that
will seamlessly mate with the existing body while capturing
advances in vehicle technologies that have been developed
in the last 20 years maintaining the existing vehicle payload
requirement.
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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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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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USPS Seeking National Contract for Rental,
Leasing of Minivans & Cargo Vans
According to USPS: Presently,
there are not sufficient capital funds to purchase new equipment.
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USPS Loss For January 2013 $437 Million -- Year To Date loss
for FY 2013 $1.7 billion
- USPS reported a net operating
loss of $437 million for the month of January 2013.
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USPS to Launch New Product Line of Apparel and Accessories
The agreement leverages Postal
Service intellectual property by introducing the Rain Heat
& Snow brand of apparel and accessory products.
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USPS spending $2.2 million
to send execs to National Postal Forum
Documents obtained by MacFarlane
show the event will cost the agency approximately $2.2 million,
including travel and $220,000 for exhibit space.
Postal Service Defends Pricey Conference|
The National Postal Forum Is NOT a Party
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Lawmakers demanding answers over postal
conference |
Video from
KTVU 2: :USPS conference
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September 30, 2014
Nineteen postal workers were killed on
the job in 2013
In 2013 57 federal employees were
killed on the job, according to preliminary data by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. That is up from 54 in 2012 and 41 in 2011. Comments (Count)
US Postal Management's Dysfunctional and Failing Culture
The “crisis” surrounding the Postal Service
is in some ways much more complex than what has been reported in the
broader media. In some ways, though it is very simply an attempt to
eliminate a well paid unionized work force while privatizing an
essential national communications network.
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Betman named USPS VP and chief of staff
PMG Pat Donahoe has named Mitzi Betman vice president, Corporate
Communications, and chief of staff. Comments (Count)
Denver postal robbers get five years in federal
prison
Quake damage, asbestos dust trap mail at Napa, CA post office
Canada: Edmonton postal workers may sell bus passes, report potholes
Customer churn a significant problem for USPS financial outlook
USPS Crowding Out Other Markets With New Initiatives?
With Berkeley set to change civic center zoning, USPS ponders lawsuit
AmazonFresh prepares to take on US east coast
Mail truck flips after crash
Video: Latest on USPS investigation into mysterious mailers
Video: California woman concerned over stolen packages at front door
September 29, 2014
Congresswoman Calls for USPS IG Review of mail delivery at Brooklyn Post
Office - Velazquez
is asking the IG to conduct an audit of the accuracy and timeliness of the mail
delivery process at the Red Hook Post Office. Comments (Count)
Postmaster General says USPS
issues ‘very fixable
Batman Honored by USPS to Celebrate 75 Years of the Timeless Super Hero
It's a Federal Crime to Dress Up as a Postal Worker If You're Not One
Pay, pensions, premiums. Going up!
Comic Con to Kick Off With Limited-Edition Batman Stamp
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September 28, 2014
More info on ‘Holiday Carrier Assistants’ and reemployment of retirees
There
has been a lot of interest in the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between NALC and USPS regarding “Holiday Carrier Assistants.” The agreement
allows USPS to reemploy retirees as “Holiday Carrier Assistants” during the four
week December period as operationally necessary. Comments (Count)
UK Postal Workers union barking mad at new dog treat
called ‘Postman’s Leg’
POSTIES
are barking mad after a dog bone called Postman’s Leg was launched in stores
across Scotland. They say the natural beef bone, more than a foot long, is
making fun of dog attacks on postal workers. Comments (Count)
Forever Stamps:
Not a Sexy Investment
September 27, 2014
Hopes dimming for postal service reform
Two
years ago, lawmakers worked furiously to hammer out postal legislation,
negotiating up to the very end of 2012’s super-size post-election session. But
asked what the chances were for a deal this lame-duck session, Rep. Elijah
Cummings (D-Md.) made a circle with his thumb and index finger and said: "Zero."
“It’s over,” Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, added
before lawmakers left Washington last week.
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Blue Wheels: Life of a City Carrier Assistant (CCA)
Blue Wheels: Life of a City Carrier Assistant (CCA)
- A writer becomes a carrier for the #USPS out of a long-held love for the mail.
What she discovers are screams, threats, lies, labor violations, and dog
attacks. a veteran of Afghanistan wife and young child had been in a car
accident and were taken by ambulance to the hospital. His supervisor told him he
could visit them, but he had to return to deliver the mail. Comments (Count)
Video: USPS denies $200 insurance claim for package delivered to wrong address
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USPS denies $200 lost package
insurance claim after they delivered it to the wrong address.
Their reason for denial to sender? "It was delivered."
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USPS retiree reflects on productive
36-year career as rural carrier
USPS investigating theft of Municipal Court’s mail
from Post Office Box
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September 26, 2014
Postal Service vows to move ahead with closures of
Petaluma, Eureka plants
Despite harsh words from a congressman
and pleas from dozens of residents and business owners, the Postal
Service remains intent on closing two processing centers affecting
the mail service of hundreds of thousands of North Coast residents. Comments (Count)
OIG: USPS unable to validate $$millions spent on travel
related to detail assignments
- This report presents
the results of our self-initiated audit of the Management of Detail
Assignments Follow-Up. Our objective was to follow up on the U.S.
Postal Service’s progress in managing detail assignments, associated
travel costs, and consistency of detail assignment policies OIG: USPS craft employees improperly authorized Highway
Contract Routes Extra Trips Comments (Count)
Indiana Postmaster Relief charged with embezzlement
A Postal Worker from Rockport, Indiana was charged with
embezzlement following an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service
and the Office of Inspector General.
USPS working with HHS Health IT to build system to access employees
health records across platforms?
Karen DeSalvo, national coordinator for Health
Information Technology, believes there are assets and methods outside of the
medicine space that healthcare professionals could use to develop health IT
systems
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FDNY fires smoke eater who smacked black postal worker, used
racial slur
Massachusetts Woman Sentenced for Mailing and Tweeting bomb,
Anthrax and Death Threats
NALC: Overtime equitability test extended until December 31,
2014
Amazon's Grand Plan to Avoid Holiday Delivery Snafus Again
Michigan Democratic Party Endorses Staples Boycott
Bear blocks door delivery
September 25, 2014
Brooklyn mailman arrested for not delivering 40,000 pieces mail
Joseph Brucato was arrested Wednesday after
investigators found more than one ton of undelivered
mail in his home, locker and car,
Portland, OR postal worker accused of stealing mail and ID theft Comments (Count)
USPS in Oregon and Texas hiring over 300 holiday temp employees
LAPD
sergeant’s daughter gets to two years for killing postal worker
in hit-and-run
Letter Carrier extinguishes house fire
Lakewood post office to close
Drone delivery: DHL 'parcelcopter'
flies to German isle
Identity thieves find a new
way to dupe victims-(putting hold on mail
September 24, 2014
PMG Donahoe updates employees on grocery deliveries, Staples shipper
program - Updated with
video- National scanning rates
recently reached 96 percent, an important milestone
that PMG Pat Donahoe praises in his latest State of
the Business video message to employees.
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USPS ‘Post Plan’ update: Staffing will change at some Remotely Managed
Post Offices -
The type of employees who perform work in some
Remotely Managed Post Offices (RMPOs) where hours have
been adjusted through the Post Plan will change. Comments (Count)
California Congressman Slams USPS for Lack of
Transparency on Mail Processing Facility Closures
- Huffman: “I am
frustrated at the Postal Service’s lack of
transparency throughout this process, disregard for
public input, and ambivalence to the impacts reduced
service standards will have on local communities
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USPS in Utah to hire 360 holiday temp employees and 40 city carrier
assistants
In the
coming weeks the U.S. Postal Service will hire approximately 400 employees to
work at select Utah Post Offices; 360 of the positions are temporary for the
holidays only, and 40 are year-long appointments.
USPS hiring holiday help in Indiana
USPS expanding market test on grocery delivery
services
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. The
Postal Service may also test other customized delivery windows as part of this
market test Comments (Count)
APWU: Teachers Union to Staples CEO: We’re Not Buying
Video: Senator Carper Addresses Senate on Importance of Postal Reform
Batman stamp issue to debut Oct. 9 in New York City
US Virgin Islands Postal Clerk Convicted of
Embezzling $30,000 from USPS
September 23, 2014
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 . This MOU allows the Postal Service to begin hiring
retired employees that wish to work during the upcoming four week December
period NALC and USPS agree to new joint route adjustment process
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Video: USPS issue with customer’s priority flat rate
envelope
Customer claims she is within
guidelines of shipping flat rate envelope
OIG: USPS misclassified
$$$millions of operating expenses as
training
potentially impacting the Postal Service’s ability to make informed financial
decisions
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NLRB Orders USPS to Give APWU unredacted Info on HCR contractors
The Union, in the instant case, is entitled by
contract to recapture work that has been contracted out to HCR contractors if
that work can be performed for less in-house.
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Postal Rates in 2015 Could Rise or Fall -- or Do Both
Deadtree Edition - The 4.3% exigent increase that was
implemented in January is the source of the unusual uncertainty.
That surcharge is supposed to disappear after it yields the U.S.
Postal Service an additional $3.2 billion, presumably in
mid-2015.The three-judge panel considering an appeal of the
exigency case seems unlikely either to eliminate the rate hike
or to make it permanent, according to Stephen Kearney, executive
director of the Alliance for Nonprofit Mailers. But based on the
judges’ comments and questions during recent oral arguments, his
reading of the tea leaves foresees a decent chance the judges
will remand the case to the Postal Regulatory Commission with
orders to revise it. Comments (Count)
Wisconsin man charged after dispute with postal carrier over
postage due
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September 22, 2014
APWU Wins Major Victory on Staffing ‘POStPlan’ Post Offices
The ruling and MOU establish
a minimum of 3,000 new Level 6 career jobs in six-hour offices
and Level 18 offices. Positions in the six-hour offices must
be staffed with full-time employees. The ruling and MOU also
establish more than 6,000 new Level 6 non-career jobs in four-hour
offices, to be filled by Postal Support Employees (PSEs).
The union expects thousands of additional new career jobs
to be created as the process unfolds.
NAPUS: Decision is Reached on POStPlan
Arbitration
Clearly this will have an impact on PMRs in 4-hour RMPOs,
vacant 6-hour RMPOs and 6-hour Postmaster positions in the
future.
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NPMHU Challenges Planned Closures and Consolidations via National
Level Grievance The
National Postal Mail Handlers Union has initiated a Step 4
grievance concerning violations arising from the Postal Service's
plans to close or consolidate approximately 82 facilities
starting in January 2015. Comments
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NLRB adopts get-tough remedy for USPS
response to union information requests -The
NLRB adopted a get-tough remedy last week involving information
requests .
Cleveland USPS VMF manager gets 46 months
in prison for taking bribes
The former manager of the U.S.
Postal Service’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Cleveland
was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for taking cash
bribes in exchange for awarding business and contracts from
the Postal Service
USPS PS Form 3972, absence analysis,
revised to reflect 2015 leave year
USPS: New
Stamp ordering system deployed nationwide
Two Men Arrested After Picking Up 10-Pound
Package of Pot at Post Office
Wish we could return this Bronx post
office sale to sender
Postman gets six years for child molestation
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September 21, 2014
Congressman confirms, USPS denies closure
of downtown Texas post office
The U.S. Postal Service is planning
to shut down the Downtown Bryan Post Office due to declining
revenues, according to U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan, though
his offices were not made aware of a timeline.But officials
from Post Office Operations in Houston insist the office will
remain open for now.The supervisor asked to see the letter
given to The Eagle, and once handed to him refused to give
back the letter, despite being asked to do so by a reporter
twice. He also refused to give his name and title for the
record, though he was wearing a name tag that identified him
as Mark Kasner Comments
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FedEx warehouse workers in Canada join
union in North America first
71-year-old
part time postal worker not ready to quit working
Real
estate appraiser says community mailboxes decrease home value
Bountiful,
UT postal employee honored by postmaster general
September 20, 2014
Looks like Wilt Chamberlain is finally
getting his stamp
USPS seeks employees for holiday ad
campaign
Through Rain and Snow and Sleet, Should
Nonprofits Back Up the USPS?
Retiring postmaster will miss seeing
everyone
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September 19, 2014
Video: Houston Postal worker rescued
from flooded mail truck by co-worker
A letter carrier postal worker
was stuck inside a mail truck in the middle of an intersection,
with flood waters covering the tires of the vehicle and nearly
reaching the hood. While numerous drivers passed her by, a
fellow postal worker came to her aid. Comments
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Video: Union,
along with community protest USPS relocating Florence, SC
processing facility
-“Having to move
to Columbia and work and try to commute back to Florence would
just not be reasonable…that’s just too far,” mentioned Nate
Walker, State President for the American Postal Workers Union.
"If you are a veteran who gets their medicine through the
mail through the VA it's going to be delayed, if you are a
lawyer who gets his check through the mail, it's going to
be delayed. The Pee Dee deserves to get their mail on time
just like Charleston, Columbia and Greenville,” added Isaac
Nixon, President of the Florence APWU chapter.
California:
APWU protests USPS mail processing plant relocation from Industry
to Santa Ana
- The union members,
chanting that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe wanted to
“destroy” the postal service, said they came to send a message
to Donahoe, who they say was supposed to tour the facility
but canceled at the last minute.
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Video: OSHA citation upheld finding USPS at fault in Missouri
mailman’s heat death in 2012 -
“The court found that
the message to employees from top management down to supervisors
was clear –heat is not an excuse for poor performance. This
culture must change,” The Postal Service will pay a penalty
of $70,000. Comments
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Video: Postal worker shot with BB gun
in Southwest Philadelphia
Police say a female postal worker
was delivering mail when she was shot twice with a BB gun
in Southwest Philadelphia. Comments
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APWU: Maintenance Craft Defeats Improper
Excessing
The APWU and USPS settled an
important dispute, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer
has announced, stipulating that the Postal Service cannot
declare an installation “non-maintenance capable” and use
the designation to justify excessing Maintenance Craft employees
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Video: Fraud ring caught stealing from
mail boxes in Georgia
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September 18, 2014
McConnell, Whitfield, and Barr Meet with PMG to discuss consolidation
of Kentucky mail facilities -
U.S. Senate Republican Leader
Mitch McConnell (KY), joined Representatives Ed Whitfield
(KY-01) and Andy Barr (KY-06) today in meeting with Postmaster
General Patrick Donahoe to discuss important postal issues
related the consolidation of the mail processing facilities
in Lexington and Paducah
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Video: A Special Delivery for a Hero
Mail Carrier
On Wednesday, September 18th,Stephanie
Cooper, Eli – her one year old son, and Christopher Brown
–their mailman, join “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to talk about
how Christopher miraculously saved Eli’s life.
USPS Dispatching
‘Pink’ Vehicles to Help Sell One Billionth Breast Cancer Research
Stamp
- and to raise
awareness - Since its inception in 1998, the semi-postal BCR
stamp has raised more than $79 million for research from the
sale of 975 million stamps sold.
Getting your postal mail in the evening in West Seattle lately?
Here’s why
Last night, our U.S. Postal Service
mail arrived at 6:30 pm. A few nights earlier, it arrived
after 8 pm. Several WSB readers have e-mailed mentioning the
same thing, and wondering why they’re getting deliveries so
much later than before. Today, we have the answer.
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Louisiana Postal Employee busted for taking marijuana from
packages
A seven-year city letter carrier
is behind bars after narcotics agents caught him removing
a large amount of marijuana from packages at the post office.,
The agents also found multiple weapons and thousands in cash
at his home.
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Video: Everett, WA Mailman caught on
camera sideswiping car, driving off
For months an Everett, WA couple
have been tangled in government red tape until local TV got
involved and started to investigate.
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Video: A Special Delivery for a Hero
Mail Carrier
Postal Service cancels switch to cluster
mailboxes in Lead-Deadwood, SD
Man hits Postal truck with BB gun, claims
he was aiming for beer
Man upset about postage due faces disorderly
conduct charge
Historically Speaking: Waiting for the
mail
Ellen DeGeneres to honor postal hero
Chris Brown today
FedEx to
Increase Shipping Rates in January
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September 17, 2014
NAPS Update: USPS Plant Moratorium Misses
the Continuing Resolution Train
Hopes for a delay in the closure
of 82 mail processing plants dimmed this week as Congressional
lawmakers refrained from including the delay in a government
catchall spending bill. NAPS joined with NAPUS in urging the
PRC to reject USPS’s suggestion that the PRC, in assessing
USPS costs, regard employee benefits as unnecessary and only
required by law
(9/18/14)
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House resolution ignores provision addressing
USPS consolidation plan -Lawmakers
in the House debated the continuing resolution, which would
fund agencies and avoid a government shutdown until Dec. 11,
at length on Tuesday
NAPUS: USPS Strives to be Dominant Player
in the Package Business
Donahoe said the agency is making
good progress with its package business. He stressed the importance
of competitive pricing. “Our people do a great job delivering,”
he said. “We’ll be doing a lot of different things in the
package world, but that’s what the market demands. We want
to be ahead of it. We’ve got the network, people, product,
visibility—everything to be the dominant player in that area.
That will be our future.”
UPS hiring over 90,000 temp workers,
adding thousands of vehicles, aircraft for Holiday delivery
surge UPS faced
criticism last Christmas when a surge in online shopping and
a harsh winter caught the company off guard, leading to huge
delays that frustrated customers and ran up costs.
FedEx hiring more than 50,000 temporary
workers for holiday season
Video: Mail store
in Virginia leaves doors unlocked, letters and packages exposed
-Boxes of packages
and letters were in plain view of the strip mall’s busy sidewalk
off of Manchester Boulevard. Normally, you need a key to get
into a secure mailbox, but not on Tuesday.
NY firefighter starts trial for allegedly
racist road rage attack on postal worker
A Brooklyn judge is weighing
whether a 300-pound New York City firefighter is a racist
brute or merely a bully.
Kentucky Postal Worker Arrested for
Terroristic Threatening, Mail Theft, Menacing
- A U.S. Postal Service employee from Greenville has been
arrested for menacing, theft of mail matter and terroristic
threatening.
USPS tests Spanish-language greeting
cards
USPS: 2014 Holiday Shipping Dates
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September 16, 2014
Cold case: Man pleads guilty in 1992
D.C. murder of postal worker
Prosecutors say a man has pleaded
guilty to second-degree murder in the 1992 shooting death
of a DC mail carrier
USPS Network Rationalization 24-Hour
Mail Processing Plan
An overview of the new 24-hour
mail processing plan
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USPS one of top agencies with high reversal rates for dismissed
EEOC discrimination complaints
- In the equal employment
opportunity (EEO) process for federal employees and applicants
for federal employment, federal agencies initially process
complaints of employment discrimination. In doing so, agencies
may dismiss complaints without investigation on a variety
of procedural grounds
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NAPUS Works to Adjust to a Changing
Postal Environment
Report from NAPUS 2014 national
convention- The Postal Service is revamping Postmaster training.
It will include a classroom, face-to-face component.
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Court supervision ends for man who killed
postal worker in 2001
USPS recruiting more city carrier assistants
APWU: $686 Cost-of-Living Raise in Paychecks
Dated Sept. 26
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September 15, 2014
USPS OIG seek suppliers for conducting neuroscience research
The Office of the (OIG) of the
U.S. Postal Service is requesting information via Federal
Business Opportunities on suggested methodologies for conducting
neuroscience research to understand the human response to
and effectiveness of physical communications.
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APWU: Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee Appointed
With contract negotiations set
to begin early next year, APWU President Mark Dimondstein
has announced the names of union members who will serve on
the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee
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Farmington Post Office building gets
cleaned up, charges dropped against postmaster
PRC: Protecting the public's interest:
a model
Egypt's Suez Canal Stamp Features Panama
Canal Instead
US Postal Services Confront Ever-Deepening
Survival Abyss
St. Louis Mail Handlers
Local President found guilty of embezzling over $40,000
Deputy Postmaster General delivers
some answers about the postal service
Companies looking to same-day
shipping to gain market share
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September 14, 2014
UPDATED: USPS
notified APWU and Mail Handlers of its plan for involuntary
reassignments in January 2015
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Over 200 clerks
and mail handlers may be excessed in Pacific Area covering
California and Hawaii.
USPS notifies
Local APWU of its plan to involuntary reassign Postal Clerks
in January 2015
-" ...full-time
clerks are going to be involuntarily reassigned (Excessed)
from the craft and/or installation..."
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Residents say non-career postal carriers
deliver more panic than mail
Flores acknowledges delivery
failings because of reliance on backup carriers, not just
at the complex, but everywhere.The problem, he said, is that
the Postal Service has to hire non-career carriers to help
fill gaps in staffing. Mail is delivered six days a week,
but most carriers don’t work every day, he said. .
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Video: USPS police dodge charger gets
customized
Rate
Cut Has Shippers Switching To USPS
Man accused of flashing mail carrier
in New Orleans City Park
FOIA
request reveals sales for Inverted Jenny stamp fell well below
expectations
Massachusetts
letter carrier honored for rescuing truck driver in crash
Endangered
Species Semipostal Stamp Bill Headed to the President for
Signature
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September 13, 2014
Cherrybell
Post Office processing center to close in April
Kentucky postal worker sentenced to
prison on federal drug and theft charges
Boca Raton, FL Letter Carrier Charged
With Molesting Child
North
Carolina town bans curbside mailboxes in historic district
Woman
shoots at ex-boyfriend in Palestine post office
Alert
postal carrier credited with saving woman's life
Post
office finds woman's sister's remains
'Hooded
Bandit' bank robbery suspect embezzled $122K from USPS as
a window clerk in the '90s
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September 12, 2014
160 House Members Urge USPS Plant Closure Moratorium
A large
body of Members of the House of Representatives -- 160 strong
-- today called upon House appropriations leaders to include
in the stopgap funding bill a one-year moratorium on the closure
of the 82 mail processing facilities that are slated for consolidation
by USPS, beginning January 2015. The 82 plants are located
in 37 states.
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Did USPS forget to tell business customers
about switch to cluster mailboxes?
No next day delivery, or in this
case no mail delivery for months, to some business owners
in Old Town Bluffton. Concerned neighbors reached out to NEWS
3 to get some answers on why they haven’t received main since
June.
Video:
Postal customer spent 8 months trying to get his claim for
missing mail approved
OSHA announces new requirements for
reporting severe injuries
Video: Postal Inspector’s Office investigating
mysterious mailers
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September 11, 2014
Postal Unions and 21st Century Coalition
Send Joint Letter to Senate Committee
On
September 9, 2014, the NPMHU, APWU, NALC and NRLCA, along
with a business coalition that employs over 7.5 American workers
in the mailing industry, wrote a joint letter to the Senate
Appropriations Committee requesting that the Committee place
language in the appropriations bill freezing for one year
the USPS plan (January 2015) to consolidate or close 82 mail
processing plants.
Why can’t Congress get anything
done on postal reform?
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USPS COO says 66 per cent of overnight
delivery and service standards will be preserved
- “Our future network will preserve
approximately 66 percent of current overnight delivery volumes,
and Overnight Service Standards will remain available to commercial
mail properly prepared, containerized and entered by critical
entry times.”
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Video: Strangest Things Sent In The
Mail
Ripley
disqualified 26 items (mostly because the post office bagged
them as protection—complete with apology letters) = 13% of
total. "We want to give a lot of credit to the U.S. Postal
Service," Meyer said. "They delivered some very strange and
sometimes very fragile items a long way with a 99 percent
success rate."
Senator Casey Calls on PMG to Keep Erie, PA Mail Processing
Facility Open
Senator Bob Casey joined
the Erie City and County Councils in urging USPS to
keep Erie, PA Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF)
open. The Erie City Council passed a resolution last week
and the Erie County Council passed a similar resolution this
week in support of keeping the Erie P&DF open and fully operational.
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Senate hearing scheduled for reappointment
of USPS Board of Governors chairman-
Mickey D. Barnett, whose term expired December 8, 2013, is
the current chairman of the USPS Board of Governors. Barnett
was first appointed to the USPS Board of Governors by President
George W. Bush on Aug. 17, 2006.
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Drunk driver runs stop sign, hits postal
carrier in Tennessee
Postal vehicle overturns on loose gravel
IRS Can Now Withdraw Money from Your
TSP Account to Collect on Tax Debts
USPS Offering
Reward After Armed Robbery In Hartford
Pennsylvania
Postal Employee Charged with Stealing Cash, Gift Card from
Mail
Dog attacks mailman in Springfield
Where have
all the mailboxes gone?
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September 10, 2014
PMG Optimistic About Mailing Industry
Opportunities Amid Stronger Economic Conditions
- The Postal Service is currently enabling
a smarter delivery system through technology investments that
include geo-fencing — creating a digital address — for every
delivery location in America, and providing letter carriers
with greatly enhanced mobile delivery devices. These investments
provide better delivery accuracy and visibility, and enable
enhanced product and delivery offerings — such as package
redirect and Priority Mail features that include free insurance,
tracking and date-specified delivery.
APWU: PMG ‘Wanted’ in Salt Lake City
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KUTV Video: PMG Pat Donahoe talks about
future of the mail in Salt Lake City
Post Master General Patrick R.
Donahoe stopped by the studio to talk about the future of
mail and how Utah will play its part.
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USPS agrees to resume delivery to Brooklyn
residents with low mail slots
USPS officials apologized for
the unfortunate situation and guaranteed that the matter had
been resolved. They stated that mail would be delivered to
all residents in the community regardless of mail slot locations.
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Northrop Grumman Escapes False Claims
Act Suit Over Botched $874M USPS FSS Order
- A Virginia federal judge has agreed to dismiss a False Claims
Act suit accusing Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. of misleading
the U.S. Postal Service and failing to meet benchmarks in
delivering mail-sorting machines worth $874 million.
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Video: Arizona Postal worker saves woman
from flooded vehicle
Monday morning, as the US postal
carrier approached 17th & Treat, he saw it: a ferocious flood
carrying a car.
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OPM: Agencies can honor federal employees
with flag who died in line of duty
The Office of Personnel management
issued a final rule that will allow recognizing certain Federal
civilian employees who die of injuries incurred in connection
with their employment for their duty and sacrifice.
USPS Slashes Rates, But Can it Handle
the Surge?
UPS and FedEx Rate Hikes Threaten Free
Shipping and Lost Business
USPS: Postal facilities must fly Flags
at half-staff on Patriots Day to remember 9/11
Canyon Post Office on Slow Road to Closure
Inspectors say kids are buying synthetic
drugs online, receiving them by mail
Postal inspectors warn of 'mystery shopper
scam'
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September 09, 2014
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. The objective is to provide a new rolling chassis that
will seamlessly mate with the existing body while capturing
advances in vehicle technologies that have been developed
in the last 20 years maintaining the existing vehicle payload
requirement.
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Over 12,000 Post
Offices receiving new equipment to improve package scanning
- The Delivery
Sortation System (DSS) allows offices and other delivery units
to efficiently capture arrival at unit scans on packages,
and it tells the operator which route the package belongs
on.
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USPS stops delivering to Brooklyn residents because “mailbox
is not in guideline”
The residents were told
by their local carrier that the mail slots on their doors
were too low and that they would need new doors or be forced
to affix outside mailboxes on their homes or rails. The letter
from the post office said their "mailbox is not in guideline
of USPS."
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Grand Jury declines to indict Letter
Carrier charged with animal cruelty
A grand jury has declined to
indict a North Texas mail carrier charged with animal cruelty
after a pet dog on his route with injured and had to be euthanized.
Florida Rural Carrier Associate charged
in missing mail case
Alabama
rural carrier jailed after delivering mail under the influence
Ex-Idaho City Postmaster Pleads Guilty
to Theft
USPS Denies Insurance Claim for Damaged
Package
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September 08, 2014
One Map to Show Where USPS Will Cut
7,000 Jobs
A Government Executive analysis
of postal estimates show the consolidation plan will result
in a net job loss — jobs lost at each facility minus those
being relocated to existing plants — of 7,320.
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Carper, Coburn
Call on Senate Appropriations Committee to Oppose Proposed
Moratorium; Support Comprehensive Postal Reform
- Chairman of the
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Tom Carper
(D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) sent a letter
to Senate Appropriations Committee late Friday to caution
the Members about implementing a moratorium on postal facility
closures and urge support for the bipartisan, comprehensive
the Postal Reform Act of 2014, which was passed out of committee
earlier this year.
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USPS testing grocery deliveries in San
Francisco
The two-month test, which began
in August, is being conducted in San Francisco with Amazon.
Customers can order groceries through the Amazon Fresh service
and the Postal Service will deliver them early the next day,
between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m.
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Northern California
residents questioning USPS plan to move mail sorting to Oregon
- the roughly 100
people who showed up for a recent town hall meeting in Eureka,
CA thought the notion of Humboldt county mail being sorted
in Medford, and then being sent right back to Humboldt for
delivery, was not just inefficient but could have unforeseen
consequences.
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South Carolina Postal Worker’s 50-year
career wins stamp of approval
When Otis Barr first joined the
ranks of the U.S. Postal Service, ZIP codes were just a year
old, first-class stamps were 5 cents and he was earning $2.64
an hour as a part-time flexible clerk in manual operations.
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The Postal Service rolls the delivery
dice
Congress’s plan to get nothing done
Retirement Claims Backlog Dips in August
Mississippi father, son plead guilty
on charge of conspiracy to steal USPS
equipment
Photo: A picture-perfect Post Office
in Seaside, Florida
OIG: What
is the number one idea you have to raise USPS revenue?
Direct Mail
Remains Impactful
Inside the
Retirement Community for Mail Carriers
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September 07, 2014
USPS Graphic: City letter carriers returning
after 5 p.m.
This graphic covers the percentage
of city letter carriers returning after 5 p.m. nationwide
in FY 2014 (October to April)
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Video: USPS Package Delivery Fail
USPS cutting
rates to win e-commerce business
USPS's big
delivery edge: no parking tickets
Knightdale, NC preps for
switch to central mailboxes
AmazonFresh
tries using the US Postal Service to deliver its groceries
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September 06, 2014
Illinois Postal Workers save child from
sexual predator
Peoria, IL Branch 31 letter carrier
Cristy Perfetti, who has carried mail for 22 years, was returning
from her route one day in May of 2013. As she parked her truck
at the post office loading dock, she saw a disturbing scene.
A man was walking with a 10-year-old boy through the post
office parking lot, and the boy looked frightened and kept
looking in her direction.
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Postal Unions Hold Joint Webinar on
USPS Plant Consolidations
The four postal unions held a
joint webinar on Aug. 28 for union members at the 82 sites
where plants are scheduled for consolidation or closure beginning
in January 2015. The occasion marked the first time the four
unions have engaged in joint training at the national level.
More than
Half of Senate Now Backs Call to Stop USPS Consolidations
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Connecticut
Senators, APWU Denounce USPS Consolidations
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Man wanted $50 and police in attempted
robbery of North Carolina post office
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September 05, 2014
USPS workshare partner expanding to East Coast with lease
of 16,000 sq. ft mail center in Burlington, NJ
- ODMS is part of USPS's
Work Share Program, a program that provides mailers and presort
bureaus with significant discounts for preparing mail according
to strict USPS specifications. This involves physically trucking
the mail across the country to its nearest Network Distribution
Center (NDC) or Sectional Center Facility (SCF). This allows
the mail to bypass many of the postal processing facilities,
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One USPS Station
Manager pleads guilty, another Station Manager sentenced in
Bribe Scheme
- Former USPS Station
Manager pleaded guilty today to bribery in connection with
a scheme to obtain U.S. Postal Service contracts in exchange
for bribe payments. Another former USPS Station Manager was
sentenced to 20 months in prison for the same bribery scheme.
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Video: Mailman Parks In Handicap Spot
When a disabled Vietnam Vet was
trying to get to a chiropractor appointment. When he got to
the strip mall someone had already taken the handicap parking
spot. But it wasn't a person who needed it--it was a postal
worker picking up mail at The UPS Store.
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USPS update on Napa and Vallejo delivery
and retail operations
USPS to expand products eligible for
free Package Pickup on September 7th
Amazon, U.S.
mail test grocery deliveries around San Francisco
Heroic Greer
postman invited to appear on Ellen DeGeneres Show
Postal Places: A look at USPS places
across the country!
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September 04, 2014
USPS Commits to Maintain Service Hours
at 30 North Dakota Post Offices in the Bakken
- Senator John Hoeven today said
he has received a confirmation from Deputy Postmaster General
Ronald A. Stroman that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will
adhere to its commitment in April to maintain current service
hours at 30 post offices in the Bakken region that were going
to have their hours reduced.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Backs
Bid to Stop Postal Service Cuts
Reid
added his signature to those of 50 other senators who signed
a calling for a ban on Postal Service cuts as part of must-pass
legislation to keep the government running into the new fiscal
year that begins Oct. 1.
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Senator Finds Temporary Fix to Wainwright, AK Postal Problem,
Pushes for Permanent Solution
Now it's
52 Senators
unhappy with USPS-
In response to demands
from U.S. Senator Mark Begich, USPS is stationing a temporary
worker in Wainwright to re-open the local post office that
has been closed for two weeks, depriving Wainwright residents
of their regular deliveries of food, medicine, and mail. It
is outrageous that USPS did not have a plan in place to make
sure Wainwright’s post office remained open.”
Wainwright, Alaska: Life Without the
Post Office
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USPS to start
Sunday delivery of Amazon packages this week throughout California
- The U.S. Postal
Service will start Sunday home deliveries this week throughout
Northern California, thanks to a special deal with Amazon
[Financial terms of the Amazon/USPS partnership have not been
disclosed].
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Video: Frustrated
for years by mail carrier, woman posts video to Facebook and
gets results
- A Northland woman
says she was sick of trying to explain to people what she
went through every day with her mailman, so she decided to
record it.
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New USPS OIG poster encourages postal
employees to help with misconduct
USPS: Leased building to remedy Napa
mail delivery issues after earthquake
Home Video Captures Package Thief Stealing
Loot
Sister Act: Two NY Postmaster Reliefs
sentenced to probation for stealing USPS funds
USPS updates Publication 553, Employee’s
Guide to Understanding, Preventing, and Reporting Harassment
NALC: True cause of Postal Service challenges
September 03, 2014
Sen. Heitkamp
Blasts USPS for breaking promise to keep full hours at rural
Post Offices across North Dakota
- U.S. Senator
Heidi Heitkamp slammed the U.S. Postal Service after it went
back on its promise to keep more hours of operation at rural
post offices across North Dakota.Heitkamp today called on
the agency to reverse its destructive decision.
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USPS to introduce more options for customers
Greenville: USPS changing home delivery
methods
Man crashes car into post office
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September 02, 2014
USPS seeks End-to-End Travel credit card solution
USPS End-to-End Solution Requirements
include pre-trip approval, include mechanism where credit
card limits can be automatically raised/decreased based on
individual traveler's travel reservations
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USPS: Priority Mail price reductions
take effect Sept. 7
Priority Mail price reductions
will take effect Sept. 7. USPS will reduce Priority Mail rates
for high-volume mailers, as well as small businesses and others
who ship online, effective Sept. 7. The changes, which USPS
announced in July, are part of an ongoing push to attract
customers and boost the Postal Service’s package business.
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EEOC Issues New Guide to Help Federal
Agencies Advise Workers on Their Rights
Delaware Senator Says the Time is Now
For Action on Postal Reform
USPS Employment Levels Have Stabilized
No rain on their parade but labor worries remain
September 01, 2014
NY Fire Department Lieutenant charged in connection with mail
stolen from letter carrier at gunpoint
A Brockport, NY Fire Department
lieutenant is charged with theft of stolen mail, mail fraud,
theft of public money, forgery of endorsement of treasury
checks.... In 2013 a U.S. Postal Service carrier was robbed
at gunpoint while delivering mail to an apartment building
in Brooklyn, NY.
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CUPW: Canada Post $62 million profit
proves cuts are unnecessary
Canada Post’s latest profits
prove what postal workers have been saying all along: alternatives
to cutting postal service should not be dismissed.
First female
letter carrier of Hazelton, PA looks back at 35 year career
‘Snail
mail’ still kinda cool
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