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Final U.S. Department Of Labor FMLA Regulations

postal — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:51:17 +0000

Press Release U.S. Department of Labor final rule will expand FMLA for military families and clarify rules for workers and employers Final rule brings two-year public process to close with common...

USPS Reports $2.8 Billion Year-End Loss

postal — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:12:33 +0000

DECLINING MAIL VOLUME CITED The Postal Service concluded fiscal year 2008 with a net loss of $2.8 billion as the national economic slowdown lowered mail volume and as the Postal Service bore...

USPS Seeking Vendor to Replace Manual Distribution

postal — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:10:24 +0000

Residual Mail Processing Sources Sought The United States Postal Service (USPS) is seeking to obtain information on potential strategic sources for developing, acquiring, and managing a system to...

A News Story Reporting 40,000 Postal Employees Will Face Layoffs Is Not True

postal — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:57:00 +0000

Press Release from the US Postal Service Statement of Gerald J. McKiernan Manager, Media Relations, USPS A news story currently in wide circulation is reporting that the Postal Service will soon...

Chicago Postal Managers Meeting On FSS, Pay Freeze, VER

postal — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:59:42 +0000

This is what was discussed at a meeting of all District Managers and Plant Managers held in Chicago last week: 7000 to 9000 routes have to be removed in FY 09. Two rate increases in FY 09 packages...

Two Massachusetts Postal Workers Charged With Selling Drugs At Work

postal — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:56:47 +0000

Postal Workers assigned to Dorchester GMF and Somerville Post Office (November 6, 2008) BOSTON, MA - Two current United States Postal Service employees were charged last week in federal court with...

Presidential Elections Have Postal Consequences

postal — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:56:11 +0000

From National Association of Postmasters of the US (NAPUS) e-newsletter Among the new appointments that President-elect Obama will make is the Chairmanship of PRC. Although current Chairman Dan...

Letter Carriers President Responds to Florida Republican’s “Stealing Votes” Claims

postal — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:32:26 +0000

NALC responds to Florida Republican’s “stealing votes” claims NALC President Bill Young sent a letter to the Republican Party of Broward County, Florida, angered over groundless...

Minutes of Meeting Between USPS HQ and Postal Management Associations

postal — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:34:18 +0000

Meeting at USPS Headquarters NAPS/NAPUS & League October 30, 2008 - 12:30 p.m. For the Management Associations: Ted Keating, President, NAPS Dale Goff, President, NAPUS Charley Mapa,...

Postmasters League President Speaks Out On Pay Raises

postal — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:02:35 +0000

Update NAPS and Postmaster Organizations Say “No” to Pay Concessions Postmaster, Supervisor Groups Reject Pay Freeze (PDF) we cannot agree to either forego or defer the upcoming NPA payouts...

Craft Jurisdiction for Flat Sequencing System (FSS) Awarded To Postal Mail Handlers

postal — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:45:37 +0000

Letter sent out by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union October 28, 2008 To: All Local Union Presidents All National RI-399 Advocates From: John F. Hegarty, National President William J. Flynn,...

USPS Considering Leasing Out Postal Store Space

postal — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:10:47 +0000

or Selling Office Products OBJECTIVES OF RFI Identify opportunities for USPS to leverage its retail infrastructure to generate income by 1) Leasing Postal Store space to companies which sell office...

The Two Tour Initiative At Trenton Postal Processing Center

postal — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:30:30 +0000

On October 24, 2008, the Trenton Local met with management about two-tour consolidation. Management presented to the union their plan to become a two tour-processing center. The first round will be...

USPS Headquarters To Reduce Complement

postal — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:07:21 +0000

USPS is facing one of the most difficult challenges in its history. There has been a continual decline in First-Class Mail volumes over the past decade. The current economic downturn has led to an...

USPS And APWU Reach Tentative Agreement On Four-Day Workweeks

postal — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:29:57 +0000

The APWU and the Postal Service have been meeting periodically at the headquarters level and have finally reached a tentative agreement on a method that will allow for locally-negotiated four-day...

PMG Names Replacement For USPS Chief Inspector Under Investigation

postal — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:14:11 +0000

FORMER DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL TO ACT AS USPS INSPECTION SERVICE HEAD PMG Jack Potter has announced the appointment of William Gilligan as Acting Chief Postal Inspector to replace Chief Postal...

Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Making Threats Against Supervisor

postal — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:50:16 +0000

Press Release United States Department of Justice Acting United States Attorney Julia C. Dudley announced today that Samuel Davis Kemp, age 59, of Roanoke, pled guilty Thursday in the United States...

NALC President Young Assails GOP Ad Suggesting Carriers Are Possible Sexual Predators

postal — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:02:04 +0000

The head of the 302,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers today assailed a television ad attacking Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire that suggests that U.S. Postal Service letter carriers...

Postal Service Issues Report on Universal Service Obligation and Postal Monopoly

postal — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:10:23 +0000

USPS Press Release Postal Service Committed to Continued Affordable Universal Service The Postal Service today submitted a report to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on its position related to...

USPS Wants Commercial Outdoor Advertising On Its Property

postal — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:04:32 +0000

From USPS notice posted on Federal Biz Opportunities: The USPS owns or leases approximately 35,000 properties and facilities throughout the United States that it wishes maximize the value of by...