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USPS plant closures would halt under Keystone XL bill rider
"...The USPS inspector general says, in an Oct. 6 memo, that the Postal Service hasn't analyzed the impact of closing and consolidating processing plants or informed stakeholders of changes to the consolidation plan. ..."
Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow trying to stop closures that could slow down Michigan mail
"...The amendment she introduced and joined 12 other senators in authoring would also re-establish overnight delivery standards for first-class mail. ..."
USPS Delays Scheduled Consolidations at Many Facilities
"...When the U.S. Postal Service announced it would shutter 82 mail processing facilities in 2015, it planned to start closing many of the plants in January. But for at least 10 of the facilities, USPS has now moved back that timetable to April or later. ..."
U.S. Postal Service: Problems noted in rural areas
"...It happens to be the first invoice I pay every month, and according to my records, it had been mailed Jan. 2. In a phone call to the headquarters in Great Falls, they said they had received my check a day after they had mailed me the notice. Where had this check been for 10 days?..."
IG pushes USPS to create a more flexible workplace
"...the following efforts:
Establish annualized work hours, as opposed to a standard 40-hour workweek.
Create work or job sharing processes, allowing more collaboration between employees and the ability for some employees to cover absences of others.
Allow employes to self-schedule or trade shifts.
Establish a roster of supplemental employees, or recalled retirees, to be used during peak times of year and absences.
Allow employees to maintain reduced work hours in order to deal with issues in their personal life. ..."
"...Houston post office employees say they are not getting paid on time. It's happening at a Houston mail processing facility that has been the center of customer complaints about slow mail delivery. ..."
"...Charles Jackson and Kendrick Watkins were convicted in August of robbing the truck in Conley shortly before Christmas in 2013, the time of year when postal volume is at its highest. They conspired with a third defendant, former postal employee Latonya Evans, to plan the robbery; Evans gave Jackson and Watkins non-public information to help them commit the crime...."
Postal Service poised to begin controversial plant closures next week
"...The Postal Service said it could not complete the statutorily required analyses because it had not yet finalized its new processing guidelines, which will scale back delivery standards starting on Monday. The agency does not plan to update its impact studies before the consolidation plan begins, Ninivaggi said. ..."