"...a completely integrated national network that picks up, sorts and delivers packages directly to U.S. Postal Service facilities for final delivery to residences. The affordable rate structure allows retailers to offer discounted shipping to customers during the holidays and beyond. ..."
Showing posts with label "Postal Service". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Postal Service". Show all posts
Friday, November 12, 2010
FedEx SmartPost to Drive Busiest Day in FedEx History
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Postal Service slow in delivering ballots
"...Kimsey said he personally visited the postal service’s Mount Hood Distribution Center in Portland on Monday and met with its manager to find out what was causing the lag in ballot deliveries. “It was explained to me that the post office has reduced its processing capabilities,” he said. “The post office is struggling...."
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Netflix
"...Reed Hastings founded Netflix on the idea that using the U.S. Postal Service to deliver rented DVDs would be a superior business model. Critics scoffed, but Reed was right. Today, with more than 12.3 million subscribers, Netflix is the biggest company in the business...."
This Article is From: www.cabot.net
Sunday, August 29, 2010
President Obama: Why Are You Allowing Your Postmaster General to Run a Plantation?
"...the postal service is routinely falsifying employee clock rings, subjecting its employees to harassment, intimidation, and abuse, and forcing many of its employees to work between four and six hours a day without pay. Then, even though the Inspector General has documentation of the commission of a federal crimes in hand, the perpetrators are being allowed to walk away with impunity, and even promoted...."
Friday, August 27, 2010
Postal Service sees $764M July loss
"...Mail volume was up 0.9% year over year to 13.8 billion pieces. Of that, 13.7 billion pieces were handled by the USPS' mailing services unit...."
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Connolly: U.S. Postal Service in a death spiral
"..."instead of reducing service from six to five days a week, the Postal Service ought to be looking at a 24-hour model like the competition," Connolly said.
He said looking at creative ways of expanding customer service is how USPS will be able to stay competitive. ..."
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Shelter Animal stamps no longer rare
"..."All Huntsville Post Offices have (animal stamp) supplies in stock," Joseph Breckenridge of the U.S. Postal Service communications department for Alabama and the Florida panhandle wrote in an e-mail. "The stamps were flying out the door, but supply has now caught up with demand." ..."
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Unions, Management Reach Settlement of Unions’ Privacy Lawsuit
"...In accordance with the agreement, the Postal Service and its agents must present a “HIPAA letter” to healthcare providers before asking them to disclose any health information about employees. The letter must include a description of the information sought and a statement demonstrating how it is relevant to a legitimate law enforcement inquiry. The letter also must instruct healthcare providers to provide only information that is relevant to the investigation of the employee’s alleged violations of law...."
Thursday, April 1, 2010
USPS to investigate hiring of Greenfield postman who is a known sex offender
"...Postal Service will also look into Lamberson’s hiring. Ruiz said the Postal Service conducts “rigorous” background ..."
This Article is From: www.thecalifornian.com
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Is Congress Biting the Postman?
"...the Postal Service has been scaling back its workforce more than proportionately to the decline in mail volume ..."
This Article is From: employment-assistance.blogspot.com
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
U.S. postal rates are inconsistent
"...The Postal Service wants to cut back, yet it allows companies like National Grid to pay 33 cents for postage. (I received my bill today. National Grid charged 53 cents for billing, yet paid 33 cents to send it.)..."
This Article is From: www.timesunion.com
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Postal Service Unions Attempt to Reduce Mailing Costs
"...Because workshare discounts are a joke, as president of the APWU, I can extend the following offer: APWU members will perform all mail sortation for .01 less than the discounted rate of 10.5 cents major mailers enjoy for performing a small portion of the process. The USPS will save money, and every APWU-represented mail processor can benefit from a modest raise. ..."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
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USPS blocks gift to Haitian-born postman
"... "Never, ever, did we dream we'd run into an issue with the postal service telling us we can't take up a collection and give it to him, " said Keller Taylor of Solebury Township. "Everybody was outraged."
"The postal service has some ethics rules, and we're not allowed to accept cash ..."
This Article is From: abclocal.go.com
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
OIG, USPIS Launch Workers' Comp Fraud Initiative
"...this initiative is an opportunity for the OIG and the Inspection Service to collaborate and focus on protecting the integrity and financial health of the Postal Service.
If you know someone who is defrauding the Postal Service, contact the OIG at 1-888-USPS-OIG or at www.uspsoig.gov...."
This Article is From: liteblue.usps.gov
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Postal service retreats ... Marines, Beanie Babies team up
"...Among the criticisms: the word "munitions" was overly broad; the ban would violate the Constitution's Second Amendment; the postal service lacked the legal authority to issue such a ban; and there wasn't a big enough problem to even worry about...."
This Article is From: www.timesrecordnews.com
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Friday, January 8, 2010
U.S. Postal Service to honor carrier who helped save 10-yr-old boy trapped beneath car
"...Christopher H. Leipert, who has worked since May as a temporary mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service office at 1300 Cumberland in Saginaw, has responded humbly..."
This Article is From: www.mlive.com
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Postal Service considers closing local mail processing center, consolidating work in Macon
Eight jobs would be lost in Columbus processing center
This Article is From: www.ledger-enquirer.com
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"...the Postal Service decided to close out a similar facility in Athens and move the work to a metro Atlanta facility. The agency is also studying whether it should close an outgoing mail facility in Atlanta itself, which could also move to the metro Atlanta site...."
This Article is From: www.ledger-enquirer.com
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Postal deficit may lead to less delivery
"...So what is the postal service to do? The biggest change coming could be in Saturday delivery. The agency is planning to ask Congress to let it stop running mail routes six days a week. Donahoe says that could save $3.5 billion each year...."
This Article is From: marketplace.publicradio.org
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
If we are attacked by biological weapons — the Post Office will come to the rescue
"...Postal Service in charge of delivering drugs and other medical supplies required for surviving the attack...."
This Article is From: www.examiner.com
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Pittsfield Mail Concerns Return to sender Trying to get answers from Postal Service frustrating
"...the reputation of the Postal Service -- traditionally one of the most reliable and trustworthy institutions in the land -- continues to come under fire from critics who are unhappy with allegedly sluggish, hit-or-miss service bordering on indifference. ..."
This Article is From: www.berkshireeagle.com
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