"...Agents swarmed the small brick post office and searched the area around it. Crowds of people watched. People who live in Henning say the town's seen its share of crime, but never anything like this. “It's bad,” Caldwell said. “You hear about shootings all the time and crime all the time around Lauderdale County”..."
Monday, October 18, 2010
Henning Post Office Shooting Update 2 October 18
Postal Shooting Update
Two postal workers killed outside of Memphis Read our latest posts! .
"...In what appears to be an armed robbery, two postal employees have been shot and killed in a very small town just 50 miles north of Memphis. Authorities in Henning, TN were notified of a shooting..."
Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and others want Social Security Age rise
Republican Candidates Dive Into Social Security Crossfire With Calls for Reform Read our latest posts! .
"...Kentucky Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul was the latest to make waves when he said during a debate on "Fox News Sunday" that "there will have to be changes for the younger generation," specifically talking about the 55 and younger crowd. ..."
Post Office Shooting at Henning post office
"...Two people were killed this morning in a shooting at the post office in Henning, Tennessee...."
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Nalcrest Retirement Community
"...Nalcrest, the letter carriers' retirement community, is located in Central Florida just south of Route 60, midway between Tampa on the Gulf Coast and Vero Beach on the Atlantic Coast just east of Lake Wales. Nalcrest features 500 garden-style apartments..."
Cliff Guffey was elected the new president of the American Postal Workers Union
"...In balloting that ended Oct. 14, Cliff Guffey was elected the new president of the American Postal Workers Union, receiving 69 percent of the votes in a three-way race. Greg Bell garnered 75 percent of votes cast, to win the Vice Presidency.
Guffey, who has served as the APWU’s vice president since 2001, becomes the union’s fifth president.
Also claiming victory was Martha Shunn-King, for Director of Organization. William “Bill” Kaczor was re-elected Health Plan Director.
Rob Strunk won the race for Clerk Division Director, and Princella Vogel was elected Southern Region Coordinator in a three-way contest. Robert “Bob” Pritchard was re-elected Director of the Motor Vehicles Services Division, and Michael Foster was re-elected Assistant Director.
A total of 30 races for national office were contested in this year’s elections. ..."
Friday, October 15, 2010
Postal Service echoes Enron abuses
"...The need for reform at the top and a complete overhaul of the current USPS culture is evident when you look at the scandals revealed recently, including the Bob Bernstock scandal in July,..."
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
2010 APWU Contract Negotiations
"...Keep up with the 2010 APWU Contract Negotiations. ..."
Norman Oklahoma rocked by 4.3-magnitude earthquake
"...Norman, Oklahoma is the site of NCED which is a 72-acre, postal-owned site at 24th and Imhoff Road. It has just been reported that there has been a 4.3-magnitude earthquake in Norman, but officials said no significant damage or injuries have been reported..."
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Postal Service hiring temporary staff for Christmas holidays
"...work during the upcoming holiday mailing season hiring. Mail Handler positions are available at the following locations..."
Sunday, October 10, 2010
USPS Liabilities are a Colossal Sham
"...have nothing to do with USPS “operating expenses,” which include employee wages and benefits. The liabilities are a colossal sham, seized upon by postal management and by anti-worker congressmen who wish to erode the gains made by postal employees over 40 years of collective bargaining. ..."
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
APWU Members March For Good Jobs, Change in America
"... AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addressed the diverse crowd of nearly 200,000 working people, stressing the importance of committing to change in America.
“We come together today because America needs good jobs,” Trumka said. “Jobs that support families — all families. Jobs that give our young people paths of opportunity, not obstacles. Jobs that allow people to retire with dignity.”..."
Monday, October 4, 2010
PMG message to employees
"...Potter warned employees not to reach any conclusions about recent reports recommending closures and layoffs. “We’re going to meet payroll,” he said. “We’re going to live up to our contracts and pay our people.” However, he added it will be important for the Postal Service to negotiate provisions in new labor contracts that “provide us the tools that we need to successfully manage the business.”..."
Note: emphasis added by The Postal Newsgroup
Sunday, October 3, 2010
U.S. Postal Truck Slams into Home
"...The postal service told her the driver will be drug tested before he is allowed back on the road.
But Senst wants the postal truck taken away and her home patched up.
..."
Postmaster General Potter defends USPS paying full cost of Senior Executives health insurance premiums
Potter defends USPS health insurance policy Read our latest posts! .
"...“Postal managers do not get locality pay,” he said. “Postal managers only get raises..."
Thursday, September 30, 2010
US Postal Service Denied In Request To Raise Prices
"..."The Postal Service didn't make the case, didn't make the connection between the problems they suffered during the recession and the revenue they were requesting," the commission chairwoman, Ruth Goldway, told the Post. The request seemed more part of the USPS's 10-year business plan than an emergency request, she said...."
Madison County Postal Service employees indicted for theft
"...worked at contract unit in Huntsville, was indicted on a charge of theft of Postal Service funds exceeding $1,000, from Jan. 24, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2009, the U.S. Attorney's Office said...."
Congress declines to bail out Postal Service
"...According to an inspector general report released on Wednesday, USPS will be financially sustainable until volume dips below 100 billion pieces of mail. The agency can adapt to this decline by correcting overpayments to its pension funds..."
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Gohmert letter blasts USPS for study on Lufkin processing plant
"...U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert, in a letter to the U.S. Postal Service, called a study the department plans on the Lufkin mail processing plant "rigged" and a "disturbing proposal...."
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Warning: Union revolution is next
"...Charles Breedlove, 56, of Huntsville, Ala. rallies with American Postal Worker Union members in Detroit to protest..."
This Article is From: www.csmonitor.com
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
Collect Postmarks
"Collect postmarks from across the country."
This Article is From: www.usps.com
Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation (POST) Act of 2010
An attempt to lower working class wages?
"...arbitrators have awarded postal employees what they believe are comparable pay and benefits without taking the Postal Service's financial condition into account. Recognizing that this situation cannot continue in a world where the Postal Service operates under a rate cap and faces stiffer competition from electronic communication, the bill requires arbitrators to take the Postal Service's financial condition into account along with other factors such as the comparability requirement and the details of the rate system. ..."
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"...arbitrators have awarded postal employees what they believe are comparable pay and benefits without taking the Postal Service's financial condition into account. Recognizing that this situation cannot continue in a world where the Postal Service operates under a rate cap and faces stiffer competition from electronic communication, the bill requires arbitrators to take the Postal Service's financial condition into account along with other factors such as the comparability requirement and the details of the rate system. ..."
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Who was the first Postmaster General?
"...Postal service in the United States was greatly influenced by Benjamin Franklin who was appointed Postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737, Joint Postmaster General of the colonies for the Crown in 1753, and Postmaster for the United Colonies in 1775. Through Franklin's efforts, the length of time for mail service between major cities in the colonies was cut in half. ..."
USPS announces restructuring of Maintenance
"...the new Maintenance structure. There will be an opportunity to those eligible to apply for a VERA to take a VERA with an effective date at the end of 2010. The application process for obtaining a Maintenance position throughout the restructuring will be limited to EAS employees only. No craft employees will be allowed to apply for Maintenance positions until the restructuring is completed in December, 2010. ..."
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Hearing on postal consolidation set for Monday
"...An area mail processing feasibility study in Huntington started earlier this summer and was completed earlier this month. Several dozen employees could be transferred to other post offices, including the one in Charleston that has nearly 200 employees...."
Saturday, September 18, 2010
100 year old postal worker is not retiring
"...He has been working at the Lexington Park Postal Office since 1970. He's still at it six days a week at least five hours a day. ..."
Postal Service challenges OSHA citations at Portsmouth facility
"...Officials say inspectors found untrained or inadequately trained employees at the distribution center performing troubleshooting and voltage testing on or near live electrical equipment and wiring that had not first been de-energized. ..."
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Several postal service uniforms stolen, beware of impostors
"..."Postal employees should be maintain tight security for Postal facilities and monitor those entering any building, challenging unknown entrants for proper ID," said Postal Inspection Service Public Information Officer Justin Crooks. "This theft is a misdemeanor, but using the uniforms to perpetrate a crime would be a federal offense..."
Sunday, September 12, 2010
A look back: Postal chief calls agency 'critical'
This is a 'look back' to an Associated Press article dated March 26, 2009. Read our latest posts! .
"...The only lingering question, Potter told a House subcommittee, is which bills will get paid and which will not. He said ensuring the payment of workers' salaries comes first. But Potter also said other bills may have to wait...."
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Maintenance Changes and Early Retirements
"...There will be an opportunity to those eligible to apply for a VERA to take a VERA with an effective date at the end of 2010.
The application process for obtaining a Maintenance position throughout the restructuring will be limited to EAS employees only. No craft employees will be allowed to apply for Maintenance positions until the restructuring is completed in December, 2010. All applications for positions must go through eCareer for processing – even laterals. ..."
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...."
Saturday, August 28, 2010
North Pole Postmark ...just around the corner!
...it's just around the corner! Get your North Pole Postmark for your Santa letters early. Start that shopping now! "...source for Santa Claus letters for kids, postmarks from Santa at the North Pole for you letters from Santa, and it's all free to copy and print. Get your Santa postmark now...."
Friday, August 27, 2010
OSHA Fines USPS For Safety Violations at Kansas City BMC
"...The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the Postal Service $191,000 in fines for exposing employees to serious and repeat safety hazards at the Bulk Mail Center (BMC) in Kansas City, KS...."
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...."
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
USPS Moving to Implement Energy-efficient Lighting
"...The USPS currently has LEED-certified post offices in Denver, Colo. and Southampton, N.Y., as well as mail processing centers in Greenville, S.C. and Troy, Mich. Other green building initiatives include implementing energy-efficient lighting and HVAC as well as solar photovoltaic systems and fuel cells...."
Fight Against Subcontracting Takes Center Stage at MVS Conference
"...Subcontracting will be a topic of discussion when contract negotiations get underway next month, and will affect both drivers and mechanics, Pritchard said. The union’s goal will be to keep work in-house.
“The Postal Service is refusing to hire,” he noted. “We have always maintained that we give them a better product for less.”..."
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
APWU Convention and Contract Update
"...Burrus reminded delegates that the next round of contract negotiations is set to begin just days after the conclusion of the convention, and said the union’s goals are to restrict excessing, gain access to information from the Postal Service without cost, win more opportunities for upward mobility, limit subcontracting, and increase wages.
While 2010 bargaining will be difficult, Burrus assured delegates that the union expects to achieve more gains in these negotiations.
“We expect a contract that adequately rewards members for maintaining the best postal system in the world.”..."
Monday, August 23, 2010
Salvatore Bagarozzi Mailman Dealing Drugs, Says USPS
"...Accused of selling crack cocaine on his route, Bagarozzi..."
U. S. Postal Service Up To $4.2 million in OSHA Safety Violation Fines?
"...The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) slammed the Postal Service with $350,000 in fines for exposing employees to electrical safety hazards at the Portsmouth, NH Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC)...."
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Boycott on“Voice of the Employee” Surveys
"... The APWU is asking union members to boycott USPS “Voice of the Employee” surveys in order to prevent management from manipulating the results to undercut the union during upcoming contract negotiations.
The results of the survey are likely to be misrepresented by the Postal Service in an effort to reduce employee wages and benefits, APWU Director of Industrial Relations Greg Bell wrote in an Aug. 6 letter to local and state union presidents...."
Monday, August 16, 2010
Fire Destroys Healdsburg’s Post Office Annex
Fire Destroys Healdsburg’s Post Office Annex Article Title: Fire destroys downtown landmark Article Snip: Lead and asbestos filled smoke scorched the air in an acrid lung-piercing plume as firefighters worked to contain the blaze to the United States Postal Service lot. Reference: yourtown.pressdemocrat.com
Friday, August 6, 2010
OSHA fines USPS $3.7 million plus
"...withdraw flawed management orders and instructions regarding safe electrical work practices. “The Department of Labor motion to consolidate the cases would merge these similar complaints so that the result of any litigation or, settlement discussions would be applied to every postal facility where APWU members are exposed to electrical hazards,” said Greg Bell, APWU Director of Industrial Relations. “It would provide a uniform remedy and prevent the Postal Service and OSHA from negotiating separate, individual settlements at different locations.”..."
Post Office Loses $3.5 Billion
"...relief may come with the proposed price increase for mail delivery requested in July, which would raise the price of a first-class stamp from 44 cents to 46 cents. The post office says the proposed increase, which would go into affect on Jan. 2, 2011, would raise $2.3 billion during its first nine months...."
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Major Mailers Make Billions, But Demand Postal Worker Pay Cuts
"... In their ongoing effort to shift wealth to the richest Americans...continually attack the pay and benefits earned by average workers. Over the past 20 years, the transfer of wealth has been dramatic. Despite significant increases in productivity, workers’ real wages have declined, while salaries, bonuses, dividends and “golden parachutes” for executives have skyrocketed.A recent glaring example was the demand that auto workers agree to lower their wages — which were established over 50 years of often turbulent struggle..."
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Bond denied for suspect in Atlanta postal stabbing
"...A man charged with stabbing a supervisor at a bulk mail center has been denied bond. ..."
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