IG says Postal Service needs to use social media to improve customer engagement

USPS could better utilize social media to improve customer service, IG says

Postal news blog

"...The Postal Service could better engage customers by utilizing blogs and other social media and analyzing customer comments..."    
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Patriots protesting sale of their post office warned ...

Berkeley: Post office warns protest campers

"..."Our plan is to stay here in direct defense of the post office," said retired postal worker David Welsh, who has camped on the steps since July 24. "We're saying this is our public commons. It belongs to the people and should not be sold off to private interests."..."    

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Postal bill would put postal retirees in Medicare plans instead of current Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP)

Pension, health care changes key to Senate postal reform plan

"...A new health plan would be created to address the needs of retirees enrolled in Medicare parts A and B. Some of these employees now pay for full Medicare and Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP) coverage. Those postal retirees not enrolled in Medicare would be able to do so without being penalized. ..."    

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Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause [Wikipedia]

Postal Clause

"...The Clause has been construed to give Congress the enumerated power to designate mail routes and construct or designate post offices, with the implied authority to carry, deliver, and regulate the mails of the United States as a whole. An early controversy was whether Congress had the power to actually build post roads and post offices, or merely designate which lands and roads were to be used for this purpose, and to what extent that power could be delegated to the Postmaster General.[5] The U.S. Supreme Court construed the power narrowly during the early part of the 19th century, holding that the power consisted mostly of designation of roads and sites, but gradually gave way later on, allowing appropriation of land for postal purposes.[..."    

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Postal Service delivery slowing as mail distribution plants closed and consolidated

USPS addresses delivery complaints

"...After the closure of the East Texas Processing and Distribution Center near Tyler, bulk mailers began reporting the loss of customers related to slow delivery times on time-sensitive material like newspapers and advertisements...."    

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Postal Service offers NFC discounts to marketers

USPS offers NFC discounts

"...Postal Service is offering marketers a 2% discount if they incorporate NFC, 2D barcodes or augmented reality in their direct mail campaigns..."    

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Issa bill to prohibit negotiating protections against layoffs for postal workers and much more

Oversight Panel Approves Postal Reform Bill Ending Saturday Delivery

"...the revised version would prohibit postal unions and management from negotiating protections against layoffs in future contracts; increase health insurance costs; limit collective-bargaining rights; close post offices, stations, and branches; consolidate plants; and privatize operations...."    

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An Outrage!! Postal Service wants to move mail delivery to 'Cluster Boxes'

GOP's Issa, US Postal Service Plan End to Home Delivery "...the agency is working toward a more "centralized delivery" approach in which residents pick up their mail from a mailbox at the curb or at clusters of mailboxes within their neighborhoods...."    
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Postal Service reorganization causing overtime to soar

Audit criticizes $65,000-plus in overtime for 7 Iowa postal workers

"...the use of overtime at the Urbandale facility as necessary to meet an increased workload created by the Postal Service’s ongoing reorganization...."    

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Royal Mail workers union rejects 8.6 per cent pay offer

Royal Mail union rejects 8.6% pay deal 'laden with conditions'

"..."Only a year ago the government and Moya Greene promised postal workers that their pensions were secure - now they have reneged on their promise and postal workers' pensions are again under attack. For the company to present this as some kind of benefit linked to a pay offer is scandalous. This is daylight robbery of a further £2 billion of pension scheme assets being used to subsidise privatisation.”..."    

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Cummings’ bill would grant USPS authority to offer buyout incentives

House Democrat’s New Postal Reform Bill Finds Some Common Ground

"...Cummings’ bill would also grant USPS the authority to offer buyout incentives through 2016 -- providing voluntarily separated employees with $25,000 or an extra one-to-two years of credited service...."    

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Siemens postal machines unit bidders line up

Bidders line up for Siemens postal machines unit: sources

"...The postal operation, which counts the U.S. Postal Service and Deutsche Post among its customers, has benefited from the growing number of consumers shifting to internet shopping...."    

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