Inmate Labor

Inmates to fix postal service transmissions "... inmates at the Pendleton Correctional Facility will repair the transmissions in a contract with Alabama-based Ready-Built Transmission. ..." [Reference: www.indystar.com]

Residents Attack Postal Carriers

[SAGINAW, Mich.] Postal Service Suspends Deliveries After Residents Attack Carriers "... "We've had rocks thrown at one of our vehicles, breaking the glass," said Sharon Adamczyk, secretary to Saginaw Postmaster Jacque S. Vican. "Our carriers get a lot of verbal abuse if they don't deliver [residents'] checks on the day they want it. "Out of each six-day work week, our carriers are hearing gunshots ..." [Reference: www.foxnews.com]

Need a Post Office Box? It's Only a Click Away

Finding a PO Box Only a Click Away "... U.S. Postal Service Post Office Boxes now can be found online at usps.com/poboxes. The new, online locator feature allows customers to find box availability, sizes and fees, as well as addresses, phone and fax numbers for each Post Office listed with available PO Boxes. ..."


[Reference] http://www.usps.com

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cocaine found in express mail package

2 Pounds Of Cocaine Found In Mail Package "... discovered in an express mail package in Polk County and a man was arrested after a postal inspector in Puerto Rico alerted authorities ..." [Reference: www.local6.com]

Need a Post Office?

Officials say post office process is long, complex "... That means a review by either the North Florida district office in Jacksonville or the postal officials in charge of the Southeast area, which encompasses Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. ..." [Reference: www.thevillagesdailysun.com]

[DeKalb County] Recent explosions in two mailboxes

Mailbox investigation continues "... A postal inspector out of Birmingham was in DeKalb County on Tuesday inspecting mailboxes. ..." [Reference: times-journal.com]

St. Paul and Eagan Postal Facilities

Postal facility's move from St. Paul to Eagan stalls again over plan for traffic light "... Last week, a tense comment at the end of an e-mail from a Postal Service official had city and county staff worried that the project was finished, and not in a good way. The subject was whether a traffic signal would be installed near the building's entrance at Gemini Road and Lexington Avenue by the time the new mail hub is completed in 2010 or 2011. ..." [Reference: www.twincities.com]

Priority Flat Rate Box

Larger USPS flat-rate box now available "... The box is 12 inches by 12 inches and is 5½ inches thick. It is 50 percent larger than the previous flat-rate box ..." [Reference: www.stripes.com]

Linus Pauling stamp

Linus Pauling stamp to be released next week
"... a 41-cent stamp honoring the only man to win two unshared Nobel Prizes. ..." [Reference: www.oregonlive.com]


To learn more about Linus Pauling visit wikipedia

Private Contractor Use of USPS Property

APWU Requests Investigation Of Private Contractors’ Use of USPS Property "... APWU President William Burrus has asked USPS Inspector General David Williams to conduct an audit of the postal practice of permitting subcontractors to park trucks and store equipment on USPS property free-of-charge. The practice raises USPS operating costs and defers potential revenue, Burrus charged in a Feb. 22 letter [PDF] to the Inspector General (IG). ..." [Reference: www.apwu.org]

TSP Customized Statements

Check Your Mail. Seriously. '... One feature of the customized statements will show how much money you've put into the TSP. That's something most people don't know ...' [Reference: www.federalnewsradio.com]

Ancient Postal System

City of David Dig Reveals Information on Ancient Postal System '... Wet sifting and sorting through the soil revealed three fragments of clay stamps used to seal letters ...' [Reference: www.israelnationalnews.com]

Postal Employee Donates $2.2 Million for Scholarships

Two Guilford Collge Grads Give $2.2 Million For Scholarships '... Frank Werner graduated from Guilford College in 1934. He was a postal worker for 34 years. Ava Werner graduated in 1933, and worked for Blue Bell. ...' [Reference: www.digtriad.com]

Stamp Machines in Pensacola

[Pensacola, Florida] Post offices replacing stamp machines '... U.S. Postal Service is replacing older, cash-only, stamp vending machines with new, automated kiosks — Automated Postal Centers. However, the only Automated Postal Center in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties is at the Nobles Station post office on Tippin Avenue in Pensacola ...' [Reference: www.pensacolanewsjournal.com]

Stamp Machines in Huntsville

[Huntsville, Alabama] No stamps in stamp machine frustrate Huntsvillians '... "I went to the one on Wynn Drive, the one on Mastin Lake, the one on Clinton Avenue, then the one on Governor's Drive, then the one on Whitesburg." ... The Post Office tells us they only have two people certified to work the machines, and one of them is out of commission too. ...' [Reference: www.waff.com]

Note: You can order stamps by phone or over the internet:

Buy Stamps On the Internet at: www.usps.com

Print Postage from Your PC at: stamps.com

Put your photo or your favorite photo on your stamps at: photo.stamps.com

Updated Mailhandler Pay Scale / Schedule

The National Postal Mail Handlers Union has posted an updated pay scale that includes the cost-of-living adjustments to be paid to all mail handlers under the 2006 National Agreement. The new wages are effective March 15, 2008, and will be reflected in paychecks on April 4, 2008 (PP 07-2008). The COLA of $479 equates to an increase of 23 cents per hour.

NEW Mail Handler Pay Schedule

Mail Underpayments

U.S. Postal Service Undercharged Countries for Mail '... If auditors hadn't caught the errors, the facility would have undercharged foreign agencies $12.5 million over two years, the report said. ...' [Reference: www.bloomberg.com]

The Sick Leave Debate

Mike Causey from Federal News Radio writes an excellent article on the "sick leave" debate that rages on in the Federal workforce: CSRS -v- FERS.

Sick Leave: Insurance or Entitlement?

Dothan, AL: Woman Embezzles Money form APWU

Dothan woman pleads guilty to embezzling money from union "... A former employee for a Dothan-based postal union pleaded guilty to embezzling almost $11,000 of the union's money. ..." [Reference: www.al.com]

2008 USPS CPI Increase / Mail Handler COLA / APWU COLA

2008 USPS CPI Increase / Mail Handler COLA / APWU COLA / postal cola

The upcoming Cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment for NPMHU and APWU represented postal employees will be $479 annually. This calculates to $.23c per hour, and is effective March 15, 2008 (reflected in the April 4, 2008 pay check).

Visit the APWU and NPMHU articles:

APWU

NPMHU