"...Plus, Williams said the group works well together, making for a good work place. "My biggest worry as a supervisor is just making sure that they get paid," he said...."
This Article is From: www.thespectrum.com
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Hurricane postal clerks deliver
This Article is From: www.thespectrum.com
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USPS OFFERS ROMANTIC POSTMARKS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
"...there’s still time to add a little extra love to those Valentine cards or letters. ..."
This Article is From: liteblue.usps.gov
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Obama Moves to Reverse Bush’s Labor Policies
Obama Moves to Reverse Bush’s Labor Policies
"... Future monthly meetings will be held across the country to discuss the mundane but essential concerns of working people like child care, workplace safety and retirement security, the vice president said. The administration has set up a Web site, AStrongMiddleClass.gov, that Mr. Biden said would tell people what their government was doing and invite them to share their thoughts...."
Article Reference Source: www.nytimes.com
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"... Future monthly meetings will be held across the country to discuss the mundane but essential concerns of working people like child care, workplace safety and retirement security, the vice president said. The administration has set up a Web site, AStrongMiddleClass.gov, that Mr. Biden said would tell people what their government was doing and invite them to share their thoughts...."
Article Reference Source: www.nytimes.com
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Postal Service Considers Reduced Service
"...The most likely days to be cut would be Saturday or Tuesday. Recent studies by the Postal Service showed Tuesday as a light mail day...."
This Article is From: www.msnbc.msn.com
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
USPS proposes to cut Tuesday delivery?
Postal Services Proposes To Deliver Mail Only Five Days A Week
This Article is From: www.msnbc.msn.com
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"...Saturday would seem like the obvious choice, but apparently, Tuesday is typically the lightest delivery day of the week. If choosing Tuesday would impact customers the least, that would most likely be the day that is cut...."
This Article is From: www.msnbc.msn.com
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Postal Announcement, Big Meeting ...No, it's a Hearing on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on the U.S. Postal Service
"...The rumors of a big meeting/announcement have been floating around the internet for a couple of weeks now. Those rumors have come to fruition as of today. The hearing is set to examine how the current financial crisis is hurting business at the U.S. Postal Service,..."
This Article is From: postal-edaily.blogspot.com
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Postal Hearing
The following links relate to today's Hearing and the future of the Postal Service. You must read carefully and completely to understand the dynamics of the situation in full.
STATEMENT OF POSTMASTER GENERAL/CEO JOHN E. POTTER BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, FEDERAL SERVICES AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE JANUARY 28, 2009
"...Contracts with the two unions that alone represent almost 75 percent of our 652,000 career employees – the American Postal Workers Union and the National Association of Letter Carriers – do not expire until late 2010 and late 2011. We cannot wait until then to address what are pressing needs today. So I am proposing to union leadership that we begin talks now to create needed levels of workforce flexibility. ..."
Article Reference Source: www.intelisent.com
Key Points Made By Witnesses before the
Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security "... Senator Susan Collins:
* Enactment of PAEA was an arduous process.
* We need to continue the nation's universal postal services. Mail is still a key part of the nation's economic infrastructure.
* The current recession has placed the Postal Service back on the congressional agenda.
* The question has been raised as to whether the Postal Service is trying to use this crisis as a way of pulling away from PAEA.
* The PAEA retiree payments were a key part of the negotiating to make PAEA possible.
* A rwo-year reprieve is doable. Beyond two years make take too much pressure off the USPS to respond to its other challenges.
* GAO has been disappointed with the USPS' responses. GAO expressed frustration with the USPS' lack of transparency.
* Very disappointed that the proposed solution is the elimination of the six-day a week delivery requirement. Service cutbacks also can impact mail volume adversely.
* Already received many complaints from publishers in Maine. Service has been compromised.
* I don't know how you can ask for relief while proposing cutbacks in service that could precipitate further losses.
* I'm very concerned about the lack of the Postal Service's financial transparency. You're coming to Congress for relief with the needed transparency. This is unacceptable.
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Article Reference Source: www.postcom.org
Video: Title: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the U.S. Postal Service
"... U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security ..."
Article Reference Source: hsgac.senate.gov
Area offices to reduce staffing levels
"... With this action, complement at Area Offices has been reduced – some vacant positions have been eliminated, while other occupied positions are impacted. Starting this week, employees occupying impacted positions will be notified and given information and guidance...."
Article Reference Source: www.postalnewsblog.com
"...Contracts with the two unions that alone represent almost 75 percent of our 652,000 career employees – the American Postal Workers Union and the National Association of Letter Carriers – do not expire until late 2010 and late 2011. We cannot wait until then to address what are pressing needs today. So I am proposing to union leadership that we begin talks now to create needed levels of workforce flexibility. ..."
Article Reference Source: www.intelisent.com
Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security "... Senator Susan Collins:
* Enactment of PAEA was an arduous process.
* We need to continue the nation's universal postal services. Mail is still a key part of the nation's economic infrastructure.
* The current recession has placed the Postal Service back on the congressional agenda.
* The question has been raised as to whether the Postal Service is trying to use this crisis as a way of pulling away from PAEA.
* The PAEA retiree payments were a key part of the negotiating to make PAEA possible.
* A rwo-year reprieve is doable. Beyond two years make take too much pressure off the USPS to respond to its other challenges.
* GAO has been disappointed with the USPS' responses. GAO expressed frustration with the USPS' lack of transparency.
* Very disappointed that the proposed solution is the elimination of the six-day a week delivery requirement. Service cutbacks also can impact mail volume adversely.
* Already received many complaints from publishers in Maine. Service has been compromised.
* I don't know how you can ask for relief while proposing cutbacks in service that could precipitate further losses.
* I'm very concerned about the lack of the Postal Service's financial transparency. You're coming to Congress for relief with the needed transparency. This is unacceptable.
..."
Article Reference Source: www.postcom.org
"... U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security ..."
Article Reference Source: hsgac.senate.gov
"... With this action, complement at Area Offices has been reduced – some vacant positions have been eliminated, while other occupied positions are impacted. Starting this week, employees occupying impacted positions will be notified and given information and guidance...."
Article Reference Source: www.postalnewsblog.com
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Most postal workers refuse anthrax vaccine
"...During the 2001 anthrax attacks, which resulted in five deaths, 10,000 postal workers and others who were suspected or confirmed to have been exposed received a two-month dose of antibiotics...."
This Article is From: www.upi.com
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AG warns of personalized photo stamps
"...Blumenthal calls this warning a pre-emptive measure. He says there have been no actual predatorial cases linked to any of the personalized stamps...."
This Article is From: www.wtnh.com
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Enveloping rage: Georgia starts a postal war with Abkhazia
"...Although they still cannot be used outside Abkhazia due to postal blockade, Eduard Pilia, one of the authors of the Abkhazian stamps project, says collectors from Russia and other countries already consider these stamps as rare and valuable...."
This Article is From: www.russiatoday.com
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Postal union opposes move
"..."We think moving mail processing to Stamford is going to delay delivery," said Michael Dennehy, president of the American Postal Workers Bridgeport local. "The mail will have to come back from Stamford and as a result it will get to the carriers later. In general that means important pieces like checks, cards and gifts will be delivered later."So the union has filed suit in federal court..."
This Article is From: www.connpost.com
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Monday, January 26, 2009
Choosing the right day to retire can be a science
This applies to Federal Retirement
This Article is From: www.tinkertakeoff.com
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"...an employee can maximize their annuity, which goes into effect the day after retirement. Annuity is based on completed years and months of service. If an employee opts to retire in the middle of the month, that individual could lose potential compensation. ..."
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‘Ghosts,’ The Coast Mississippi featured on three 2009 stamps
"...The Biloxi Lighthouse is one of five depicted in ‘Lighthouses of the Gulf of Mexico’ commemorative stamp series that will will be issued by the U.S. Postal Service in July. The lighthouse, built in 1818, has come to symbolize survival after surviving Hurricane Katrina when everything near it was..."
This Article is From: www.sunherald.com
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Friday, January 23, 2009
APWU Local Collects 8,000 Signatures In Support of Consolidation Fight in Florida
"...an Area Mail Processing study of the feasibility of consolidating some operations at the Manasota and Lakeland (in nearby Polk County, 40 miles from Tampa) facilities in late November. The Manasota Local quickly went into action ..."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Presidential stamp collector awaits Inauguration
"...George's stamp collection, which once belonged to his mother-in-law, includes stamps that commemorate the Inaugurations of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and JFK.
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This Article is From: www.kvbc.com
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Michigan postal carrier busted for stashing nearly 10K pieces of mail in locker
"... "It's like it got dark and she didn't know what to do with the mail." In what could be dubbed "The Newman Factor," a spate of real-life postal carriers have been caught doing what the fictional "Seinfeld" character did for laughs. ..."
This Article is From: www.nydailynews.com
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Postal Service will study consolidating local distribution facility
"...Some operations in the U.S. Postal Service’s processing and distribution center in Wilkes-Barre could be consolidated into a similar facility in Scranton..."
This Article is From: www.citizensvoice.com
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Mailbox Requires Respect
"...information published by the USPS, “mailboxes are considered federal property, and federal law (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1705), makes it a crime to vandalize them (and to injure, deface or destroy any mail deposited in them). Violators can be fined up to $250,000 or imprisoned for up to three years for each act of vandalism.” ..."
This Article is From: www2.ljworld.com
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USPS Big Announcement
OPINION - Apparently the "Big Announcement" from the United States Postal Service either never existed or maybe just delayed because the bigwigs didn't like the fact that news of an announcement had been leaked in advance. Whatever the case, nothing came to fruition relative to the news. The "Big Announcement" at this point is that there is not a big announcement according to an article over at "The National Spending Journal."
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Federal Health Plan Open Season Extended
"...The USPS has indicated that its computer programmers have not been able to modify PostalEASE to accept Open Season changes beyond Dec. 28, but they are working on a solution. Postal officials have assured APWU Health Plan staff that no enrollment changes made as of Jan. 31 will be turned away...."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
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