"...Terms of the contract were not released. FedEx provides transportation and delivery for the date-certain product to 190 countries and territories...."
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
FedEx, USPS renew express contract
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Postal Service Negotiated Incentive Plan Designed to Save $500 Millio
"...Because the number of addresses grows by 1.5 million each year, letter carriers represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association were not extended this offer. The incentive provides eligible employees $10,000 to be paid during the first three months of Fiscal Year 2010, creating salary and benefit savings for the next nine months. The same employees will receive a second payment of $5,000 in Fiscal Year 2011. Fiscal Year 2010 starts Oct. 1, 2009...."
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NEW RETIREMENT-SEPARATION OPPORTUNITIES ANNOUNCED WITH INCENTIVES UP TO $15,000
"...The Postal Service has informed the NPMHU that it will be offering retirement seminars, on-the-clock¸ that employees will be able to attend..."
This Article is From: www.npmhu.org
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USPS Moratorium on Excessing Through Oct. 9
Union Negotiates Monetary Incentive For Retirements, Separations
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"...There will be a moratorium on excessing from Aug. 24 through Oct. 9 to allow time to assess the vacancies created by the retirements and separations. During this period, excessing notices that have already been issued will be reviewed.
If more than 25,000 employees indicate they wish to accept the offer, the parties will discuss implementation, based on a proportion of the number of employees in the complement of the APWU and Mail Handler crafts. Mail Handlers are expected to receive an offer virtually identical to the APWU-negotiated agreement...."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Postal Service offers $15,000 buyouts to cut costs
"...The Postal Service is offering $15,000 buyouts to employees in an effort to cut costs at a time when the post office is being buffeted by the recession and the popularity of e-mail and electronic bill payment...."
USPS Offers $15,000 Retirement or Resignation Incentive
USPS Offers $15,000 Retirement or Resignation Incentive
The United States Postal Service is offering a $15,000 Retirement or resignation incentive to certain employees. The first installment will be $10,000 in November 2009 and the other $5000 will be one year later. Mailings will go out in the next few days to eligible employees. Stay tuned for more details. Update coming soon.
See APWU PDF http://www.apwu.org/news/nsb/2009/nsb02-090824-retirement_incentive_mou.pdf
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The United States Postal Service is offering a $15,000 Retirement or resignation incentive to certain employees. The first installment will be $10,000 in November 2009 and the other $5000 will be one year later. Mailings will go out in the next few days to eligible employees. Stay tuned for more details. Update coming soon.
See APWU PDF http://www.apwu.org/news/nsb/2009/nsb02-090824-retirement_incentive_mou.pdf
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Women accused of using post office to ship drugs plead not guilty
"...charges of using the U.S. Postal Service to ship hundreds of pounds of marijuana, according to court records. On Monday morning, postal employee Eva Zamora, 45, from San Benito and Juana Pesina Sierra, 54, from Los Indios ..."
This Article is From: www.brownsvilleherald.com
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Postal truck kills Dedham corrections officer
"...scene near his Raycroft Avenue home in Weymouth when a U.S. postal service truck coming around a corner struck him, near 338 Summer St. He later died at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth...."
This Article is From: www.dailynewstranscript.com
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Your thoughts on your postal union
"...if you drop your membership, don't do it half way. Resign your full time career position. Become a casual. You will then receive no union negotiated benefits. i.e. representation, route/annual bidding, pay raises, step increases, etc. you get the idea. Be fair. Get out if you want. Just don't accept anything the Union provides...."
This Article is From: federalsoup.com
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Excessing
Postal workers rerouted in 120-mile commute
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"...a minimum of seven hours a day in transit to work a straight seven-hour shift. They have no choice. If they refuse, they will be fired. They have been, in USPS-speak, “excessed.”..."
This Article is From: www.easthamptonstar.com
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Post Office Union Irked by Obama's Diss
"...National Association of Postal Supervisors President Ted Keating reportedly said there was "collective disappointment that you chose the Postal Service as a scapegoat and an example of inefficiency." "Your negative references to the Postal Service without knowledge of the facts was a disservice not only to the members of our organization, but to all postal employees," he wrote. ..."
This Article is From: www.cbsnews.com
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Should Obama keep using Postal Service as model for healthcare reform? Sure, say conservative critics
"..."If the president considers the Postal Service as an example, we should all be scared." The case: "Despite numerous advantages that FedEx and UPS could only dream of having, the Postal Service loses money."..."
This Article is From: latimes.com
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Despite record losses, USPS continues to serve
"...Through its Station and Branch Optimization Initiative, the Postal Service hopes to generate additional cost savings by identifying post offices, stations and branches, primarily located in urban and suburban population centers, that are suitable for consolidation or elimination from the mail network...."
This Article is From: www.thedailylight.com
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Obama USPS remark points out open forum do and don'ts
"...Obama was trying to calm concerns that the government program was meant to eliminate private health-care companies. After pointing out that UPS and FedEx are effectively competing with the USPS Obama added, “It's the post office that's always having problems”...."
This Article is From: www.examiner.com
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Burrus: House GOP Takes A 'Cheap Shot' at Our Expense
"...analysis” of the USPS does not reflect the dedication and hard work of 650,000 postal employees, including those represented by collective bargaining agreements, supervisors, postmasters, executives, and the Board of Governors. We are proud to be part of the world’s best postal system, providing the best service and most inexpensive postage. ..."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Plot to kill Post Office cloaked by right wing ‘recess rally’ chaos
"...Potter, who was named by a GOP-appointed Postal Board during the Bush administration, has proposed cuts in the workforce as the solution. He says that at least 677 post offices should be closed, most of them in major cities, and that 55,000 workers should be fired. The USPS workforce, the unions note, has already shrunk, through retirements and buyouts, to 603,000 workers, from 773,000 several years ago...."
This Article is From: www.pww.org
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S.1507 Update: Vote Delayed on Bill To Undermine Pay and Benefits
"...The Senate adjourned for its August recess without voting on a bill that would be devastating for postal workers. As a result, union members have several more weeks to voice opposition to legislation that would undermine our wages and benefits in future contract negotiations...."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
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USPS Submit a lead program
"...That’s what Milwaukee, WI, P&DC Mailhandler Marlene Povolo did. He observed that Sausage Plus, a specialty meats retailer, wasn’t using USPS to ship its products. So he used the Submit-a-Lead [PDF] program to tip..."
This Article is From: liteblue.usps.gov
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Union Pres.: Closures Would Betray Post Office's Service
"...The possible closures get away from the idea of the post office's universal service to all members of society, said Postal Union president Phil Thomas...."
This Article is From: www.ketv.com
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