"...I challenge any other entity in the “postal community,” including the major mailers, mail consolidators, printers and prognosticators, to prove that they have made a greater contribution to restoring the USPS to solvency than the savings generated by the major reduction in craft jobs...."
"...UPS says Dec. 21, the last Monday before Christmas, will be its busiest day this holiday season. The shipping giant's brown-clad drivers..."
"...Estimated to bring $3 million in an auction in New York City on Thursday, November 19, 2009, many of the 214 Civil War-era Confederate States and early Canadian postage stamps are one-of-a-kind or the finest known...."
"...Compensation and benefits constitute close to 80 percent of USPS costs--a percentage that has remained similar over the years despite major advances in technology and automating postal operations...."
"...Fourteen percent of identity theft incidents came from online or data breaches, and 5 percent from postal fraud. Once your information has been obtained, thieves tend to open up new credit cards, Travelers reports. Stolen information is used for new accounts 75 percent of the time. ..."
"...Management would electronically delete overtime from the time sheets, according to Bob Guilmette, the union representative for Somersworth employees in the National Association of Letter Carriers...."
"...to present a plan to fully reimburse postal workers for wages they lost as a result of managers manipulating their electronic timecards. ..."
"...SANTA CLAUS, Ind. — Abby Wilmes, a 2009 graduate of nearby Heritage Hills High School, designed this year’s holiday “picture postmark” for the Santa Claus post office...."
"...I believe it is the first time the post office has produced stamps from two different years together in a single issue. The 2008 issue showed a detail of the infant Jesus. ..."
Our friends over at Your Postal Blog have a new 2010 USPS Postal Payroll Calendar for you to print. Click on over and see what Benny the Blogger has to offer. Thanks Benny!
"...The U.S. Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses. It relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. A self-supporting government enterprise..."
"...More than 50 postal workers from the Charlottesville region rallied alongside U.S. 29 on Sunday to protest the possible closure of the Albemarle County Airport Road mail processing center...."
"...U.S. Postal Service. This year the agency had planned to hire 60 workers at the Bethpage Logistics and Distribution Center. Temporary casual mailhandlers earn $12 an hour, with extra pay for night shifts. More information is at usps.com/employment. (Click here to connect.)..."
"...A knapsack that contained clothing and a set of keys, but no identification, was found with the body. Two of those keys, one to a Kia and the other to a post office box, may help officers determine the identity...."
"...A Wall Street Journal report noted that the nearly 8 percent year-over-year increase reflects an expected growth in online retailing, which matches up with a Morgan Stanley report released yesterday that indicates e-commerce will grow from a 4 percent market share today to 6 percent or more by 2012. ..."
"...Imperial Post Office, too. The “Winter Holidays” stamps for Christmas, 2009, feature snowflakes.
The stamps depict a ..."
"...One for our US readers: Stamps.com are now offering free processing to eBay sellers using their service to ship via USPS. eBay sellers can automatically..."
"...mail carriers are being misinformed by their supervisors that the post office is trimming a day from weekly delivery starting next October, the head of the local postal worker’s union said. Postal officials deny the allegation. ..."
"...Loehwing also says he promised that he and Postmaster Philip Cardin would review survey results and use the information to improve the environment at the Post Office. “I just asked that they give us a chance to prove we were listening.”..."
"..."the ability of the Postal Service to deliver mail quickly on six days of the week . . . protects our constituents' quality of life," in addition to facilitating business advertising and product distribution. ..."
