"...By fall, the Postal Service won't have enough money to make payroll, Potter predicts. But big customers, regulators, lawmakers and organized labor still have to be won over. ..."
Monday, May 10, 2010
Postal Service won't have enough money to make payroll...
Friday, May 7, 2010
USPS loses another $1.9bn
"...reduced work hours by 12.7% in mail processing and 11.6% in customer services. For the year to date, overall expenses have been reduced $1.4bn or 3.8% below the previous year. “Despite aggressive efforts to reduce costs, including the reduction in full-time equivalent employees by more than 120,000..."
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
USPS Broke? More Big Mailer Discounts
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"...The incentive program offers a 30 percent rebate to eligible mailers for Standard Mail letters and flats volume above a predetermined threshold — 5 percent over each mailer’s volume for the same period in 2009. ..."
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Train vs FedEx Truck Accident
"...the incident involved a light rail vehicle on the T-Third line and a FedEx truck.
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Crash-delays-T-Third-line-92132819.html#ixzz0mJeIi4l8
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Postal workers wondering about wiggling package bound for Puerto Rico find ferret
"...Postal workers contacted a postal inspector after they spotted the wiggling package...."
National Veterans Outreach Program Wins USPS Contract
"...The United States Postal Service (USPS) recently issued the contract award to the National Veterans Outreach Program (NVOP) of the American GI Forum for the tray production. The NVOP operate the VETS facility which is a corrugate box manufacturing plant located in San Antonio, Texas. USPS contracted the NVOP to create and implement production of One Million Two hundred Nighty-Six thousand (1,296,000) corrugate mail tray units. Once the corrugated trays are manufactured and assembled, the units will be shipped to USPS facilities in Chicago, Philadephia, Des Moines, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Jacksonville and Dallas. ..."
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Portland police say they're investigating a postal service burglary scheme
"...still investigating the scheme in which Larson was allegedly using information from a postal service employee to target homes where the residents were on vacation. “I believe he had access to a postal employee,” ..."
Friday, April 23, 2010
Arbitrator: OIG Agents Intended to Make a Grievant’s Life a Living Hell
"...The conduct of the OIG was motivated by malice, the arbitrator concluded. “The OIG Special Agent pursued a path to ‘criminalize’ a decent man and a three-decade employee of the Postal Service with an impeccable record,” he wrote. “By its actions, the OIG sent a message to Management that it will second guess its decisions, even in trivial matters such as this.”
Finally, the arbitrator wrote, “Consequently, it is not unreasonable to assume that the purpose of seeking and serving the indictment was, as stated by the Union, done with malicious intent; and with the desire to make the Grievant’s life a living hell, for however long.”
The arbitrator granted the employee back pay for missed overtime and night differential..."
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Cleveland postal workers sentenced on drug charges
"...Seven of them worked at the mail distribution center at 2400 Orange Ave., where agents confiscated crack, PCP, prescription painkillers, marijuana and a loaded handgun in June. The agents, part of the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General, said drug deals occurred at..."
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Alabama Crimson Tide National Championship Limited Edition Commemorative Cachet
U.S. Postal Service offers commemorative in honor of Crimson Tide's national football championship
"...each envelope has a section printed on silk and stamped with crimson foil. The University of Alabama postage stamp will be canceled with a special dated April 17 stamp featuring the championship crystal trophy. Each cachet will cost $10 and can be bought at the Tuscaloosa Post Office..."
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Postal Service ends contracts tied to top official
"...In addition to approving no-bid deals, the Washington Times has reported, Bernstock earned more than $270,000 in cash and other compensation in 2008 by serving on the boards of two private companies...."
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Postal Service must do better job when screening applicants
"...After reading the U.S. Postal Service investigation on Mark Lamberson, a registered sex offender, it makes me wonder if the government is properly doing its job...."
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Monday, April 19, 2010
APWU Set to Begin Contract Negotiations on...
The American Postal Workers Union Appoints Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee
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"...Contract negotiations are set to begin Sept. 1. The current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on Nov. 20, 2010.
The Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee provides input to the union’s National Negotiating Team, which has full authority to negotiate the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement. The committee must approve any tentative agreement before it can be sent to APWU members for a ratification vote...."
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PMG to cut tens of thousands of USPS jobs? Layoffs?
"...cut Saturday mail delivery, raise postage rates and potentially close or consolidate thousands of post offices. The proposal also calls for cutting tens of thousands of jobs through attrition and layoffs...."
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Postmaster General renews call for regulatory, Legislative change
"...The OIG report asserts that the Postal Service has paid a disproportionate share of its Civil Service Retirement System pension costs, resulting in a $75 billion overpayment. But even if Congress were to agree with that finding, cautioned Potter, refunding that money would only provide temporary relief to the long-term financial challenges facing USPS...."
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Rationale for Five-Day Delivery Shattered at House Hearing
"...In response to questions by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Postmaster General John E. Potter admitted that predictions that the Postal Service would amass losses of $238 billion by the year 2020 were “theoretical.” The exchange confirms allegations made by the APWU that the USPS forecast is wildly exaggerated, outlandish and unsupported. [See Phony Deficit Projections Mask Management’s Real Goal]..."
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Phony Deficit Projections Mask Management’s Real Goal
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"...Is the PMG sending a message to mailers that the cost of service over the next 10 years will exceed rates in such alarming amounts and — in lieu of adjusting rates to the cost of service — he plans to take it from the hides of workers? If so, how cynical. ..."
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
What Post Office's Have Extended Hours on Tax Day
"...Find out Post Office hours for your area. File Taxes Today!! ..."
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Post offices no longer staying open late on tax day
"...HUNTSVILLE, AL. -- A "sharp drop in demand" for a last-minute April 15 postmark for taxes has prompted the U.S. Postal Service to phase out late-night collections and after-hours retail services on tax day..."
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