Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation (POST) Act of 2010

An attempt to lower working class wages?
"...arbitrators have awarded postal employees what they believe are comparable pay and benefits without taking the Postal Service's financial condition into account. Recognizing that this situation cannot continue in a world where the Postal Service operates under a rate cap and faces stiffer competition from electronic communication, the bill requires arbitrators to take the Postal Service's financial condition into account along with other factors such as the comparability requirement and the details of the rate system. ..."    
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Who was the first Postmaster General?

"...Postal service in the United States was greatly influenced by Benjamin Franklin who was appointed Postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737, Joint Postmaster General of the colonies for the Crown in 1753, and Postmaster for the United Colonies in 1775. Through Franklin's efforts, the length of time for mail service between major cities in the colonies was cut in half. ..."    

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USPS announces restructuring of Maintenance

"...the new Maintenance structure. There will be an opportunity to those eligible to apply for a VERA to take a VERA with an effective date at the end of 2010. The application process for obtaining a Maintenance position throughout the restructuring will be limited to EAS employees only. No craft employees will be allowed to apply for Maintenance positions until the restructuring is completed in December, 2010. ..."    

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Hearing on postal consolidation set for Monday

"...An area mail processing feasibility study in Huntington started earlier this summer and was completed earlier this month. Several dozen employees could be transferred to other post offices, including the one in Charleston that has nearly 200 employees...."    

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100 year old postal worker is not retiring

"...He has been working at the Lexington Park Postal Office since 1970. He's still at it six days a week at least five hours a day. ..."    

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Postal Service challenges OSHA citations at Portsmouth facility

"...Officials say inspectors found untrained or inadequately trained employees at the distribution center performing troubleshooting and voltage testing on or near live electrical equipment and wiring that had not first been de-energized. ..."    

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Several postal service uniforms stolen, beware of impostors

"..."Postal employees should be maintain tight security for Postal facilities and monitor those entering any building, challenging unknown entrants for proper ID," said Postal Inspection Service Public Information Officer Justin Crooks. "This theft is a misdemeanor, but using the uniforms to perpetrate a crime would be a federal offense..."    

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A look back: Postal chief calls agency 'critical'

This is a 'look back' to an Associated Press article dated March 26, 2009.

"...The only lingering question, Potter told a House subcommittee, is which bills will get paid and which will not. He said ensuring the payment of workers' salaries comes first. But Potter also said other bills may have to wait...."    

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Maintenance Changes and Early Retirements

"...There will be an opportunity to those eligible to apply for a VERA to take a VERA with an effective date at the end of 2010.

The application process for obtaining a Maintenance position throughout the restructuring will be limited to EAS employees only. No craft employees will be allowed to apply for Maintenance positions until the restructuring is completed in December, 2010. All applications for positions must go through eCareer for processing – even laterals. ..."    

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President Obama: Why Are You Allowing Your Postmaster General to Run a Plantation?

"...the postal service is routinely falsifying employee clock rings, subjecting its employees to harassment, intimidation, and abuse, and forcing many of its employees to work between four and six hours a day without pay. Then, even though the Inspector General has documentation of the commission of a federal crimes in hand, the perpetrators are being allowed to walk away with impunity, and even promoted...."    

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OSHA Fines USPS For Safety Violations at Kansas City BMC

"...The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the Postal Service $191,000 in fines for exposing employees to serious and repeat safety hazards at the Bulk Mail Center (BMC) in Kansas City, KS...."    

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Postal Service sees $764M July loss

"...Mail volume was up 0.9% year over year to 13.8 billion pieces. Of that, 13.7 billion pieces were handled by the USPS' mailing services unit...."    

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USPS Moving to Implement Energy-efficient Lighting

"...The USPS currently has LEED-certified post offices in Denver, Colo. and Southampton, N.Y., as well as mail processing centers in Greenville, S.C. and Troy, Mich. Other green building initiatives include implementing energy-efficient lighting and HVAC as well as solar photovoltaic systems and fuel cells...."    

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Fight Against Subcontracting Takes Center Stage at MVS Conference

"...Subcontracting will be a topic of discussion when contract negotiations get underway next month, and will affect both drivers and mechanics, Pritchard said. The union’s goal will be to keep work in-house.

“The Postal Service is refusing to hire,” he noted. “We have always maintained that we give them a better product for less.”..."    

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APWU Convention and Contract Update

"...Burrus reminded delegates that the next round of contract negotiations is set to begin just days after the conclusion of the convention, and said the union’s goals are to restrict excessing, gain access to information from the Postal Service without cost, win more opportunities for upward mobility, limit subcontracting, and increase wages.

While 2010 bargaining will be difficult, Burrus assured delegates that the union expects to achieve more gains in these negotiations.

“We expect a contract that adequately rewards members for maintaining the best postal system in the world.”..."    

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Salvatore Bagarozzi Mailman Dealing Drugs, Says USPS

"...Accused of selling crack cocaine on his route, Bagarozzi..."    

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U. S. Postal Service Up To $4.2 million in OSHA Safety Violation Fines?

"...The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) slammed the Postal Service with $350,000 in fines for exposing employees to electrical safety hazards at the Portsmouth, NH Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC)...."    

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Boycott on“Voice of the Employee” Surveys

"... The APWU is asking union members to boycott USPS “Voice of the Employee” surveys in order to prevent management from manipulating the results to undercut the union during upcoming contract negotiations.

The results of the survey are likely to be misrepresented by the Postal Service in an effort to reduce employee wages and benefits, APWU Director of Industrial Relations Greg Bell wrote in an Aug. 6 letter to local and state union presidents...."    

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