"...But Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said In essence, this is the canary in the coal mine moment for the Postal Service is that even when it overpays into retirement accounts -- to the tune of $50 billion to $75 billion for the Civil Service Retirement System -- it is unlawful to remove the overpayments to pay for other expenses. ..."
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Sen. Tom Carper, says it is unlawful for postal service to remove the overpayments to pay for other expenses
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Postal Service Suspends Pension Payments
"...The U.S. Postal Service says it will suspend the employer’s contributions to the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). ..."
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
USPS Global Business Division
"...The new head of the USPS Global Business division, Giselle Valera, speaks with James Cartledge about opportunities for growth in the Postal Service’s international business..."
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Postal Employment in beautiful Gulf Shores, Alabama
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Postal Service employee pleads guilty
"...Forty-two-year-old Lamonica Henderson of Oxon Hill pleaded guilty on Tuesday to misappropriation of postal funds. ..."
Monday, June 13, 2011
Canada Post Seeks Cutting Delivery to Three Days a Week
"...The union representing 48,000 postal workers says Canada Post is trying to provoke a full walkout by cutting delivery to three days a week...."
Postal Stabbing at University Station post office in downtown Portland
"...followed an employee to a mail processing room in the back of the building..."
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Postal Service Reduction in Force (RIF) notices mailed out Friday
"...More than 2,400 U.S. Postal Service management-level employees could lose their jobs or end up in new positions under a reduction in force set to conclude by early September. The RIF is..."
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Postal rate increase coming?
"...Attorneys for the Postal Service argued that the recession that began in December 2007 created the “extraordinary” circumstances that would justify raising postage rates above the consumer price index...."
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Altering FERS as a way to get employees to retire?
"...About 550,000 full-time career federal government employees and U.S. Postal Service workers could hang it up and move on..."
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Canada Post Strike Avoided
"...A key sticking point involves decreased salaries for newly-hired employees; the company is seeking to reduce the hourly wage from $24 an hour to $17.50...."
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Sleet, snow, dark of night, will not keep this courier from his rounds?
"...The lack of mail delivery is a sore spot. “You know that thing about sleet, snow, dark of night, will not keep this courier from his rounds?” asked Rodney Walters, a 61-year-old retiree from the Corps of Engineers who was nursing a Bud Light. “They were the first ones to quit.” ..."
More Reading: North Alabama tornadoes did not stop post office
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Budget plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) attacks Federal Employee Retirement
"...the Republican budget plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. FERS employees already contribute 6.2 percent of their salaries to Social Security, which would mean FERS employees would pay 12 percent in all toward their pensions...."
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Postal Service wants to cut workers' comp benefits
"...Under a draft proposal by the Labor Department, workers' comp benefits would be cut to ..."
Sunday, May 8, 2011
USPS network consolidation process uses computer modelling
"...the last few quarters volumes have stabilized to some degree to around 170bn pieces a year..."
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Google and others to have input on postal future
"...Google executives, social media experts and some of the most passionate tech evangelists are planning to meet in Crystal City in mid-June to sort out how to save and remake the nation’s mail delivery service...."
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Support your local community
"...In an economy where we are on the dawn of recovery, every dollar that supports local jobs is a critical dollar. However, the U.S. Postal Service has begun..."
'Statue of a Falling Working Class' Stamp
"...So while this official use of an unofficial Statue of Liberty may have been unintended, we now have three billion reminders of what its torch of freedom actually stands for: not the pursuit of happiness traditionally associated with a job or career suited to one's abilities, but the right to risk one's money on a toss of the dice or a shot at the lottery. ..."
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Small towns losing their 'lifelines' as Post Offices close across the country
"...“It’s a shame,” Cornwell said. Both he and his parents used the post office all their lives. “Earlville is going to lose the only lifeline it has. ”..."
What happens in Vegas ...ends up on a postage stamp!
"...post office regrets the error and is “re-examining our processes...I’d like to see how they re-examine their processes. I recommend typing “REAL + Statue of Liberty” into Google Image Search next time...."