"...seek to enlighten the public that it is far more than declining mail volume that has created this postal financial crisis – and to reinforce the message that Congress helped create this problem, and that Congress can take action now to fix it...."
Monday, September 19, 2011
NPMHU, APWU, and NALC nationwide television advertisement
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Huntsville Mail Processing on the chopping block
U.S. Postal Service studying closing Huntsville's mail facility on Wall Triana Highway Read our latest posts! .
"...HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- In a change from an announcement just two months ago, the Postal Service said Thursday it is considering moving all of the operations at the Wall Triana mail facility to Birmingham...."
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Proposed post office closures concern residents who lack Web access
Postal cuts loom over Detroit Read our latest posts! .
"...In a city with one of the nation's highest unemployment and poverty rates, many residents rely on post office branches for money orders and to mail bills because they lack Internet access, officials say...."
Florida's oldest working post office could be axed
Postal service cutback could kill a piece of Florida history Read our latest posts! .
"...Florida's oldest working post office has creaked in the wind in summer, smelled of orange blossoms in winter and transacted business in three different centuries. Since 1882..."
Friday, September 16, 2011
Huntsville, Alabama: Huge Economic Growth Area Could be Stripped of Mail Processing Facility
Huntsville mail processing facility, four others in Alabama studied for closure Read our latest posts! .
"...The U.S. Postal Service could close five mail processing facilities in Alabama, including the one in Huntsville that already is being downsized..."
Postal Service wants to shutter California Mail Processing Facilities
Postal Service lists California processing facilities to look at for elimination Read our latest posts! .
"...Processing facilities in Eureka, Petaluma, Stockton, Burlingame and Redding are on the list. Others are: Bakersfield, Herb Peck annex in Los Angeles, City of Industry, Long Beach, San Diego, Modesto, Pasadena, San Bernardino and Van Nuys. The USPS is..."
North Alabama may take huge hit in postal closures
Some Alabama mail facilities could close Read our latest posts! .
"...will be reviewed over the next three months for possible closing.
They are in Anniston, Dothan, Huntsville, Mobile and Tuscaloosa...."
Postal Service to Lower Service Standards in Order to Close Mail Processing Facilities
Hundreds of postal facilities could close Read our latest posts! .
"...The financially troubled Postal Service said Thursday it might close more than 250 mail processing facilities across the country and plans to reduce service standards for first-class mail in an effort to cut costs...."
H.R. 1351 - Best Bill to Save the Postal Service
H.R.1351 -- United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act of 2011 (Introduced in House - IH) Read our latest posts! .
"...To amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes...."
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Postal Announcement relating to Area Mail Processing Feasibility Study List expected Sept. 15, 2011
Area Mail Processing Feasibility Study List (September 14, 2011)
On September 15, 2011, the U.S. Postal Service has reported it will release to the media an announcement identifying a list of Area Mail Processing Feasibility Studies for approximately 400 plants nationwide in an effort to shutter or consolidate approximately 300 plants across the nation. The 21st Century Postal Worker has released the Area Mail Processing Feasibility Study List on their site.
Saturday is Passport Day at a Post Office near you
Saturday is Passport Day at a Post Office near you Read our latest posts! .
"...On Saturday, September 17 only, apply for your U.S. passport at a Regional Passport Agency without an appointment. You will be able to apply for standard processing (4-6 weeks) or pay an additional $60 for Expedited processing (2-3 weeks, door-to-door). Passport Day in the USA also means passport-themed events for adults and children at Regional Passport Agencies and many passport Acceptance Facilities across the country in communities like yours. If you’ve been waiting to get your passport, this is the time!..."
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
H. R. 1351: Restore the USPS budget to financial soundness with zero taxpayer involvement
Lloyd Rollins: In defense of the postal system Read our latest posts! .
"...House Resolution 1351 provides light at the end of the tunnel. It would allow an internal transfer of pension surpluses, surpluses of $75 billion, to be transferred to meet the obligation of the 2006 congressional law..."
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air and Lithium batteries
USPS Puts Lithium Battery Limits on Hold Read our latest posts! .
"...new limits that would have taken effect Oct. 3 for U.S. mail containing equipment with lithium metal or lithium-ion batteries that is bound for international, APO, FPO, or DPO locations are now on hold. ..."
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tuesday's hearing on the Postal Service’s financial crisis
White House to Propose Plan to Help Postal Service Read our latest posts! .
"...one of the four postal unions, denounced the post office’s proposal to lay off 120,000 workers. The agency has asked Congress to pass a special law overturning no-layoff provisions in its union contracts...."
Monday, September 5, 2011
PMG Donahoe goes to congress for authority
Postal Service warns it could lose $10 billion this year Read our latest posts! .
"...the Postal Service wants congressional authority to break its agreements with labor unions so it can lay off about 120,000 workers. The Service also hopes to ..."
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Collective Bargaining Begins between the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the USPS
Collective Bargaining Begins between the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the USPS Read our latest posts! .
"...The National Postal Mail Handlers Union bargaining team met with representatives of the U.S. Postal Service on August 30, 2011 to mark the official start of the collective bargaining process for a successor agreement to..."
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
FYI: Severance pay for usps employees
Severance pay for usps employees Read our latest posts! .
"...Any career Postal Service employee who is involuntarily separated and who has been employed continuously by the Postal Service and/or other federal agency for at least 12 consecutive months (without a break in service of 3 or more consecutive days) immediately prior to the separation is eligible for severance pay, except..."
Mail Carrier Robbery Attempt
Police investigate robbery attempt on U.S. mail carrier Read our latest posts! .
"...suspect then jumped into the truck and began fighting with the mailman over the package...."
Monday, August 29, 2011
Define: Postalgeddon
Post-al-ged-don Noun /ˈpōstəlˈgedn/
1. The figurative last battle between the labor movement, who are fighting for just wages and benefits for the American working-class versus the current day Robber Barons, who wish to dismantle the U.S. Postal Service in an alleged attempt to lower the wages of the American working-class for profit.
1. The figurative last battle between the labor movement, who are fighting for just wages and benefits for the American working-class versus the current day Robber Barons, who wish to dismantle the U.S. Postal Service in an alleged attempt to lower the wages of the American working-class for profit.
Post Office been here before, but survived the doom and gloom of postalgeddon
The Postal Service Means Business Read our latest posts! .
"...if you figure for inflation and convert those 1975 numbers to 2011 dollars. The 1974 deficit of $2.3 billion would come to $9.7 billion in today’s dollars — over a billion dollars more than the $8.5 billion the Postal Service lost in fiscal year 2010. Yet somehow the Postal Service survived without closing all those post offices...."
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