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Postal Service moves to close Erie mail-sorting facility
"...The building will remain open, housing garage facilities, bulk mail receiving and a retail postal location.
What's changing is that most of the sorting would be moved to Pittsburgh or Rochester, N.Y., Kelly said. ..."
Postal Service dealing with national computer outage — hackers not involved
"...Delancey said the outage is not the result of a cyber attack. She could not immediately provide details on the hardware installation that triggered the problems.
The Postal Service fell victim to a cyber attack last year..."
U.S. Postal Service will end sorting operation in Toledo
"...Delivery trucks will then run to Toledo’s main post office, Mr. Van Allen said, and from there the mail will be transferred into other trucks for local delivery as occurred before. Toledo’s main post office will still need truck drivers, mail handlers, retail clerks, and custodial staff, he said. ..."
"...The proposal is for some 180,000 “next-generation delivery vehicles,” which would over time replace the 163,000 right-hand-drive, light-duty mail-delivery trucks now in use. The service says the trucks would ideally cost between $25,000 and $35,000. ..."
SEEING DOUBLE -- Post office twins provide stellar service with a smile
"...'They take care of the customer. They are two of the most pleasant people I ever met. They greet everybody. They're friendly and very knowledgeable. If they don't know the answer, they go get it. They don't leave a customer upset. They take care of the problems. I don't have to worry about the window with those two and Judy Hooper and Paul Russomanno.' ..."
Can the Postal Service cling to hope that people still want paper bills?
"...“Research shows that consumers value the physical mail-piece as a record-keeping tool and reminder to pay,” the report said. “In general, customers value having options for bill delivery and payment.” ..."
..."What Bubby Everson really wants is mail. People across the country are starting to deliver, according to dad Thomas Everson....If you'd like to send Bubby a letter, the address is: Bubby Everson, P.O. Box 1142 Graham, WA 98338..."
"... Over the past four decades, many feds have come to see Republicans as anti-government, anti-bureaucrats out to get them, and you can see why.
On the other hand, it seems that Democratic politicians have realized they have a permanent hall pass with many feds, and most unions. They can support sequestration and three years of a pay freeze then ..."
In the black? Postal Service has a 'fantastic quarter'
"...The Postal Service saw an operating profit of $1.1 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, fueled by record numbers of package deliveries, according to financial information released by the agency Feb. 6. ..."
USPS plant closures would halt under Keystone XL bill rider
"...The USPS inspector general says, in an Oct. 6 memo, that the Postal Service hasn't analyzed the impact of closing and consolidating processing plants or informed stakeholders of changes to the consolidation plan. ..."
Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow trying to stop closures that could slow down Michigan mail
"...The amendment she introduced and joined 12 other senators in authoring would also re-establish overnight delivery standards for first-class mail. ..."
USPS Delays Scheduled Consolidations at Many Facilities
"...When the U.S. Postal Service announced it would shutter 82 mail processing facilities in 2015, it planned to start closing many of the plants in January. But for at least 10 of the facilities, USPS has now moved back that timetable to April or later. ..."
U.S. Postal Service: Problems noted in rural areas
"...It happens to be the first invoice I pay every month, and according to my records, it had been mailed Jan. 2. In a phone call to the headquarters in Great Falls, they said they had received my check a day after they had mailed me the notice. Where had this check been for 10 days?..."
IG pushes USPS to create a more flexible workplace
"...the following efforts:
Establish annualized work hours, as opposed to a standard 40-hour workweek.
Create work or job sharing processes, allowing more collaboration between employees and the ability for some employees to cover absences of others.
Allow employes to self-schedule or trade shifts.
Establish a roster of supplemental employees, or recalled retirees, to be used during peak times of year and absences.
Allow employees to maintain reduced work hours in order to deal with issues in their personal life. ..."
"...Houston post office employees say they are not getting paid on time. It's happening at a Houston mail processing facility that has been the center of customer complaints about slow mail delivery. ..."
"...Charles Jackson and Kendrick Watkins were convicted in August of robbing the truck in Conley shortly before Christmas in 2013, the time of year when postal volume is at its highest. They conspired with a third defendant, former postal employee Latonya Evans, to plan the robbery; Evans gave Jackson and Watkins non-public information to help them commit the crime...."