Fedex extends express air transportation contract with USPS

Fedex extends express air transportation contract with USPS

"...modified contract is expected to generate revenue of approximately $1.5 billion per year for Fedex express * Says contract modification extends agreement through September 29, 2024..."    

This Article is From: www.reuters.com
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Should your health and wallet fear new postal bill that radically changes health plans?

Should your health and wallet fear new postal bill that radically changes health plans?

   

The newly proposed postal reform bill, known as 'H.R.756 - Postal Service Reform Act of 2017' has many different aims and goals, one of them being the radical change to the healthcare options for postal workers and the apparent removal of a postal workers opportunity to participate in a multitude of plans in the federal healthcare insurance options. It appears the reform bill will force employees into postal employee only plans or plan. Of course, we know very little on this attempt by the Postal Service to develop their own plan and then, upon retirement, place retirees in a medicare plan. What does all of this mean to the postal worker and retiree? Will out-of-pocket expenses for the postal worker/retiree radically rise over time? We know that medicare forces people to pay larger fees in many circumstances. We feel this will drastically reduce competition and increase prices due to fewer healthcare options for postal workers as well as opening the door to future changes to health care plans for for federal workers. The reform plan will force postal workers to enroll in a postal plan. That scares us. Do you think this plan will help postal workers and retirees get better and less expensive care with good coverage or do you think the goal is to place more expense on the worker/retiree in an effort to lower agency costs? You can look at it as similar to the changes that took workers/retirees out of CSRS and then placing them in FERS. If you think that was a good change, you may like it. However, you may see it as a big problem for the working class in the end. Our bet is that the plan helps corporate America more than the worker.

This Article is From: The Postal Newsgroup
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TSP Tip: Warren Buffett bought $12 billion of stock after Trump won

Warren Buffett: I bought $12 billion of stock after Trump won

"...Buffett revealed that he has bought $12 billion of stock for his company Berkshire Hathaway Inc since the Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election..."    

This Article is From: www.reuters.com
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Beware of using postal blue boxes when mailing checks

Beware of using postal blue boxes when mailing checks

"...Beware of putting your mail in the U.S. Postal Service blue boxes. Even though the collection boxes are on federal property and breaking into them is a federal crime, that hasn't stopped the thieves. I've heard from a few people including Inez, Dennis, and Shirley in Colorado Springs. They were forced to change their bank accounts, cancel credit cards, and contact merchants to have late payments forgiven..."    

This Article is From: gazette.com
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National Postal Museum director to retire, after 6-month goal turned to 14 years at helm

National Postal Museum director to retire, after 6-month goal turned to 14 years at helm

"...Allen Kane had zero experience in museum administration when he became director of the National Postal Museum in 2002. He wasn’t a stamp collector, either. But Kane knew the U.S. Postal Service, having spent 30 years working there..."    

This Article is From: www.dailyprogress.com
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Has your pay increased 2.9 percent over the last 12 months like average hourly earnings across America?

Postal Newsgroup: As a postal worker you are representative of skilled blue collar union jobs in America. Why are your wages rapidly losing ground to average wages while you work for an organization who leads in the U.S. parcel delivery market? We don't have the answers but these are the questions that should be pointed at your management team as well as your unions. The following article details the status of jobs and wages in the U.S., but does the data accurately report the stats of the average worker. Something must be lost in the details ...or is it computer GIGO theory? Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Tepid Hiring, but Jobs Report Shows Sustained Wage Growth

"...the bigger story in Friday’s report was a better-than-expected showing for hourly earnings, a missing link for many workers until recently in the recovery from the recession. Average hourly earnings rose 0.4 percent in December, bringing the 12-month increase to 2.9 percent, the best annual performance since the recovery began in mid-2009..."    

This Article is From: www.nytimes.com
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Check out the Official NORAD Santa Tracker: Where is Santa right now?

"...Check out the official NORAD Santa Tracker to see the countdown clock, play games, track Santa and more..."    

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Postal Service Mail Carrier Pistol Whipped, Robbed in DC

USPS Mail Carrier Pistol Whipped, Robbed in DC

"...After the carrier complied and handed them some rubber bands the suspects jumped him, punching and kicking him onto the ground. They then pistol whipped him with a handgun and stole his mail satchel, shoes, phone and wallet, which had $10 inside, Wagner said. The mail carrier suffered a cut to his right eye..."    

This Article is From: www.nbcwashington.com
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Postal Service Spends An Undisclosed Amount Of Money On Studies It Can’t Find

Postal Service Spends An Undisclosed Amount Of Money On Studies It Can’t Find

"...The Postal Service commissioned 97 studies between 2009 and 2015 that were supposed to improve operations, yet the agency doesn’t have a system to track the studies, so there is no way for the OIG to determine how effective the reports were. The Postal Service could not even find 30 of the 97 studies when the OIG asked to see them..."    

This Article is From: dailycaller.com
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Postal worker caught allegedly stealing Trump sign

Postal worker caught allegedly stealing Trump sign

"...Special agents with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) responded to this issue as soon as it was brought to our attention,”/' said Scott Balfour, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Investigation Service in an emailed statement. 'The individual in the photographs was identified and will be dealt with appropriately by postal management after a thorough review of all the facts.'..."    

This Article is From: www.delawareonline.com
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Postal News: Mailing dates for delivery to diplomatic, military service members

Postal News: Mailing dates for delivery to diplomatic, military service members

"...Ensuring those serving in the nation's armed forces and diplomatic service receive their presents, care packages and cards in time for the holidays is a priority for the U.S. Postal Service and for friends and family members of military and diplomatic personnel serving their country around the world...."    

This Article is From: www.lehighacrescitizen.com
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Failure: Results of USPS Cost-Saving Steps a Disappointment, Audit Says

Results of USPS Cost-Saving Steps a Disappointment, Audit Says

"...Delayed mail processing increased nationwide by 51 percent compared to the same period in 2014, while two-day and three-day first-class mail weekly scores declined by as much as 7 percent and 34 percent, respectively. What’s more, management could firmly demonstrate that it achieved only 10 percent of the annual savings of over $805 million it had projected from making those changes...."    

This Article is From: www.fedweek.com
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USPS Worker Steals Guns Being Shipped, Deals Them On The Street

USPS Worker Steals Guns Being Shipped, Deals Them On The Street

"...During Holidays and other times throughout the year, the USPS is extremely busy processing packages and mail. To help keep up with the flow of mail, the USPS often hires part-time, non-exempt employees to help with the rush and keep a backlog down. It was discovered that one of these over-flow employees in Memphis was stealing packages that contained firearms..."    

This Article is From: bearingarms.com
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Postal workers missed out again: Middle class incomes had their fastest growth on record last year

Middle class incomes had their fastest growth on record last year

"...The incomes of typical Americans rose in 2015 by 5.2 percent, the first significant boost to middle-class pay since the end of the Great Recession and the fastest increase ever recorded by the federal government, the Census Bureau reported on Tuesday..."    

This Article is From: www.washingtonpost.com
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MVS Wins Important Ruling on Subcontracting Notification

MVS Wins Important Ruling on Subcontracting Notification

"...The APWU won an important arbitration case on Aug. 18, when Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that the Postal Service violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement by notifying the union of subcontracting awards after they have been let. Arbitrator Das ordered the Postal Service to cease and desist from such violations and to comply with provisions of Article 32.2.B before renewing Highway Contract Routes (HCRs). He also instructed the USPS to convert the 110 routes that remain in service to Postal Vehicle Service (PVS)..."    

This Article is From: www.apwu.org
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Will Amazon kill FedEx?

Will Amazon kill FedEx?

"...For UPS and FedEx, Amazon's been great for business. Now it's taking business away from them..."    

This Article is From: www.bloomberg.com
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Wee Delivery: The Postal Service once delivered babies

When the U.S. Postal Service Also Delivered Babies

"...the most fragile of all parcels, children, were mailed, with appropriate postage stamps on their outer clothing. Most times the journey was short, as in the instance of an infant delivered to an address about a mile or so from home. But for longer distances, it was much cheaper to use parcel post (just a few cents) than to buy a seat on a passenger train..."    

This Article is From: www.wsj.com
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Postal Service files lawsuit over Berkeley’s main post office

Feds file lawsuit over Berkeley’s main post office

"...The United States Postal Service has filed a lawsuit against Berkeley, contending that the city passed the Civic Center Overlay ordinance just to thwart the government’s sale of the building..."    

This Article is From: www.berkeleyside.com
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D.C. post office allegedly doubled as weed distribution center

D.C. post office allegedly doubled as weed distribution center

"...The acting manager of two D.C. post offices and two of his employees took bribes in exchange for illegally delivering packages of marijuana, according to an indictment filed Thursday in D.C. federal court..."    

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Obama To End Single-Sex Bathrooms on Federal Property to Accomodate Transgenders

Obama To End Single-Sex Bathrooms on Federal Property

"...President Barack Obama’s deputies will insert a rule in federal regulations on Friday to prevent federal facilities from operating single-sex bathrooms..."    

This Article is From: www.breitbart.com
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