WASHINGTON, D.C. — National on-time performance scores for the delivery of First-Class Mail reached 96 percent and 93 percent of customers gave the U.S. Postal Service highest satisfaction marks as the Postal Service debuted a new, national standards rating process. For almost 20 years, the Postal Service has contracted with an outside entity to […]
UPS will begin a pilot program to test Parcel Return Service (PRS), allowing customers to return items — originally shipped by UPS — to participating retailers using the Postal Service for pickup. Consumers will gain the convenience of USPS access points for a return pickup — collection boxes, Post Offices, and Free Package Pickup from […]
On February 2, 2009 Deborah Giannoni-Jackson, Vice President Employee Resource Management stated in a letter to USPS Headquarters Officers that there is still a hiring freeze for Headquarters and Headquarters Field Units “We continue to be under a hiring freeze for Headquarters and Headquarters Field Units. The freeze includes position upgrades, additions to complement, laterals, […]
According to the National Association of Postal Supervisors: NAPS Headquarters today requested our attorneys to prepare a lawsuit against the Postal Service on the representation of EAS employees. One issue behind the lawsuit is the denial of NAPS representation to our EAS employees at Shared Services in Greensboro.
The Postal Service ended its first quarter with a net loss of $384 million as the economic recession contributed to a 5.2 billion piece mail volume decline compared to the same period last year. The 9.3 percent volume drop marked the eighth consecutive quarter of accelerating volume declines. With no economic recovery expected for the […]
“On November 19, 2003, Barbara McComb was injured in a fall while working as a letter carrier for the United States Post Office (USPS) in Northfield, MA. In December 2003, McComb allegedly started her own business, Long Arm Quilting, out of her home.” “According to authorities, McComb’s claim for federal workers’ compensation was accepted by […]
As most of you have heard, I talked to Congress last week about the economic situation of the Postal Service. I told them we are in a financial crisis. I told them how it came about. Then I offered some proposals that could help us through a very difficult economy. The biggest problem we’re facing […]