According to Postcom: “We’re shocked! Shocked, we tell you. The Postal Service has opposed any intervention by any of the parties who were going to be tagged with higher rates as a result of its exigency request. Perhaps we’ll need to wait until after December 3rd for the Postal Service to come back to its […]
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Grand Jury in Scranton has indicted Denise Miller, age 49, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, on two counts of intentionally obstructing and delaying mail coming into her possession as a postal employee in May 2010. According to United States Attorney Peter J. […]
RIPLEY, Tenn. – Family members and friends gathered to ask the public for help in catching the suspects who gunned down two women at the post office in Henning, Tennessee. Investigators say they know several members of the community have specific and direct knowledge about what happened inside the Henning Post Office when Spray and […]
Postal Service negotiators continue to express interest in APWU contract proposals, “but so far have failed to put anything in writing,” APWU President Cliff Guffey reported to the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee on Nov. 18. At a morning bargaining session, management representatives re-hashed their previous oral statements, he said. “If they expect to […]
November 18, 2010 NAPUS has received a copy of the recently signed Retention Incentive Agreement between the Postal Service and Anthony Vegliante, Executive VP and Chief Human Resources Officer of the USPS. The agreement which was signed on November 10, 2010 and became effective on November 1, 2010, provides annual payment(s) to Mr Vegliante of […]
Six Years Old And Growing Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes this month celebrate their sixth birthday, showing continued growth since their introduction Nov. 20, 2004, and debunking public perception that “shipping is complicated.” Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes changed the dynamics of the shipping industry, according to Gary Reblin, vice president, Shipping Services. Their ease […]
Not $8.5 Billion On November 12, the U.S. Postal Service released a report that stated it had lost a staggering $8.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2010, which ended September 30. Media coverage of the report predictably focused on its negatives—the historically high figure is undeniably a headline-grabber—and news stories, shying away from the somewhat harder […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey briefed the union’s Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee on Wednesday morning, saying, “Our goal in these negotiations is to make our members feel as though they can stick around and feel secure in their jobs. That is our obligation.” Guffey and other members of the union’s negotiating team discussed their […]
US Labor Department Press release BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for workplace safety violations found at a mail processing facility located at 3010 East Cumberland Road in Bluefield. Proposed penalties total $287,000. “These citations and sizable fines reflect the Postal Service’s […]
delivermagazine.com Now Includes More Content and Smart Phone Interface U.S. Postal Service Revamps ‘How-To’ Direct Mail Website delivermagazine.com Now Includes More Content and Smart Phone Interface WASHINGTON — Embracing electronic technology to promote the use of direct mail, the U.S. Postal Service recently revamped the companion website to Deliver, its magazine for marketers. The new […]