Move Could Impact Hundreds Of Jobs and Makes No Sense In Face Of High Gas Prices Yesterday, the office of Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., issued the following press release: Postal Service Considering Moving Mail Processing Center from Staten Island; Decision Could Lower USPS Productivity and Delay Local Mail Service May Result in Job Losses […]
Simplicity and making it easier to do business with the Postal Service were the themes earlier this week at National Postal Forum, where USPS Executive Leadership Team members addressed a standing-room-only crowd during the Postmaster General’s Executive Session. “We want to share some of our strategies with you and better explain some of our key […]
But Needs Relief from Pre-Funding Requirement “We expect the Postal Service to continue as a vital public service agency funded solely by postal customers for the foreseeable future,” APWU President Cliff Guffey told a House Committee in a May 3 statement. “However, the USPS needs immediate and short-term relief from the unique and unreasonable requirement […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today wrote to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe in opposition to a proposed regulation that would give the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) the right to convert post offices into stations or branches of larger post offices at their discretion. Once converted, the USPS would then be able to close […]
Get Mom’s Attention With a Neon Note Card Set WASHINGTON — Like wearing black shoes with a black purse or brown shoes with a brown purse, moms love things to match. That’s why a surefire way to impress mom this Mother’s Day is with a Neon Celebrate! Note Card set that includes matching envelopes and […]
Two Stamps Recognize 50th Anniversary of First Manned Spaceflight KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL — The Postal Service dedicated two stamps today commemorating two historic events — one that occurred a half century ago, and the second that’s making history now.
Sanders recently ran in the APWU National Election of Officers to get his old job back, but was unsuccessful. The following is a press release from the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District, Texas (HOUSTON) – Former American Postal Worker’s Union (APWU) officer has been sentenced to prison for stealing union funds, United States Attorney José […]
Editorial by Ronald Williams, Jr. Recently at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing the USPS Postmaster General made statements to the effect that 65,000 non-bargaining employees get no COLA or step increases. He summarized that the pay-for-performance system has been around for 10 years and his experience is that managers like it because […]
USPS posted a notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website seeking contractor for Commercial Outdoor Advertising Management Services. The following excerpts are from the Request For Proposal (RFP).
Request Second Public Hearing on Mail Processing Press Release from the office of Congressman Steve King May 2, 2011 Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Steve King and Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin wrote to the United States Postal Service to ask that the Postal Service make public the details of the Area Mail Processing […]