APWU President Cliff Guffey has condemned USPS legislative proposals that would destroy the collective bargaining rights of postal workers and interfere with the union’s contract, which Postal Service and the APWU agreed to in March. Guffey made the statement in response to USPS announcements [PDF] that it would seek congressional support for legislation to eliminate […]
NALC President Fredric V. Rolando has issued a statement to denounce Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s latest “radical” legislative proposals: Today, city letter carriers across the country received a mandatory stand-up talk from supervisors as part of a concerted campaign by top postal management to convince Congress to slash postal employees’ health and pension benefits and […]
An internal USPS document indicating that the reassessment of Limited Duty and Rehabilitation employees concluded on Jan. 31, 2011, is not cause for celebration, Human Relations Director Sue Carney says, because the National Reassessment Process (NRP) seems to have been eliminated in name only. (note: As PostalReporter.com reported, USPS calls NRP simply ELM546. Other instructions […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of making false claims against the United States Postal Service, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The seven-count indictment named David Cooper, 62, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment, from on […]
Newburgh, NY — Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) this week urged U.S. Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe to maintain and continue full mail sorting operations at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facility in Newburgh, New York. The lawmakers sent a letter yesterday to Donahoe in response to a current study […]
The U.S. Postal Service launches the first of its money-saving village post offices in a tiny town in Washington State. Red’s Hop N’ Market is Malone’s one-stop shop for coffee, cigarettes, beer, socks and pickled sausages. People really like them. There’s a Hot Mama, which is the spicier version. And a Big Daddy is the […]
“An official of the U.S. Postal Service is accused of directing business to a favored contractor in exchange for bribes valued to have been at least $15,000, according to a court document. Prosecutors laid out the alleged bribery scheme in information filed this week in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The official, […]
The Office of Inspector General for the U. S. Postal Service has issued an audit report on the 2009 Pay- for-Performance program. On August 27, 2010 NAPUS and the League filed a joint letter to the OIG requesting their assistance with an investigation into Postmasters’ 2009 Pay-for-Performance program’s final core requirement ratings and appeals. Our […]
The organizational tectonic plate is shifting as we explode deeper into the 21st century. With my wild imagination travel with me at the speed of thought as I get verbally-optical forecasting a future via Novus Postal Ordo Seclorum (New Postal World Order) in the year of hindsight 2020. My mind’s eye uncorrected is aligned with […]
Acting Postal Supervisor was terminated for falsifying timecard but not his female boss (Postmaster) Charles Wilcher, a 204B (acting) supervisor from the letter carrier craft, claimed he was “working” on July 5, 2006 when he spent the day with his Postmaster . She was also accused of getting paid for July 5, 2006 even though […]