(November 8, 2011) Bill ties future of Saturday service to profitability, but still-onerous retiree health pre-funding mandate makes profits impossible; loss of Saturday delivery in 24 months undermines future of USPS; 80,000 postal jobs at risk Pre-funding retiree health is bill’s top policy priority—favored over quality service and jobs Bill mandates the phase-out of door-to-door […]
NAPS Response to Pay Package FY 2011-2015 Today we received the Postal Service’s final offer for our Pay Consultations for the next 4.5 years. We have attached a copy for your review and to share with your members. NAPS is meeting with our attorneys to proceed to Fact Finding as outlined in Title 39, USC […]
for Fiscal Years 2011-2015. Postmaster Salary Range Increase of 6.5% from January 2013 through January 2016. “Severe Financial Difficulties” Cited, as PFP Salary Rating Applications are Suspended for FY 2011 and FY 2012. After 4 months of pay talks between representatives from both Postmaster organizations and the Postal Service, today the Postal Service issued a […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced a two-week amnesty period to encourage the rapid return of postal-owned equipment, especially pallets and mail tubs. This announcement comes on the heels of recent equipment recoveries made by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (go to postalinspectors.uspis.gov/ for additional details). “The Postal Service spent nearly $50 million […]
Post Com.org summary (non-verbatim) of comments offered at the markup of S1789, The 21st Century Postal Service Act Senator Carl Levin: Amendment: On the transparency of contracts between the USPS and contractors. I was told I can’t look at the contracts the USPS has with UPS and Fedex. The only person who can see the […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has confirmed that there are no current plans to shut down any D.C. post offices. Norton contacted the U.S. Postal Service after being informed that District residents had heard that two post offices would close in December. “I have insisted that every community in the District have […]
DRIVE INITIATIVE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION MOVES AHEAD Members of the Network Optimization team — including employees whose expertise spans most USPS functions — discuss the plant consolidation/closure study. Vice President, Operations, David Williams, the team leader, is second from right. The Postal Service’s Network Optimization Initiative — a study to determine whether more than 250 […]
Attend United States Postal Service Public Input Meetings to Insure a First Class Stamp Receives First Class Service For Immediate Release 11/7/2011 Contact Clint Burelson, President 360-970-2965 Statement by Clint Burelson, APWU President, Olympia, Washington The United States Postal Service (USPS) will soon be holding “public input meetings” regarding their proposals to close and/or consolidate […]
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE The Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act (Public Law 105-41) authorized a special postage stamp for first-class mail. The price of this stamp is 55 cents, 11 cents above the regular rate of 44 cents. The authority to issue the stamp expires on December 31, 2011. After accounting for the Postal […]
Defendant Offered Contracts in Return For Money, Took $15,000 – WASHINGTON – Ron Middlebrooks, a former senior executive with the U.S. Postal Service, was sentenced today to two years of incarceration on a bribery charge stemming from his acceptance of $15,000 in cash from a businessman he promised to reward with government contracts, U.S. Attorney […]