WASHINGTON—Despite continuing economic challenges, the Postal Service (USPS) continues to deliver high levels of service, with 94 percent of customers surveyed rating USPS as “excellent, very good or good” in the period July 1 to Sept. 30, 2009. “Customer service and satisfaction are always our priorities,” said Postmaster General John Potter. “The Postal Service remains […]
Editorial by Loyd Reeder Postal employees in Denver requested NIOSH to investigate the flat mail sorting machines in Denver and NIOSH initiated an investigation in April, 2009. NIOSH is the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a federal agency which is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Department of […]
Washington, DC— Today, Congressman Paul Hodes called on the United States Postal Service to present a plan to fully reimburse postal workers for the wages they have lost as a result of managers manipulating their timecards. Several weeks ago, an investigation uncovered a scheme at five New Hampshire postal stations to manipulate workers’ timecards, and […]
Dates and Times: Thursday, November 12, 2009, at 10 a.m.; and Friday, November 13, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Place: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room. Status: November 12–10:00 a.m.–Closed; November 13–8:30 a.m.–Open; November 13–11 a.m.–Closed. Matters To Be Considered Thursday, November 12 […]
APWU Web In a letter to the Postal Service Board of Governors, APWU President William Burrus wrote he is “deeply troubled” by the lack of diversity in the USPS executive staff, and said, “Although the nation has made significant progress toward equality, it appears that the USPS remains mired in the Dark Ages.” Burrus wrote […]
Highlights of GAO testimony to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives on November 5, 2009 Financial Challenges Continue, with Relatively Limited Results from Revenue-Generation Efforts The U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) financial condition and outlook deteriorated significantly during fiscal year 2009. […]
Postal Service has developed new products and services to address its financial challenges FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday November 4, 2009 CONTACT: Bruce Fernandez (202) 225-5147 Bruce.Fernandez at mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:00am in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and […]
Burrus Update Caught Like a Burglar With the Goods in Hand The union’s challenge to Postmaster General Potter to set the wages of mail-processing employees at an amount that is less than the worksharing discounts major mailers enjoy has generated some interesting responses. Some mailing-industry pundits have suggested that ending the exorbitant discounts they receive […]
Price of First-Class Postage Will Not Change WASHINGTON—The simpler way to ship — with convenient Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes from the U.S. Postal Service — will be just as simple in the New Year, when new prices take effect. Prices for Priority Mail, a product familiar across America through popular television and online advertisements […]
APWU News President Obama signed legislation Oct. 28 that will allow postal and federal workers who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to receive credit for sick leave when they retire. The new benefit was included among a number of pay and retirement provisions in a compromise version of the 2010 Defense Authorization […]